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05 Nov 25 Years of Metal Music Production and Mastering

Heavy metal, death metal, black metal, thrash metal, hardcore, symphonic metal, industrial metal, nu metal, djent, doom metal, stoner metal, Celtic metal, gothic metal, grindcore, extreme metal of all kinds – as well as every ...

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05 Mar Should I hire an outside mastering engineer to finish my album?

Question:  Should I hire an outside mastering engineer to finish my album? Answer:  The answer is yes, and the specifics are detailed below, but the “proof is in the pudding” as they say, so this is why you can always order ...

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13 Feb An audiophile at heart

Back in 1996, my band mate Juan Urteaga and I converted our band practice space into a mini recording studio, and we began our journey as audio engineers.  Less than 2 years later, we moved into a warehouse and built our first ‘real’ ...

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13 Feb Mastering: The final step

Creating a musical album is a three step precess:  Recording, mixing and mastering.  Mastering originally was part of the process of creating a physical metal master for pressing vinyl on a lathe.  A record cannot handle frequencies ...

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13 Feb Mixing studio mastering?

The band asks this question:  What would happen if we had our mix engineer also do the mastering?  This question is asked by most bands these days at some point.  Budgets are small and mixing engineers like the fact that doing their ...

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13 Feb Mixing down for mastering

If you are a mixing engineer reading this, I’d like to go over just a few ideas for making your mixes perfect for the mastering stage. Many engineers know what I am about to say, I want to mention a few items to help  some  newer ...

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13 Feb A Metal Musician’s Guide to Pre-Production

Here is a detailed guide for musicians and new engineers to help them get the most out of recording.  90 percent of what is discussed in the guide will apply to all styles.  The PDF is here.  The Kindle edition is available at Amazon ...

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