So I've recently started producing, and I'm working on some rythmic noise/industrial stuff but I'm having an incredibly hard time mastering the tracks... I've produced a few techno tracks but this is something new for me and I've no idea how to go about making it sound "normal", for lack of a better word. For those of you into this type of stuff, you know that a noise album can sound well produced. Just wondering if anyone here has some tips
Thanks
im interested, lets hear it
>>66281186
this tbqh
>>66280830
"Mastering" can only be done by a master audio engineer. You're talking about "mixing"
Mastering is something that some audio scientist in germany does when you send him your final mix, in order to get it prepped for mass producing albums. He sends it back if there's a single instance of clipping or any other errors. Its not something most people can do.
Producing takes years to get good at. hang out in /prod/ , read all the PDFs about mixing and levels, learn how to EQ, how to use compressors, panning, etc.
>>66281227
lol what
mastering is literally just the production of an audio mixdown. It has to do with the master mix, i.e the stereo-output of the original mixdown, not "master" in the sense of some kung-fu movie. Fuck's sake lmfao.
>>66281266
Educate yourself:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_mastering
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastering_engineer
Mastering is a specialist job. Mastering engineers do mastering all day every day. They dont produce, they dont mix, they master.
Producer (makes final mix) - > Mastering Engineer (preps for pressing / radioplay / whatever format you're aming for) - > Consumer
post it in /prod/
fucking newfag
>>66280830
I write music probably in a similar vein.
Here's my shit so I can shill but also substantiate my advice.
https://soundcloud.com/ourexitbag/so-so-sufferers
Focus on your sound design and mixing. Youtube tutorials, at least for mixing, are a lot less academic and under the hood so unless you're a career musician they're decent.
prod is a joke stay out of prod
>>66281227
>>66281337
I master my own tracks.
They sound great on shitty headphones, beats, expensive flat af headphones, shitty speakers, good speakers, good speakers in a treated room, car speakers, outdoor arena/stage.
Check m8.
>>66281375
/prod/ has no valuable knowledge about anything other than bad pop edm.
>>66281411
Hey this is quite nice
>>66281226
>>66281186
I'm quite paranoid about posting my music on /mu/ tb h sry
>>66281428
>I master my own tracks.
no you dont lol
Only mastering engineers master tracks. They're the guy you send your mix to before doing a mass CD run, or to prep a single for radio play.
If you work for a mastering company, then maybe you can master your own tracks. It takes quite a bit of very expensive specialist equipment.
>>66281471
ok nerd
>>66281471
>It takes quite a bit of very expensive specialist equipment.
No it doesn't.
>>66281505
>>66281495
>>66281471
Anybody can master, it's just going to be a shitty to serviceable master.
>>66281428
you seem to be under the assumption that mastering and mixing are synonyms when they are not
>>66281762
No, not really.
>it's a /mu/ knows literally nothing about audio engineering thread
>hurr durr you can't master your own tracks
