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Originally Posted by belolab  curious, as I am an engineer/musician...and not a mastering engineer. I just get the master back, with limited comments, and was wondering what things mixdown engineers do that really piss you off!
What things can your clients do to make it easier for you to create the perfect master? |
I vaguely remember a question like this here before. One big mistake is not listening to your music over a good system and ending up missing the entire bottom 3 octaves and it's all "boom" and the balance of the bass and bass drum get screwed up.
There's a lot more, I see, and the second big mistake is mixing the entire album without any professional guidance, without listening on various playback systems to check for translation and without even sending one sample to your prospective mastering engineer to check out, give you specific advice to help you get the best mix that's the most ready for mastering.
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