--- Daniel James <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > JAMin > > creates a greater distinction between the > > responsibilities of mixing and mastering engineers > > when using the multitrack as the source to the > > mastering application. > > I guess this could work as long as all parties > understand the > demarcation. I can imagine resistance from mastering > engineers who > might regard a multitrack project as 'unfinished', > or not want to > take responsibility for the mix. I believe that what you imagine is absolutely real. But my attitude is, fine and dandy let "resistant" mastering engineers tell an artist who just maxed out their credit card for a $3,000.00 album production budget that they need to return to the mixing studio to cut the kick drum by 5db when the mixing studio costs $50.00 an hour and the mastering studio costs $100.00 an hour. Mastering has been shrouded in a mystique that's born from ignorance. I can make that claim because ignorance is my personal experience. :) But the days of using attitudes like the one you're refering to are numbered because every kid in the world has recording and mastering studios in their bedrooms. Mastering is about achieving sonic potential. Ardour is a mixing tool. When you finish mixing with Ardour and every other DAW about %50 or %60 of the sonic potential of a rock/pop song is realized. A "good" song production in the low budget world, almost everyone you and I know, can take 12 hours to print and mix. It'll take an hour to produce the remaining sonic potential for that song. Mastering is big juju! I probably shouldn't argue about how easy mastering is because 20 feet from me is an accoustically designed mastering studio that I designed, built, paid for and own. But I love music and working with artists and the more the artist and I accomplish, the happier I am. When I encounter "resistance" I bristle with intolerance and I think everyone of us should reject that shit like it were the black microsoft plague. :) ron > On the other hand, I'd love to be able this kind of > flexibility, but > it would depend on having Ardour or something > compatible with our > multitrack project files at every stage in the > chain. > > Cheers > > Daniel __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
