Defining MASTERING for the lay man...

[It'sJoeAgain]

Originally Posted by 5down1up

mainly thats not what people want to hear. would be like the guy behind the desk asking you at McDonalds " your sure you want to order all that stuff ? man your fat already "

greetz to berlin

are u kidding?? when u have ppl tryin to get a mix mastered (free) as a demo, u have no choice but to be honest....the question is at what point a mix is *caca de perro*?? that's a judgment call (mine)...i certainly wouldn' send poo for my ME to work on (he'll gimme sh*t 4 it) and neither would he accept poo from the internet even if he could get paid for....so some of us are concerned with qc issues............

[malgfunk]

Frst of all I love this post. Now, this is what I say: Mastering will guarantee when you play your sh*t after someone's sh*t thats released, they won't have to touch the volume knob!!!! Happy 4th.

[personpitch]

You know your snare and kick? I am going to crush them.

You know that quiet section that makes you want to break into tears? It is going to explode your speakers now.

[joeaudio]

Originally Posted by personpitch

You know your snare and kick? I am going to crush them.

You know that quiet section that makes you want to break into tears? It is going to explode your speakers now.

Puhleeeese.

[macc]

People bake their own cakes but pay me to ice them.

I make them look pretty and taste better, sometimes I can make a really rubbish cake taste a lot nicer. I can't take out all the excess eggs/sugar/flour they put in but I can balance it out a bit.

The worst jobs are where they have burned the cake or tried to ice it themselves already... I can scrape off the burned bits or the lower quality icing, but it never tastes quite the same as a well-baked cake, iced right, first time.

[24-96 Mastering]

Originally Posted by macc

People bake their own cakes but pay me to ice them.

I make them look pretty and taste better, sometimes I can make a really rubbish cake taste a lot nicer. I can't take out all the excess eggs/sugar/flour they put in but I can balance it out a bit.

The worst jobs are where they have burned the cake or tried to ice it themselves already... I can scrape off the burned bits or the lower quality icing, but it never tastes quite the same as a well-baked cake, iced right, first time.

Nice one.

PS: I want cake now.