Spoken like a true mastering engineer.

Sorry to say but in most cases now a days with short run releases and low to
non existant budgets you are not an affordable piece of the puzzle.Most
bands have a hard enough time paying to get CDs made and I think thats way
more important than spending money on mastering.

You have to make due with what you can afford and if you have to use a ****
mic on a guitar than so be it as a good engineer can make anything sound
good.


Allen Corneau wrote in message
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On 12/10/04 4:07 PM, in article S6pud.477697$%k.26665@pd7tw2no, "Troy"
wrote:

Not everyone has a budget for a mastering engineer.

Have you ever had a band come to you and say, "We have X amount of money
for
tracking, but we don't have any money for mixing"? Of course not. Mixing
is
a vital component to the end result. Those that know better know that
mastering is just as vital, and it needs to be included in ANY size
budget.

If its just a short run release then do it yourself..if you are pressing
thousands then yes hire a mastering engineer.

"We're only recording two guitars and a vocal, so we can use the ****ty
mic's and go right to cassette, right?"

Quantity does not dictate quality.

Allen
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Allen Corneau
Mastering Engineer
Essential Sound Mastering
Houston, TX