Although it has taught me a lot is it possible you can do a article on preparing your track within Cubase/Nuendo for mastering in Wavelab? And maybe include a mastering chain you can use in Wavelab.

I’m currently working on this track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzllypwofaU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2FLCRProductionZ&feature=player_profilepage#t=79 which is the one i’ll be wanting to master myself.

(sorry if your not allowed to post any links to your own work, you can remove the link if this is the case)

Thanks in advance Mo.

Lee

I tend to think of the home user where the final mix allows for the end user to change the graphic…..surely if you mix down to a certain finish other than this then you decrease the amount of control the listener has.

The origional use for compression was to “shrink” the audio at a calabrated rate, ie 2:1 for recording on tape, thus having an effect of being recorded twice as loud, even durring the quiet passages, bringing the net level of tape noise down …. they used to call it Hiss.

On playback the audio was decompessed resulting in a hotter level with no tape Hiss. The details of how it works is pretty technical, but interesting reading …. Check out the theory of ” DBX ”

As for DAW’s and mastering, I would recommend making your finished mix as clean and tight ….. using the EQ to ” REMOVE ” not add. this will preserve more Dynamics. Resulting in a better end result.

DB’s in a DAW … 0db means 100% max …. any thing above this means “DIGITAL CLIPPING” owch … which results in High levels of DC Voltage going to your clubs speakers … result is usually a blown / burnt speaker voice coil.

DB,s analoge …. Hmmm 0db translates to 1 volt peak to peak audio … increase it to +3db …. 2 volts p-p +6db 4 volts p-p +9db 8 volts p-p …… and it goes on …. as long as your peramps / mixer can handle these voltage levels, then there will be no clipping of the signal, most mixing consoles can handle levels this high with ease. Boards that I use alot can handle upwards of +27db before any clipping starts to take effect.

I work with DAW’s for recording, and editing, bounce to Multi track tape 16 and 24 channel, then mix through the board back to the DAW. this preserves the warmth and dynamics of the audio with out any losses. my finished tracks have the dynamics and i let the Club system do the work of playing it back ” LOUD ” … thats what volume controls are for.

So there is my 2 cents ….. keep being creative in what you mix … and there is no wrong way, as long as it sounds clean & good to you listeners.