Sunday, 30 June 2013

Mix And Mastering Service Elements

By Stacey Massey


Mixing and mastering are two of the most essential components necessary for music production. Musicians who are working within their very own home studios, recording their own sounds often take care of these by themselves in order to create excellent tracks. Nonetheless, there are musicians preferring getting professional mix and mastering service as well.

To master and mix sounds are two different things. There are many people who commit the error of interchanging these two terms. Sometimes, they also are taken collectively as though they mean the same. Mixing is actually the process of placing multiple audio layers all together for the creation of final tracks. This can also refer to the process of modifying existing tracks.

Raw sounds recorded, whether piano, drums or guitar, straight from condenser microphones usually sound rather flat and undynamic. What producers will do first is layering of the tracks, changing the volumes to, perhaps, make the guitar or drum sounds come out at specific moments. They might also remove unwanted clicks or extra noises from the clips. This is the mixing process.

Mastering, on the other hand, is different. It is the process where final tracks are optimized with the use of several different elements, which may range from stereo enhancement, equalization, or compression. Usually, this process will require not just technical skills from producers but also extensive knowledge on techniques and a good sense of hearing.

To master can mean to bring sounds to life. This process is characterized as bringing spice in for the recorded sounds to turn out better. Producers might have the drum beats sounding more dynamic and the guitars may be adjusted to sound less sharp. Bass frequencies can be increased and pianos toned down so they sound softer. Effects can be integrated as well.

There are a number of elements that are involved in mastering. Compression comes as first. Even though compression is a common element, it is still often used by musicians incorrectly. Dynamic audios are most commonly compressed. This is so the audio will be prevented from clipping. Compressing ultimately ensures that an audio will not be made to exceed decibel limits, hence avoiding allowing them to come too loud.

Equalization is the procedure that involves boosting of sound frequencies. This element can be easy to understand. Usually, producers do not want the recorded tracks to come with thin bass drums. What they do then is have the bass frequencies increased through equalization. EQ makes it possible for sound engineers to achieve perfect instrumental sounds.

Other than equalization and compression, there are other effects that sound engineers add to sounds so these come better than they initially have been. The effects bring out the most from the recorded sounds. Two commonly applied effects include stereo enhancement as well as reverb.

A mix and mastering service is centered on composition, instrumentation and notation of special subjects for producing music. As with notating and composing, this requires knowledge and enough experience. Although tracks may actually already sound good right after they have been recorded, there can still be several more improvements that can be introduced to get the best out of them.




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