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New Subscription Audio Mastering Service

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14 Songs Mastered per month $39.99 per month Analog Gear - Real Engineer - WAV Files - Corrections - Quick Turn-Around This is Kelvin Butler, owner of KBJ Records.  As s fellow musician, I know that these are hard times for musicians.  It is now March, 2020 and so far this year has not gotten off to a good start.  People are now being quarantined indoors because of this bold new virus known as Convid - 19.  Jobs are being closed and money is tight.  I know that it is hard to create music while providing for yourself and loved ones. Subscription Analog Audio Mastering Service $39.99 per month Your music is our #1 priority so I have opened up the first official Subscription Audio Mastering Service that uses a real engineer.  It is not an instant mastering service that uses robots or algorithms.  It is a real mastering service with a real mastering engineer that you can purchase on subscription for the same price as one of those instant robot mastering sites. I
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Compression Before EQ or EQ Before Compression

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SHOULD I ADD COMPRESSION BEFORE EQ OR EQ BEFORE COMPRESSION? As an old rule, it is customary to add compression after EQ.   This produces a more warm and mushed together sound.   When compression is applied before EQ, you typically get a more crisp and stand out type of sound. When should I use each? If a piece of audio needs a lot of work in the EQ department, it could be useful to add compression before EQ so that you can benefit the most from your EQ adjustments.   Compression will not squash out much of your EQ adjustments with this method. If the audio is almost perfect and will not need very much EQ, it could be useful to add your compression after the EQ.   With this method, you won’t change the sound very much and will instead add more warmth and control to the audio. Why do you get two types of sounds? When you add compression after EQ, the compression attempts to bring the lower volume dynamics in the song up to a louder leve
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How Loud Should Your Song Be?

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TRY TO GET YOUR RMS VOLUME TO REACH -10DB During the mixing process, a song need not to try to be it's loudest.  It is the mastering engineer's job to get songs loud.  Most DAW plugins cannot successfully reach the high RMS volumes that mastering programs can reach.  Mastering plugins and equipment also process the audio signal differently than mixing plugins and equipment. You should aim for about -14dbs before mastering and -10dbs after mastering.    When mastering pop music like Rock, Rap, or even some R&B songs, you should try to reach a RMS volume of -10db.   It is not required but a good rule of thumb. Most professional Pop music tries to hover around a RMS volume of -10db.   This is seen to be very loud.   Many home recordings will not be able to reach this level without drastically degrading sound quality but it is a good number to shoot for.   If you are mastering a pop song, you should try to reach this number.  But if it starts
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Audio Sample Rate and Bit Depth Explained - Get Better Audio Mastering Results

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DO NOT LOWER YOUR SAMPLE RATE OR BIT RATE WHEN EXPORTING YOUR TRACKS! When you lower your sample rate or bit depth, you lower the quality of your recording.   If you plan to get your songs mastered, you should export them at the same sample rate and bit depth that they were originally recorded in.   Keep in mind that most DAW and interfaces are set to record at 44.100kHz and 16bit by default.   You can set your session to record at a higher sample rate and bit depth to get a better quality recording but do not lower it down when you export the tracks.   The mastering engineer can work with those higher formats.   A good high quality setting for recording is 48.000kHz and 24bit. What is the sample rate? It basically refers to how fast samples are taken of a particular frequency or piece of audio per second.   It is often shown in kHz meaning 1,000 times per second.   Keep in mind that the standard sample rate for most consumer audio devices like
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3 Simple Mixing Tips to prepare your Mixes for Audio Mastering

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1.      Your song’s overall volume level should reach no higher than -3db.   This is because the mastering engineer will have to enhance the dynamics of your song.   This will most likely make it louder.   If your song is already too loud, the mastering engineer will not have enough headroom to enhance without bumping into distortion. ·       This can be done by simply lowering the master track volume until it consistently shows a -3db or below reading. 2.      You should not add any compression to the master track during mixing.   If you plan to get your music mastered, do not try to add compression to the master track to obtain loudness.   Doing that can greatly hinder the engineer’s ability to master your track correctly. ·       It is the mastering engineer’s job to get your song to its loudest level.   If you add compression and the engineer adds compression on top of yours, your song can be a disaster. 3.      Check every track in your mix to s
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