Good or bad mixes for mastering?( wav samples)

[JohannesW]

Hi, this is our hobby band and we are going to make single (2-3 songs). Just wondering
is it possible to do masters of these or are these just too bad mixes? Any idea & mastering house for this kind of music... samples here (wav files) ...

Index of /mix-demo

those samples are from 3 songs,

1.)
11-suhmu..., form beginning
12-suhmu..., tuba solo & sauna spanking solo

2.)
21-suruj..., form beginning
22-suruj..., trumpet solo
23..suruj..., guitar solo in the end

3.)

31-mahal..., form beginning
32-mahal..., trumpet solo

(and if anybody interested, recorded here and there with Orpheus + flamingo + few mics*. MacBookPro&logic.)
*royer sf-1, EWSR-30, Sen8020, DIY-C12. (all matched pairs) (ambiences with sony PCM D1)

[Herbeck]

Keep the peak of the mix at maximum -3dBFS on your master output meter.
Remove eq/compressor/limiter/ on the mix bus.
Leave the compressing and limiting of the full mix to your ME.

Take your mix of suhmura-mix2, lower it by -4dB and compare it to the first mix.
Louder is not always better.

Don't join the loudness war, let the rap and metal guys battle.
Your music is cool, dynamic, acoustic and well played. Don't squash it.

YouTube - The Loudness War



All the best

Herbeck

[JohannesW]

Originally Posted by Herbeck

Keep the peak of the mix at maximum -3dBFS on your master output meter.
Remove eq/compressor/limiter/ on the mix bus.
Leave the compressing and limiting of the full mix to your ME.

Take your mix of suhmura-mix2, lower it by -4dB and compare it to the first mix.
Louder is not always better.

Don't join the loudness war, let the rap and metal guys battle.
Your music is cool, dynamic, acoustic and well played. Don't squash it.


All the best

Herbeck

Yes, and thank you very much ... there was only logic limiter in the master bus. I took all other fx off. And yes I don't want to join the loudness war. I like dynamics. My mac is little old and mixing with it is quite slow. I would like to leave mixing to someone real mixing engineer, with good analog gear... but this is still just our hobby so we dont have a money for that...

but I'll try your tips...

Best regards
Johannes