A question about mastering software

[microtonal]

Hello,

I am going to be purchasing some mastering software and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what they are using and how well it works. I'll be spending around $500. Any comments would be appreciated!Thanks

Eric

[Voutsonios]

Hello Micro

i dont know how much T-Racks costs in US but is should be less than $500
I havent used it a lot but most of the times that i ve used it it was very nice - i m not that great in mastering and the presets that it has worked really well for me with small changes

I hope that helps a bit [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
Waves plug ins are also nice - i think the native bundle includes L1 and Q10 and the S1 imager - i m not sure how much it costs over there though

good luck with your purchace [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[microtonal]

Hello,

Thanks Vouts, I'll check them out. Also, since this semi-related, are there any cd burning programs that will allow you to burn 24bit files to disk? Adaptec only allows for 16bit. Thanks.

Eric

[Voutsonios]

Micro,
I dont know about the burning software but i would like to know
Please let me know if you find out [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
I m using WinOnCd 3.7 but i dont know that feature
i ll better check it out

C u !

[Vegadark]

there is no need to burn 24 bit cd's, as there are no cd players that play 24 bit cd's (as far as i know)...

[microtonal]

vegadark,

Makes sense. Any comments on mastering software?

Eric

[Vegadark]

i use a combination. when I bounce a track to disk, the first thing i usually do is open the file in soundforge. I have been using soundforge for a few years, so i'm comfortable with the tools it has to offer for mastering. with soundforge, i can check tthings like rms power and frequency distribution of the track. two things i cannot do with t-racks or PTLE. I usually adjust these things before moving to wavelab. also before hitting wavelab, i make a master file of all the tracks that i will be putting on a cd; i make a complete cd mix file with crossfades and everything with all my mastered tracks. then i open it in wavelab and place the cd track markers where i feel they are necessary. then i burn the cd. there are more steps than that, but that is the meat of it. i do use t-racks for some stuff, but i always keep a version of the file that is not been mastered incase i dont like the effects later. i always doublecheck the tracks rms power and frequency placement as a last step.

[GT40sc]

At the moment I believe that only the Alesis Masterlink can burn a 24-bit/96k CDR...

Not positive, though...

SC

[ReniuR]

I do all our mastering with protools and outboard gear. I suggest running thru a BBE and then a limiter, if needed. I prefer the audio quality from protools mastering much more than soundforge.

[microtonal]

ReniuR,

So do you record your track into PT, apply comp, gain, etc., send it through your outboard gear, then re-record it into PT?

Micro