Why Professional Mastering Matters., A report from the British Music Producers Guild |
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Oct 4 2012, 12:29 PM
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There's a recent report form the Britsh Music Producers Guild that highlights some of the problems artists find when they 'self-master' or use inexperienced mastering engineers.
Here's a quote: 'In recent months this issue [technically incorrect masters and/or wrong issues] has affected a number who have faced potential bills for incorrectly manufactured CDs because proper measures were not adhered to. "This is a very serious issue that the whole industry needs to address," Ray Staff added. "We live in a world where, other than vinyl, we are moving away from physical masters to the online delivery of CD masters and files for downloads. It is imperative that guidelines are followed to ensure that the right files and masters are delivered and to provide mastering engineers with some protection in case of mistakes by others. Many of those working in the mastering business already know the process but there are a lot of people who are new to mastering or are working in small home-based facilities that need guidelines and need a structure that establishes a clear chain of responsibility." ' -------------------------------------------- A little differently but to hghlight this issue... A few months back we were asked to quote to produce a redbook master. The artist decided that our quote was too expensive and he decided to use the servies or a mixing engineer who 'masters' as a side line. (The difference in the two quotes came down to about £2 per track.) So the mix engineer mastered and issued the redbook PMCD CD to the duplication plant and 2500 CDs were pressed. They all contain digital whitenoise as the PMCD has unrecoverable errors and there are other issues with CD text etc. The artist and the mix engineer are arguing over who pays for those cds at the moment as at present all they are good for is a drinks mat. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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tonymiro Why Professional Mastering Matters. Oct 4 2012, 12:29 PM
vonhotch Ouch! All over a couple euro per track. What... Oct 4 2012, 05:35 PM tonymiro Difference in price to have it mastered by the mix... Oct 5 2012, 09:00 AM
Todd Simpson Folks, this is exactly why you want a Pro masterin... Oct 11 2012, 05:17 PM
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Alex Feather Mastring is very important! It might kinda pri... Oct 11 2012, 09:37 PM tonymiro In some ways going direct to digital means profess... Oct 13 2012, 09:53 AM Todd Simpson QUOTE (tonymiro @ Oct 13 2012, 04:53 AM) ... Oct 14 2012, 02:28 AM
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Bogdan Radovic I always do mastering for my tracks. Not only it m... Oct 14 2012, 02:09 PM Todd Simpson Very true! Some sites will master tracks for a... Oct 15 2012, 04:22 AM tonymiro QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Oct 15 2012, 04:22 ... Oct 15 2012, 10:45 AM
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