Format for Mastering

Jamz · 4th April 2004, 06:52 PM

What format(s) are you bringing to mastering houses these days?
I do all of my mxing in PT.

krid · 4th April 2004, 07:44 PM

You should check out this thread about : "How do you prepare your mix for mastering?"

http://gearslutz.com/board/showthrea...=&postid=15383

There are very good advices.

Charles Dye · 6th April 2004, 07:31 AM

Jamz,

I just followed the link (thanks krid) and I saw my post from a year ago. Of course I don't do it exactly the same now.

My format for delivery to the mastering house these days is:

Bounce to Disk
24 bit
44.1 or 48k matching the sample rate of the session
Multiple mono sound files (not stereo interleaved)
.WAV file format for it's relative universality (I believe this is the only difference)

Hope this helps.

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4th April 2004, 06:52 PM	#1
Jamz Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bucks County/Philly, PA Posts: 2,152	Format for Mastering What format(s) are you bringing to mastering houses these days? I do all of my mxing in PT.

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Charles Dye FX smörgåsbord user Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 883	Jamz, I just followed the link (thanks krid) and I saw my post from a year ago. Of course I don't do it exactly the same now. My format for delivery to the mastering house these days is: Bounce to Disk 24 bit 44.1 or 48k matching the sample rate of the session Multiple mono sound files (not stereo interleaved) .WAV file format for it's relative universality (I believe this is the only difference) Hope this helps. __________________ Turn Me Up!™ – Bringing Dynamics Back to Music (TurnMeUp.org) Facebook \| MiLaR Forum \| MySpace \| MiLaR \| PSN \| Projects \| MiLaR Workshop

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4th April 2004, 07:44 PM	#2
krid Gear addict Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: France Posts: 369	You should check out this thread about : "How do you prepare your mix for mastering?" http://gearslutz.com/board/showthrea...=&postid=15383 There are very good advices.