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Old 16th August 2008   #3
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Originally Posted by MrVelvet View Post
Just wondering what the general way is... I remember hearing some songs where - at the end when fading out - the tone/sound changes, which makes me guess that the fade was there before mastering and that caused the material to react differently to the processing at this point. But then again, there's probably plenty stuff where the fade happened afterwards.

Is there any preference? Any advances one way or the other?

I guess the sound changing during a fade out is somewhat "classic" in its own right. A lot of great tracks on great albums do that... and it always makes me smiles when hearing it. But of course, I very much prefer to do the fades at the mastering stage for exactly that reason.
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