engineerdnb
New member
Hi everyone,
since this is my first post, I'll briefly introduce myself. I come from Germany and a couple of months ago I started producing drum and bass. I've been working and reading a lot and I'm slowly getting a better grasp of how music production works.
I recently finished the mixing my first track and I am quiet happy with it (of course it's not a masterpiece but it's okay). However, as you can imagine, the track is lacking pressure and power since it is not mastered. I have been watching a lot of tutorials and reading a bunch of articles on mastering, however I can still not figure out how to do it properly myself.
Of course I do not want to go to a mastering studio for professional mastering since it would just be a waste of money. On other hand though, I do not want to upload my song to soundcloud completely unmastered since it is really lacking punchiness, plus I also want to finish the entire music production process one time.
As you can see, I find it quiet challenging to master songs as a beginning producer.
That leads me to a couple of questions:
Thanks for your replies!
Cheers
since this is my first post, I'll briefly introduce myself. I come from Germany and a couple of months ago I started producing drum and bass. I've been working and reading a lot and I'm slowly getting a better grasp of how music production works.
I recently finished the mixing my first track and I am quiet happy with it (of course it's not a masterpiece but it's okay). However, as you can imagine, the track is lacking pressure and power since it is not mastered. I have been watching a lot of tutorials and reading a bunch of articles on mastering, however I can still not figure out how to do it properly myself.
Of course I do not want to go to a mastering studio for professional mastering since it would just be a waste of money. On other hand though, I do not want to upload my song to soundcloud completely unmastered since it is really lacking punchiness, plus I also want to finish the entire music production process one time.
As you can see, I find it quiet challenging to master songs as a beginning producer.
That leads me to a couple of questions:
- How do you guys master your tracks? Do you even master them?
- Do you know any helpful tutorials/books/articles on mastering?
- Which tools do you use in order to master you songs? And how do you use them?
- Have you ever had one of your songs mastered by a professional?
Thanks for your replies!
Cheers