Feb 03, 2004 02:06 am Which Wave Editor do you plan to be using to do your 2 track mastering in?
Cleaning up audio for mastering
Posted on Feb 02, 2004 11:59 pm
AndrewB
Member Since: Feb 11, 2003
Hi everyone,
When mixing down to 2 stereo tracks for mastering what are some of the techniques/tricks/tips for cleaning up the end of the tracks? For example, fading the volume down without getting an audible click or noticable end to background noise at the end of the wave files before the next song begins. Hope the question makes sense! I use Cakewalk Pro Audio 8.
Thanks
Andrew
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Feb 03, 2004 02:06 am Which Wave Editor do you plan to be using to do your 2 track mastering in?
Feb 03, 2004 05:03 am Steinberg NR? maybe? All wave editors do come with the fader effects...In regards to noise, you can cut off the silence and add in your own "silence" and I believe that will not generate any "hiss" sounds as you pointed out that you did not want to have...
Feb 03, 2004 04:03 pm I plan to use cakewalk, that's all I've got. I use the term "mastering" very loosely.
Thanks
Andrew
Feb 03, 2004 05:49 pm Well, you should be able to simply do fade outs within cakewalk. Once everything sounds satisfactory, mix everything down to one stereo track and fade out the stereo track the same way. I'm not quite sure how PA8 handles fades, but I know in newer cakewalk software, such as Sonar, you can just drag the edge of a clip and create a real-time fade. Check the help files.
Feb 03, 2004 06:34 pm You can doa faed in Pro 8, it is just s bit differant. You open the the two tracks in the audio editor and then select volume fade and then find a start point and move the curser to the end and towards the middle of the track and it will draw a fade line and off course do the fade. This is of course destructive editing but can be undone if it is not exactly were you want it.
Feb 03, 2004 10:53 pm To be honest, most of the time I will pre-master a piece first then deal with the ending. Fade, trim, silence, whatever necessary. I will cut my tracks pretty close to begening and end and alter the between song spacing with my burning program for mastering (silence space between cd tracks). I find it easier to deal with that spacing once instead of having space on the cut and space between tracks.
Feb 04, 2004 04:24 am i do it like Walt does it. i leave the extra on there until i'm almost ready to burn then i hack off the extras and do quick fade ins/outs to clean up the zero crossings. start by opening up all my songs in one big wave file, and tryign to get perceived levels and spectral qualities close and doing any otehr effects and fade ins/outs on the songs, inserting space bewteen tracks as well as CD track markers (i'm using WaveLab) and i'm ready to burn.
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