Need help ASAP vinyl mastering!!!!

[gabriel g.]

I need help with vinyl mastering!!!

I searched the internet, the Andy-sneap forum and gearslutz but I didnt find anything helpfull.

I need something like:

-Headroom
-Dynamic range
-max RMS

so if anybody did a mastering job for a 7inch release PLEASE HELP

ps:
Tomorrow the master-CD will be delivered to the production company

cheers guys

 

[~BURNY~]

I did several masters that ended up on vinyl.
I didn't do anything specific and they play just fine.
It's probably safe to not push the volume too much and maybe to hi-pass at 40hz tho.
I also heard it's preferable to low pass at 13~14khz. I'm not sure why.

 

[Soundlurker]

Did you forget you already made a thread about this?
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/production-tips/564130-7-vinyl-mastering.html

 

[~BURNY~]

 

[beyond dead]

epic

 

[Gomez]

I did several masters that ended up on vinyl.
I didn't do anything specific and they play just fine.
It's probably safe to not push the volume too much and maybe to hi-pass at 40hz tho.
I also heard it's preferable to low pass at 13~14khz. I'm not sure why.

I've done quite a few masters for vinyl.

- Avoid compressing too much
- Filter what you don't need
- DON'T USE A LIMITER OR A CLIPPER - leave plenty of headroom, the cutting engineer will take care of that.
- be careful with frequencies around 7K and top in general, it can sound harsh very easily.
- I LPF at 18K.
- for a 7 inch, i'd make sure the track are no longer than 4 minutes per side, if they go over 5 minutes I'd advise to cut it in 10 inch instead. You'll loose low frequency content.


All this definitely sounds better than a squashed waveform cut into vinyl.

 

[gabriel g.]

Hey thanks gomez!!!!

I did a "softer" master with compression and little limiting.
-0.4 dBfs
-11RMS
-some dynamics

What would you say.

Should I make a master without any limiting and super soft compression
Something like
-1dBfs
-18RMS

???

The master must be finished in the next couple of hours:Smug:

 

[gabriel g.]

And:
What is better:

Audio-CD (with fades 16bit 44.100hz dithered)

or Data-cd with the songs (44.100hz 16bit (dithered) or 24bit)

????

Thanks to all of you for helping!!!

cheers

 

[waltz mastering]

And:
What is better:

Audio-CD (with fades 16bit 44.100hz dithered)

or Data-cd with the songs (44.100hz 16bit (dithered) or 24bit)

????

Thanks to all of you for helping!!!

cheers

For vinyl mastering you do not want to over limit the materiel.
and watch for any sibilance as this kind of stuff doesn't translate well to vinyl.

Your levels can be relatively conservative. -.4 dB fs peaks seem right on.

You can be safe and deliver a 16/44.1 audio cd w/dither and fades although many plants will cut from the higher rates as well.

RMS numbers are irrelevant because two things at say -11dB rms can sound totally different in perceived level to the ear, it's better to just make it sound good rather than shoot for rms numbers

Other than that, just make it sound bangin.