[_slavo_]

i just submitted a track of mine i'd like to have there.

[Savage Clone]

Submission submitted.

[knox]

what is the deadline again? seriously

[Glice]

Middle of February, you dickhead.

[Glice]

Originally Posted by hevusa

If the comp isn't going to be mastered I'd like to submit a speaker blowing piece for "artistic" reasons. Put it right after a quiet track. That would either be "true art" or it would illustrate why mastering is necessary for compilations.

Would it sound better than the dogshit you've already submitted? Only you might get back on it if so.

[Derek]

i would like to hear hevusa's song

[Genteel Death]

I can't combine the immediate arrogance of someone making an obnoxius fuss out of something like mastering and their motivation for playing music, but why not leave Hevusa's submission in, after all?

[hevusa]

Originally Posted by Genteel Death

but why not leave Hevusa's submission in, after all?

no thanks.

[Genteel Death]

Originally Posted by hevusa

no thanks.

Ok.

[A Thousand Threads]

Originally Posted by Glice

........except A Thousand Threads, whose file didn't have his/ her [sorry!] name attached in the .zip GD sent me)

Doctors say I'm male, but my "girlfriend", who's a dyke, says my obsession with cybele's cult makes me mentally drag-butch.

anyways

I'm really looking forward to hearing the whole thing when it's done.

[terminal pharmacy]

GD, slight correction, I make approximately $30k a year from composing and I make up the rest of my wages with engineering. I was nominated for an award for sound design and composition in the same category as Nick Cave in an Australian theatre awards.

Apart from that, I agree with both Gliceman and somewhat Hevusa. I tend to master everything I do but because this is a compilation there are things that can be done with such diverse content and keep all the dynamic range intact. Firstly I hate modern mastering it is all shit too loud and overly limited which destroys the dynamic range, I much prefer the mastering techniques of the 60s and 70s which preserved everything in the mix. This was partly due to the fact that if things were mastered too loud in the vinyl era the needle would jump; obviously this has no effect these days, however, modern music released on vinyl is mastered differently to that released on CD.

Im not sure everyone on here understands what mastering actually is. If I was was to master this compilation I wouldn't go for brick wall limiting, however I would use light limiting to control the peaks. Also I would do some eq'ing to give a consistant sound across the whole compilation as well as ordering the tracks in a way that has some sort of flow as you would a mix tape.

As I have heard none of the proposed content I can't say whether or not I want to master it.

So where can I download all of the tracks? Has everyone got any notation with their tracks that says what they ideally would like with any mastering. As compilations contain such variable content it would be good to have some sort of notes from people. Also I would not be spending alot of time on the mastering, maybe a couple of days at best. Maybe about 30-40 minutes per track at worst.

I will not destroy anyones music at all as when I'm working even if I hate the bands or shows I'm mixing I still have to give the best mix possible as it is my reputation on the line. However my reputation doesn't mean shit on here as I don't know any of you personally so the benefit will be my outside ears listening to your tracks and making the best judgement.

Everyone just has to remember that if the content is shit it cannot be fixed my mastering or remixing. I would suggest though that once I listen to everything I will give some mix notes but nothing much in too much detail as it will end up being alot of work.

As far as preserving every piece's dynamic range there are techniques to do this without destroying any of the content. The idea really is about having a semi consitant sounding compilation with out overdoing things.

Cheers TP.

And stop all the flaming children.

Also I think that having a title suggestive of being part of the SY board is stupid. Just have a title and leave it at that. Just because everyone is on the board doesn't mean the comp should say so, kinda to me is like trying to buy credibility.

Originally Posted by Genteel Death

Again, this shouldn't be the main priority at all. If push comes to shove I think the only person who has enough proper credentials to do something professional with the mastering is Terminal Pharmacy, so if he's up for it that's fine. He'd also be ideal because he's not a musician himself, so that doesn't create a bad atmosphere between people.

[Glice]

Cheers for that topcat.

Contributors - I'll be chasing you up for notes on your recordings when it's all up and together, so if you could refrain from PMing me or GD on that subject for the time being, that'd be grand.

[knox]

Originally Posted by Derek

i would like to hear hevusa's song

yeah

[Diesel]

My song is 114MB and 2822kbps... how the hell do I send it? I've never exported wav before..

[Glice]

Stick it on soundcloud and make it private for me only, perhaps?

Obviously, because only I deserve to hear it, because I'm awesome.

[Diesel]

Fuck a bike !! more working out. I compressed it and got the size down to 95mb. this wav business is shite can i not mp3 IT

TRying to upload it on soundcloud now it'll take YONKS and I haven't had me tea yet... better put a brew on

[Glice]

It's that or stick it on a CD and post it to me or Marras. Your choice, buddy.

NB I do not feel comfortable saying 'buddy'. Sorry.

[terminal pharmacy]

Don't compress any files, if I decide to master the comp I won't touch any mp3's only wavs or aiffs.

[Genteel Death]

Originally Posted by terminal pharmacy

Don't compress any files, if I decide to master the comp I won't touch any mp3's on wavs or aiffs.

Exactly. Take the time to at least present your music in the highest fidelity available to you. It's not too much to ask.

[krastian]

I'm going to at least try and submit a drum piece. I'll try and get it to be the best possible quality as I know how....I'm by far an expert at recording, but we'll see.