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Originally Posted by acorneau  Why don't you track, mix, master, and do the artwork all at the same time? The simple answer is you're trying to do too many things at once.
Half of mastering is getting the songs to match up to each other. Can you really do that when you're spending 2-6 hours on a mix before moving on to the next song? |
The way i ve done this is as follows: I mix ITB so ( Logic Mac- total recall) I can do some adjustements in several phases .I Burn the songs in the right order. Listen to them on different boxes, headphones a cple of days later. Make notes. Go back to song 3 which needs a bit more top, song 5 needs less 200 hz , song 6 gtrsolo bit louder , song 2 less busscompression too squashed , you get the picture...etcetc. Burn a new Cd ....same process till I got it right.
I should mention though I only do this when I do my own stuff and have no customers or deadlines. In waveburner I only do the redbook stuff and thats it.....no more processing....
I sometimes mix several days on one song not 2 or 6 hours, I try different aproaches, sometimes start from scratch like we did in the analog days.....
I understand what you re getting at with doing to much at the same time. but maybe this is just my very personal way of doing things. If I process the audio in any way I like to see_hear what it does to the mix....no surprises at the mastering stage....
I havent thought about doing the artwork at the same time......ill think about it....
