gettin that radio sound

whats good my fellow mpc peeps..
i just got a question regarding mastering.. im almost done with my mixtape/album and im tryin to get that nice clean sound on it.. i still havent mixed the songs i have for it cause i wanna see what some of you guys do to get that offical sound on ur songs.. any help/tips on mastering and mixing would be greatly appreciated.. good looks

damn nobody??

i would say to do a couple different takes with different setting of Eq/or effects and try them on different sound systems and hear which one you like or sounds close to the one you want, the record it , but there are a couple site that are pretty good about this topic, do a search on here for mastring or Eqing.

hi there,
the "radio sound" is made by compressors and limiters..
but mastering is an art and is difficult to learn,
check for this book, Bob Katz "Mastering audio"
one of the best for my part.

you can do test with adding a little compression to your mix and
then a few limiting..

I've never mastered myself but i have a link that maybe usefulhttp://djbb.dk/floops/index.php?cat=docs

i think you're referring to FM compression....check that out

noise reduction

good look.. will definetly check out..

jorge guzman wrote:whats good my fellow mpc peeps..
i just got a question regarding mastering.. im almost done with my mixtape/album and im tryin to get that nice clean sound on it.. i still havent mixed the songs i have for it cause i wanna see what some of you guys do to get that offical sound on ur songs.. any help/tips on mastering and mixing would be greatly appreciated.. good looks

TRacks makes a tight software mastering tool. called analog mastering. real easy to use. does the sheen

use reference cd's., something your sh*t resembles. Listen to how loud the vox are compared to drums, how loud the bass is, how much
delay is on whatever, etc. it'll get you going to a good start.
it's pointless to mix if you don't know what you want you stuff to sound
like.

Hire a mastering engineer to master the project for you. A great mastering engineer has far more experience with ensuring that your project will translate over a variety of sound systems. Also, he/she should have the adequate equipment (top-notch eq's, compressors, monitors, ears...not just plugins) to give your project the sound you desire.

Most importantly, take time to mix your projects using reference cd's like Teh-Wei mentioned. But don't over limit or normalize you tracks if you plan to have someone else master them.

EZ

I have to cosign Mpire's jumpoff. Get it mastered, it's not too expensive and it pays to get it done by professionals that make sure it's up to industry standard. Give them the best mixdown possible and they will master it to excellence, if it's going to be released you want it to have the best sound possible.

jorge guzman wrote:whats good my fellow mpc peeps..
i just got a question regarding mastering.. im almost done with my mixtape/album and im tryin to get that nice clean sound on it.. i still havent mixed the songs i have for it cause i wanna see what some of you guys do to get that offical sound on ur songs.. any help/tips on mastering and mixing would be greatly appreciated.. good looks

If you have a waveform editor like Peak 4, Sound Forge, and others you can use them as mastering tools. Always reference a commerical CD in the genre you work in as a guide. Like the others said if you can find a mastering pro thats the best way. And the more you know the better you will be. An excellent and simple to read basic guide I recommend also is "The Desktop Studio" by Emile D. Menasche. I hope it helps

i had the soundforge demo back in the day but now im mainly using cubase... my mixes sound decent i think, a lot of people who heard the material say it sounds radio ready but i just dont hear it like that yet nah mean..