BOSS BR600 master good enough for radio???!
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Posted on May 28, 2009 09:14 am
Sambodrummer
Member Since: May 28, 2009
hi guys, i purchased the much acclaimed boss br600, and i am wondering is the master i have done on all the tracks radio quality??
i have heard stories of people who have recorded at home, and when they played their tracks on the radio the volume levels were all messed up and the sound was too low etc...
does this happen with br600???
also, im looking to balance the master volumes of all my tracks for an album... does anyone know where i can do that so i have a perfect batch of tracks to send off to the duplication company before paying them to master it?!
thanks a mil, id greatly appreciate your help!
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CptTrippsCzar of Turd PolishMember
Since: Jun 20, 2006
May 28, 2009 12:56 pm Usually when one exports a final project the volume level is a few Db lower and is nothing out of the ordinary. I run a limter after the fact to bring the level up, too much can make it sound squashed.
As far as balancing volume before sending off for mastering, !!!don't do it!!! and let the mastering engineer do his job.
The mastering engineer should be able to 1) eq (subtle, your tracks should sound good before this) and arrange your tracks to make them flow well together as an album. 2) Bring up the overall level without squashing the crap out of it.
If sending tracks off to be mastered make the mix sound as good as possible, do not compress or limit the master track, export to a .wav file, burn as a data CD (not audio) and then send to mastering studio.
armack5Enter title hereMember
Since: Apr 13, 2009
May 28, 2009 02:09 pm why dont you post a song to your profile so we can listen to it, then we can tell you how you did at mastering.
"does this happen with br600"
yes it can happen with any recording devise. its all about the users knowledge level.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
May 28, 2009 03:58 pm And just a word of advice here.
The duplication house does not master your CD. A mastering engineer does that before it heads over to be duplicated.
CptTrippsCzar of Turd PolishMember
Since: Jun 20, 2006
May 28, 2009 05:00 pm Oh, good catch noize. With DiscMakers there is the option to have them master your tracks before duplication. Looking again I think he may have the two lumped together in error.
Are you paying them to master your tracks or just to duplicate the CD?
