Greetings!
My first attempt to mix and master with Music Production Suite 8 kind of failed. Track sounds not loud, bright and crispy as I expected, but like sounds from another room. Can you guys please listen and push me to the right direction to become better with mixing and mastering. What in the track "pokes an ear" the most? What should be fixed in the firs place (and how)?
Thanks in advance.
oh man…
after I created my second attempt and compared it to the first I was able to hear how bad was my bass sound in the first one ) the second is better, but still far away from what it should be.
Its there some kind of a "school" or "academy" somewhere here where noobs can get fundamental knowledge?
Hello,
it all starts with your mix, it has to be as good as possible, you can´t fix all in the mastering process. I guess there are many tutorials out there but i can´t recommend one cause i don´t watch them. Also first you have to know what do you want exactly, and as i already said check your mix for your goals, is it almost there. Then the mastering adds the last few percents, it won´t magically change your song.
Bass is one of the trickiest thing to get right. Every body struggles with this at the start, so your not alone there. I agree with @Uwe303, except I'd expand on it a little…
A good master depends on having a good mix to begin with and a good mix depends on good production choices. A good production depends on a good choice in instruments and performers, and that all hinges on having a well written composition to begin with.
It's all a series of causes and effects. A poor chord structure or melody is only going to affect every stage following it, for example. Thats the part alot of people miss and so they only end up with something very mediocre in the end.
So my advice to anybody would be to take a little time to tweak things and get it right before moving on to the next stage. It will pay off in the end. It's best to do it with fresh ears though. Take a break, start working on your next song or two. Or maybe listen to some music, especially your references and revisit what you think is really good about them. With that fresh in your mind, go back and fine tune your production, comparing it with a bounced version of your first attempt. Just to make sure it's sounding better and not worse before moving on. Work on a copy so you can recall the original if it does indeed sound worse and you ended up losing your way.
Beyond that…. Try checking out these links. They're full of free tutorials you might be able to get some value out of… https://www.izotope.com/en/learn.html https://www.waves.com/videos
