Open Sesame searching mix/master

ruben sesame · 31st December 2008

Hi everyone,
First of all, I admire the work of people who mix/master music. A good master can make or destroy an album. I would love to learn it, but I already have enough project going on right now. So I come to ask some advice. I'm the drummer of the metalcoreband Open Sesame from Belgium, in february we will be recording our first EP. In the beginning of this year we already recorded some songs but it didn't meet our high expectations, so we didn't release the stuff. We already found a very good recording studio, but the guy never mixed and mastered anything, so we would prefer to take it somewhere else to mix/master. My first question: how many will a very good mix and master of 6 song cost. And second where should we take it? We want a wall of sound that punches you in the face :p (I know sound polution, but that's what people want:s). Think parkway drive, arkangel, setup,...
Here's or myspace with the song we recorded a year ago, but as i said before, we didn't really like the mixing and mastering: www.myspace.com/opensesamebelgium and a movie of a newer song on a reharsal without our singer: YouTube - open sesame .

Many thanks in advance
Ruben

ruben sesame · 3rd January 2009

Hi guys, I got some replies, but most of them say we should split up de mix and the master. Most of the guys who answer do mastering. Are there people who are able to mix our songs? And well could anyone please explain the difference between mixing and mastering:s I know it sounds stupid, but I don't understand a thing of it.

MASSIVE Master · 3rd January 2009

Mixing is creating a cohesive product (the mix) from a collection of individual sounds (tracks).

Mastering is creating a compliant and cohesive production master from a collection of individual mixes.

Generally speaking (and I am a bit biased here) it's good advice to have different people on those different tasks.

Bigbang · 16th February 2009

Hi, I have send you a pm.

Chris Lago · 17th February 2009

Je vous ai envoyé un message.

**DrDeltaM** · 17th February 2009

Since you're from Belgium, you might wanna go local

leftright · 18th February 2009

cheers

mdjice · 18th February 2009

Yes you need a mixing engineer and a mastering engineer.
a single person doing both is like a student grading his on homework

Chris Lago · 21st February 2009

I'd be interested for Mastering. pm me!

Bigbang · 22nd February 2009

Hello Ruben,

I really would appreciate a reaction on the pm and email that I have send a couple of days ago.

leftright · 24th February 2009

same here... i think a feedback is the minimum..:s

31st December 2008	#1
ruben sesame Gear interested Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 Thread Starter	Open Sesame searching mix/master Hi everyone, First of all, I admire the work of people who mix/master music. A good master can make or destroy an album. I would love to learn it, but I already have enough project going on right now. So I come to ask some advice. I'm the drummer of the metalcoreband Open Sesame from Belgium, in february we will be recording our first EP. In the beginning of this year we already recorded some songs but it didn't meet our high expectations, so we didn't release the stuff. We already found a very good recording studio, but the guy never mixed and mastered anything, so we would prefer to take it somewhere else to mix/master. My first question: how many will a very good mix and master of 6 song cost. And second where should we take it? We want a wall of sound that punches you in the face :p (I know sound polution, but that's what people want:s). Think parkway drive, arkangel, setup,... Here's or myspace with the song we recorded a year ago, but as i said before, we didn't really like the mixing and mastering: www.myspace.com/opensesamebelgium and a movie of a newer song on a reharsal without our singer: YouTube - open sesame . Many thanks in advance Ruben

3rd January 2009	#3
MASSIVE Master Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago (Schaumburg / Hoffman Est.) IL Posts: 2,710	Mixing is creating a cohesive product (the mix) from a collection of individual sounds (tracks). Mastering is creating a compliant and cohesive production master from a collection of individual mixes. Generally speaking (and I am a bit biased here) it's good advice to have different people on those different tasks. __________________ John Scrip - Massive Mastering, LLC - www.massivemastering.com Spoon-feed a newb some answer and he'll mix for a day - Get him to think about it and figure it out for himself and he'll mix for a lifetime --- JS

16th February 2009	#4
Bigbang Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 502	Mixing and mastering studio Hi, I have send you a pm.

18th February 2009	#8
mdjice Lives for gear Joined: May 2008 Location: Houston/Paris Posts: 2,677	Yes you need a mixing engineer and a mastering engineer. a single person doing both is like a student grading his on homework __________________ Multi Platinum Recording artists, producer. Writer, Mix Engineer http://www.openlabs.com/mickael.html follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mickaelmusic COLD CHAMBER STUDIO

22nd February 2009	#10
Bigbang Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 502	Hello Ruben, I really would appreciate a reaction on the pm and email that I have send a couple of days ago. __________________ Berry Goedemans The Sonic Playground.nl

17th February 2009	#5
Chris Lago Project Code CL2465 Joined: Dec 2008 Location: Who lives? Posts: 10,767 3 Reviews written	Je vous ai envoyé un message.

17th February 2009	#6
DrDeltaM Moderator Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Belgium Posts: 4,347	Since you're from Belgium, you might wanna go local

18th February 2009	#7
leftright Gear Head Joined: Dec 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 66	cheers

21st February 2009	#9
Chris Lago Project Code CL2465 Joined: Dec 2008 Location: Who lives? Posts: 10,767 3 Reviews written	I'd be interested for Mastering. pm me!

24th February 2009	#11
leftright Gear Head Joined: Dec 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 66	same here... i think a feedback is the minimum..:s

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