#974126 - 05/18/00 04:12 PM
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I have an "acoustic" album project ready to be mastered. I'm inclined to send it to a certain mastering house with a good track record in that musical area, but I'm not sure I have the budget to travel to the session as well as pay for it. How unwise is it to not attend the mastering session if you are reasonably confident of the engineer's skills?
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#974127 - 05/18/00 04:25 PM
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richt
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pkfred,
I would say that if you are inclined to use a particular mastering house whose reputation you trust, then not being able to attend the session should not be too much of an issue. If you know that there are definite things to be changed, then take good notes for the person doing the job. Call them ahead of time if possible and have a "heads up" conversation where you can go down the list of things that need to be done. As long as you feel that everything that needs to be discussed has been discussed, then leave it in their capable hands. After all, mastering is their business right? I hope that this is helpful.
-Rich T
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#974128 - 05/18/00 06:31 PM
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Ed Cherney
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Yep, I gotta agree with Rich T. Just make sure that all of your sequence and edits are done, (although with many top notch mastering engineers, they will do that also....but it costs more because of the time involved). They are going to send you a ref, anyways , so you'll have yet another chance to screw it up. I usually let my mastering engineer do his thing before I stick my two cents in, because he is there in front of his speakers all day, everyday, hearing what everybody else is doing, what's hot, what's not, and by the time I am done producing or mixing an album, I really need some objective ears. The only reason I show up to my mastering sessions these days, is to just get the reasurrance that "everything is all right", or "do you have a different mix of this"? Oh, one other thing, I always send alternate mixes, especially vocal up versions, just in case...........
ed c
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#974129 - 05/19/00 09:18 AM
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Oli P
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Has anybody ever been asked for a vocal down version? 
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#974130 - 05/19/00 11:30 AM
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THE MIX FIX
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Oli P:
I ALWAYS do a mix where I think the vocals should be, one with the vocals up, one with the vocals down, a "TV version", an instrumental, and an Acappella mix, just to cover ALL the bases.
Sometimes, and just recently actually, the Artist has asked for his vocal down a bit, to be more "buried" into the track, as if he was "In the same space as the band".
Luckily, I had it!!
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[This message has been edited by THE MIX FIX (edited 05-19-2000).]
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#974131 - 05/19/00 04:07 PM
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Harvey Gerst
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Originally posted by Oli P: Has anybody ever been asked for a vocal down version?
Yeah, usually the guitar player!!
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#974132 - 05/20/00 02:19 AM
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This is probably a silly question but what is the difference between an Instrumental Version and a T.V. Version of a mix?
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John
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#974133 - 05/20/00 03:18 AM
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Ed Cherney
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The TV version would have backround vocals. The instrumental would be the band , or track only. I have also done TV mixes for one particular artist (a red headed guitar player and singer), that did not have her guitar in the mix, so she could play her part, and sing, live.
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#974134 - 05/20/00 05:31 AM
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Red-headed... guitar player, singer....
Huh....
Bonnie Raitt?? If it was Bonnie, did her husband, the guy from the Caddy Shack film ever drop by the studio?
Naomi Judd?
Rich...
[This message has been edited by Richard V. Wielgosz (edited 05-20-2000).]
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#974135 - 05/20/00 10:35 AM
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THE MIX FIX
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Ed:
That Bonnie Rait, what a risky Devil she is!!
Actually playing and singing her parts LIVE when on TV!!??
What would happen if she made a, gulp, mistake!!??
No real-time auto pitch corrector for her vocal??!!
What if her amp died?!?
She must be REAL GOOD, or something!!
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