Mixing and Mastering music

[Clayface]

I haven't seen a thread for mixing and mastering music, (Or unless I'm just blind haha) so I thought it'd be nice to have one. A thread to discuss your mastering techniques and tricks.

Personally, when I master tracks I always have my master channel empty untill the song is finished. (I also immediately take off the fruity limiter when I start new projects). Parametric EQ 2, and Fruity Reverb 2 are probably my most used FX that go into my mixer. Almost every channel will have those effects in it haha. I found a real good way to really get a nice pump from your kick, is to add a Fruity Compressor then select the preset Drums it really makes it nice and strong. (Although you might need to adjust volume levels after compressing)

Although I often have trouble with mixing on the master channel. Lately I've been putting a mulitband compressor on it, then using the preset Mastering 2.4db. Or sometimes I use Ozone (The thing is ozone really likes to eat up CPU haha xD)

[DJ Sonne]

(13-03-2010 11:37 PM)Clayface Wrote:I haven't seen a thread for mixing and mastering music, (Or unless I'm just blind haha) so I thought it'd be nice to have one. A thread to discuss your mastering techniques and tricks.

Personally, when I master tracks I always have my master channel empty untill the song is finished. (I also immediately take off the fruity limiter when I start new projects). Parametric EQ 2, and Fruity Reverb 2 are probably my most used FX that go into my mixer. Almost every channel will have those effects in it haha. I found a real good way to really get a nice pump from your kick, is to add a Fruity Compressor then select the preset Drums it really makes it nice and strong. (Although you might need to adjust volume levels after compressing)

Although I often have trouble with mixing on the master channel. Lately I've been putting a mulitband compressor on it, then using the preset Mastering 2.4db. Or sometimes I use Ozone (The thing is ozone really likes to eat up CPU haha xD)

I made a thread about it some time ago: http://flinside.com/index.php/topic,902.0.html
People could post screenshots of their preset settings but noone did... but yeah like you said: remove fruity limiter and don't have anything in master channel.. I also put the soundlevel to 75% because that makes the sounds better (hard to explain why in english)... I have special Saw and Kick presets in EQ2 that I would like to share without putting pictures online

[sowk]

(14-03-2010 12:58 AM)DJ Sonne Wrote:

(13-03-2010 11:37 PM)Clayface Wrote:I haven't seen a thread for mixing and mastering music, (Or unless I'm just blind haha) so I thought it'd be nice to have one. A thread to discuss your mastering techniques and tricks.

Personally, when I master tracks I always have my master channel empty untill the song is finished. (I also immediately take off the fruity limiter when I start new projects). Parametric EQ 2, and Fruity Reverb 2 are probably my most used FX that go into my mixer. Almost every channel will have those effects in it haha. I found a real good way to really get a nice pump from your kick, is to add a Fruity Compressor then select the preset Drums it really makes it nice and strong. (Although you might need to adjust volume levels after compressing)

Although I often have trouble with mixing on the master channel. Lately I've been putting a mulitband compressor on it, then using the preset Mastering 2.4db. Or sometimes I use Ozone (The thing is ozone really likes to eat up CPU haha xD)

I made a thread about it some time ago: http://flinside.com/index.php/topic,902.0.html
People could post screenshots of their preset settings but noone did... but yeah like you said: remove fruity limiter and don't have anything in master channel.. I also put the soundlevel to 75% because that makes the sounds better (hard to explain why in english)... I have special Saw and Kick presets in EQ2 that I would like to share without putting pictures online

cant u just press the insert picture button just like we do in the post count to 100.000

[DJ Sonne]

(30-03-2010 01:12 PM)sowk Wrote:

(14-03-2010 12:58 AM)DJ Sonne Wrote:

(13-03-2010 11:37 PM)Clayface Wrote:I haven't seen a thread for mixing and mastering music, (Or unless I'm just blind haha) so I thought it'd be nice to have one. A thread to discuss your mastering techniques and tricks.

Personally, when I master tracks I always have my master channel empty untill the song is finished. (I also immediately take off the fruity limiter when I start new projects). Parametric EQ 2, and Fruity Reverb 2 are probably my most used FX that go into my mixer. Almost every channel will have those effects in it haha. I found a real good way to really get a nice pump from your kick, is to add a Fruity Compressor then select the preset Drums it really makes it nice and strong. (Although you might need to adjust volume levels after compressing)

Although I often have trouble with mixing on the master channel. Lately I've been putting a mulitband compressor on it, then using the preset Mastering 2.4db. Or sometimes I use Ozone (The thing is ozone really likes to eat up CPU haha xD)

I made a thread about it some time ago: http://flinside.com/index.php/topic,902.0.html
People could post screenshots of their preset settings but noone did... but yeah like you said: remove fruity limiter and don't have anything in master channel.. I also put the soundlevel to 75% because that makes the sounds better (hard to explain why in english)... I have special Saw and Kick presets in EQ2 that I would like to share without putting pictures online

cant u just press the insert picture button just like we do in the post count to 100.000

maybe... doesn't the picture have to be online?

[PestratorProductions]

what are some good things to use to master ur tracks??

[ACCOMPLIC3]

I've Heard that the "T-RackS" VST is a good program to mix and master your music in FL Studio. . .I have it, but I haven't installed it yet.

[DJDawson]

look at this guy on youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/nfxbeats his videos are really long, but in depth and very usseful.
some tricks i use, compression on kicks, reverb on claps, and some snares, soundgoodizer when i think i need it, and parametric EQ on nearly everything!

[PestratorProductions]

allight i will ty and ill check that vst

[MrBatburn]

Heey i've got a problem on FL and I think that comes from mastering so i talk about that here...

My problem is when i've got a lot of channels and I press play just to hear the song, the sound is making lil' sound like : "CRPL CRPL" (sorry for the bad explanation but i'm not english)

So what do I have to do ?

Thank's 

[DJ Sonne]

(25-04-2010 04:33 AM)DJ Wanksta Wrote:Heey i've got a problem on FL and I think that comes from mastering so i talk about that here...

My problem is when i've got a lot of channels and I press play just to hear the song, the sound is making lil' sound like : "CRPL CRPL" (sorry for the bad explanation but i'm not english)

So what do I have to do ?

Thank's 

increase the buffer... or install ASIO...