Atte André Jensen wrote: >I almost finished a cd of electronic music with my linux laptop. Now I'm >thinking about making an actual cd of it. Now I'm wondering if I need to >pay for mastering... > >I think the recording sounds quite good by itself, but I have a vague >idea of mastering doing something magical to my audio. Can anything >general be said about the need for mastering of electronic music? > >Also, can I do a good enough job with jamin? Are there any tutorials >that I should read? What will I be aiming for in the process, >considering I think it sounds fine already? > >Any input appreciated! > > Short answer: Yes, you should employ JAMin and work at mastering your work before printing to disc. Longer response: Learn by doing. JAMin isn't a terribly difficult app to learn, but learning exacty what doses of which process to utilize, that takes some time and experimentation. For example, compression was something of a black art to me, but I've learned much more about it by playing around with JAMin's excellent tools. I started using JAMin just to balance the overall volume between my tracks. Now I'm exploring its compression and EQ sections and finding some cool ways to improve my recorded sound. I recommend it highly (and even when I'm not high :). Best, dp _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
