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
--
Allen Corneau
Mastering Engineer
Essential Sound Mastering
Houston, TX

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
--
Allen Corneau
Mastering Engineer
Essential Sound Mastering
Houston, TX

Troy wrote:

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.

Yes, but often good musicians and a good studio are also not affordable
pieces of the puzzle.

If you aren't at least going to _try_ to do it right, why do it at all?

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.

Sure, but that's not free either.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

I do agree with what you say.....but the real point I was trying to make in
the beginning was that not everything requires mastering.If a band is having
a short run CD of say 200 copies made,mastering is not real important as
they will give most of these away.Now if you are making a large run of 5000
CDs then yes get the money and master it properly.




Scott Dorsey wrote in message
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Troy wrote:

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.

Yes, but often good musicians and a good studio are also not affordable
pieces of the puzzle.

If you aren't at least going to _try_ to do it right, why do it at all?

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.

Sure, but that's not free either.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

"Have you ever had a band come to you and say, "We have X amount of money
for.........."

Yes all the time.Any band with half a brain wants to budget things with the
money they have to work with so they don't wind up spending all their hard
earned money on one part of the project and run out of money to mix it or to
have their CDs made

You can pay for the finest mixes in the world but they are no good to anyone
if you have run out of money and can't afford to have CDs made so others can
buy your product.

I have never worked with a band that has had millions of dollars to spend on
an unlimited budget,so until I do I sit down and budget for my clients so we
can meet or exceed their expectations..not dissapoint them.





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
--
Allen Corneau
Mastering Engineer
Essential Sound Mastering
Houston, TX