My band recently released our first album. We set up our gear as we would for any gig, placed a USB Condenser Mic (connected to my laptop) in the space, pressed Record, and played the music LIVE! Despite needing LOTS of takes on each track to get a _clean_ performance from everyone _on the same take,_ the overall performance and sound quality are actually really good. It sounds like _being_ at one of our LIVE shows. _Unfortunately,_ I didn't yet know about Mastering, SO...how good it sounds is LARGELY dependent on the quality of speakers, especially when streaming (or _trying_ to stream); some devices...like my iPhone 6S make it sound like it's underwater and a mile away. The next album will be better, but I really wish I knew THEN what I know now. I probably would have hired a professional for the Mastering...just to make sure the LUFS windows were properly achieved and those _tiny_ high/mid/low adjustments brought out every last drop of quality. Live & Learn!
mate, recording all band on 1 (mono I presume) USB-powered mic can't sound good, if you set 2 u87/67 with quality pres in great sounding room, then more likely...and it's not mastering going to solve it. Mastering is final polish, but if production lacks, you can't expect a magic wand. Arrangement, production, recording, performance and mix -if you got it right - you can expect your master to sound great
@@tresporros As mentioned, if I had it to do over again, I would just multi-track it. The idea for the project was inspired by the fact that, for the first nearly hundred years of recording, _everything_ recorded live in the studio, simultaneously to a single track...and many of those recordings still sound great! Unfortunately, I forgot to account for modern complications...like the fact that streaming services apply a standard compression even to MP3 files that have already been compressed from WAV format. The result is, as mentioned before, it sounds good on some systems and bad on others. CD in my car or on a basic, old school CD player...good! Reverb Nation, You Tube, Spotify...extremely quiet and/or distorted. Oh, well! Live and learn. The band has changed personnel...and found a whole new level of musical/performance quality...so, I'm tempted to scrub that album entirely from the online/streaming world since it no longer represents who we are. The crazy thing is that, having started out as a one-man band (guitar, vocal, harmonica, bass drum, snare drum, and hi-hat with attached tambourine), I plan to eventually record all _my_ songs in _that_ format. For that, I'll likely use a combination of direct mic on each part (ideally each on its own track) _plus_ exactly what you've just suggested. That way I can get a clean sound _and_ room presence...and then play with the balance until each part sounds just right (knowing that bleed-over will be unavoidable such tight quarters). For something in this musical ball park, check out Satan & Adam's first two albums; Adam is playing harmonica, while Sterling "Mr. Satan" Magee is doing everything else simultaneously. Anyway, thanks for the tips. Pity I didn't know you _before_ my band recorded our first album. LOL
This is the best thing I’ve watched in years about engineers in our industry! Great job Jess and guests!
Still keep coming back to this video when I want a refresher on mastering. Thank you Raelynn and Jess!
Well done! I'm not sure why it took RUclips 9 months to suggest this video to me, but I'm glad that it eventually did.
You are amazing babe!
impressive! young girl, and very knowledgeable, hats off...but I got a question -1176 for mastering? I guess she does do mixing as well...
Interviewer looks in love w Raelynn. Subscribed!
Impossible not to fall for Raelynn.
Excellent interview! I love RADAR too. Liked & subscribed.
Team Analog!!!
My band recently released our first album. We set up our gear as we would for any gig, placed a USB Condenser Mic (connected to my laptop) in the space, pressed Record, and played the music LIVE! Despite needing LOTS of takes on each track to get a _clean_ performance from everyone _on the same take,_ the overall performance and sound quality are actually really good. It sounds like _being_ at one of our LIVE shows. _Unfortunately,_ I didn't yet know about Mastering, SO...how good it sounds is LARGELY dependent on the quality of speakers, especially when streaming (or _trying_ to stream); some devices...like my iPhone 6S make it sound like it's underwater and a mile away.
The next album will be better, but I really wish I knew THEN what I know now. I probably would have hired a professional for the Mastering...just to make sure the LUFS windows were properly achieved and those _tiny_ high/mid/low adjustments brought out every last drop of quality. Live & Learn!
mate, recording all band on 1 (mono I presume) USB-powered mic can't sound good, if you set 2 u87/67 with quality pres in great sounding room, then more likely...and it's not mastering going to solve it. Mastering is final polish, but if production lacks, you can't expect a magic wand. Arrangement, production, recording, performance and mix -if you got it right - you can expect your master to sound great
@@tresporros As mentioned, if I had it to do over again, I would just multi-track it. The idea for the project was inspired by the fact that, for the first nearly hundred years of recording, _everything_ recorded live in the studio, simultaneously to a single track...and many of those recordings still sound great! Unfortunately, I forgot to account for modern complications...like the fact that streaming services apply a standard compression even to MP3 files that have already been compressed from WAV format.
The result is, as mentioned before, it sounds good on some systems and bad on others. CD in my car or on a basic, old school CD player...good! Reverb Nation, You Tube, Spotify...extremely quiet and/or distorted. Oh, well! Live and learn. The band has changed personnel...and found a whole new level of musical/performance quality...so, I'm tempted to scrub that album entirely from the online/streaming world since it no longer represents who we are.
The crazy thing is that, having started out as a one-man band (guitar, vocal, harmonica, bass drum, snare drum, and hi-hat with attached tambourine), I plan to eventually record all _my_ songs in _that_ format. For that, I'll likely use a combination of direct mic on each part (ideally each on its own track) _plus_ exactly what you've just suggested. That way I can get a clean sound _and_ room presence...and then play with the balance until each part sounds just right (knowing that bleed-over will be unavoidable such tight quarters). For something in this musical ball park, check out Satan & Adam's first two albums; Adam is playing harmonica, while Sterling "Mr. Satan" Magee is doing everything else simultaneously.
Anyway, thanks for the tips. Pity I didn't know you _before_ my band recorded our first album. LOL
Analogue ftw
Ok I'm in 😍
Is the song available? If you put the song out there, I might buy it now, I might buy it now......
I wanna be you when I grow up
What studio desk is she using?
The song was really good. The vocals can use a bit of reverb and tune pitch though
So could some of ALicia keys more recent songs but its an artistic choice, this girl is mastering, not mixing.
*They really NEED to just go back and fix that within the MIX! Cause at this point you are MIXING that song*
that engineer is cool
S U P E R ..........❤❤❤
Skeptical to me
#ANALOGRULES!!!
No offense but how can you master properly when your hair is covering your ears? Just curious
The soundwaves go right through hair. Lol
She seems so young to me, but then as I hear the song she's working on, I realize it probably takes a Gen Z-er to master Gen Z music.
Hey female engineers! That’s a nice change, production is a sausage fest
Sexist much?
So nice these day's to see a woman without tattoos, That other woman looks like she feel asleep on a wet news paper.
Team Analog!!!!