Mastering help

[Giorgos Skorpos]

Hi everyone I need some help with mastering..
I want to know what effects to put and mastering for a normal sound (kicks,snares,hats & percs)....
And in master channel on fx...(about limiter)...
the sound being lower when play with kick (what can i do to fix the sound) ??
Thanks for any help...

[somius]

So, you want to "MIXING" your song.
Mastering is only made in a real Studio.
I advice you to pass here: http://www.meldaproduction.com/audiotuto...rospectral
And here: http://audio.tutsplus.com/

[Sauxo]

As Somius said, what you want to do is mix your track...

Well, let's start with the basics, there are 4 main FXs in almost every song. These are Reverb, Delay, Filter and EQ

I would suggest you to try to add any of these FXs and use the presets (as a start) to try to get a better sound, you should also play with the FX Level, i mean, let's say you add a 3/4 Delay with full feedback and some reduced cut off, if you leave it at 100% the sound will be surely messy, so, just reduce the level of the FX (by moving the knob at the right of the plugin name on the mixer) so it goes to the background.

Also, if you use too much delay and reverb all together in the same mixer track, I would recommend you to bridge the track and add all the FX on the bridged track.

Try that and let me know what is the outcome

[Giorgos Skorpos]

thnx a lot for help.. Thats very useful to me..


(somius) thnx for the links.. i'm reading and learning..


(dj Gloom) (not song, i dont explained that, i'm sorry if you understand wrong, it was my mistake)
i 'm working on a track now (progressive) and i'm using the fxs and i see the music listening better..
also i take examples from the ''New Stuff'' on FLstudio.. i see what FXs has in there and i try to do something similar.. so again i'm saying thnx...

[djeliy]

Mastering is leveling the volume of like before a cd gets put out. If you mean mixing then you want compressors, limiters, eqs, etc. (waves 7.1 is the best program for that stuff.) Also listen to music that you already know that has been mastered. It helps you understand how the sound should really sound. also dont compress evrything. Alot of people getting into it seem to think that putting a compressor on everything seems to mean that the track is mastered. blah blah blah.