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Please read this Example
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Follow the Form Instructions:
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email in the "From" field |
2.
Fill in
email:  @vestmanmastering.com
in the "Recipient" field |
3. Fill in the song title in the "Subject"
field
PLEASE INDICATE FULL MASTERING (paid booking)
or MASTERING SAMPLE (no obligation)
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4. Fill in your
information: in the "Message" field
Always
include your name, your
goals, what
kind of sound, etc.
Tell
us about how you recorded and mixed your
project
Tell
us about any issues you want us to address.
Include
your contact information,
phone, best time to call, etc.
Include
the artist
name, CD Title, song title(s), any deadline involved, etc.
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5. Choose the files (stereo mix and
Separations)
then send!
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READ About Important Audio File, MP3
Info
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Even if you have
recorded
your project on a 16 bit system, save your stereo mixes and
Separations at 24 or 32 bit.
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Keep peak audio levels around -3dBFS (those pesky clipping lights
should never light up).
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Example for good file name
identification:
Your Song Title_Mix.wav
Your Song Title_Drums.wav
Your Song Title_Bass.wav
Your Song Title_Instr.wav
Your Song Title_Voc.wav
BE SURE to include the stereo mix when sending Separations. KEEP FILE NAMES SHORT.
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• Do not use .zip
files - they sound awful!
• Do not use DVD+R's
to transfer files. Aways use a DVD-R,
CDR, Flash
drive, hard drive, FTP, etc.
Big
Tip: When burning a reference CDR --
be SURE to
use an
excellent quality 700MB Music CDR - and burn it at the
SLOWEST speed
your burner will go.
You get better the sound and more
reliability.
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When you get files from us to listen to:
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We recommend that you
burn the files we send to audio CDR for consumer stereo listening. Do not use iTunes to burn critical CDR's.
Use a common Mac "Burn Folder" or other program like Roxio, Toast, etc.
When converting your audio files to MP3's, do not use iTunes or other
fast-conversion
program. It saps the good sound out of your files. Use the MP3
conversion in Pro Tools - it's a real-time process that sounds much
better. The larger the file the better. 320kbps sound better
than 256kbps which sound better than 192, etc.
• Burn your CDR's at the SLOWEST
SPEED your burner will go. It will
sound better.
• Try to not rush back to
the studio to play our files. You liked your
mix in your studio, but our work wil sound different. Best to take the
audio we send you to CONSUMER HOME or CAR STEREO's first. BEST to have
other commercial audio CD's with you. Listen to the other artist's CD's
first. Get used to the sound of the contemporary hit records, and then
pop in your CDR. Listen to the level, the tone, the balance, the
projection, and the VOCAL. A/B with several commercial CD's.
• AFTER you've
listened on consumer systems, then go back to the
studio. A/B your CDR's with commercial CD's in the studio. Try someone
else's system too. Discuss the sound with others. Have fun with it, and
take notes. Let us know what you find.
• SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT BOTTOM
END: Everyone has differing tastes (due to
differing playback systems) when it comes to low end in recordings.
Some systems boom and thunder and sound great. Other systems distort
with too much low end. Everyone is different with what they like. Take
note of the bottom end on commercial CD's and on your CDR's. Check a
computer system with a sub woofer, or ear buds. The more places you
listen, the better idea you'll have about the sound, clarity, detail
and punch that we produce for you.
• IMPORTANT
MP3
INFO:
Any LOUD master we make here is designed for audio CD release. For
MP3's and AAC's we strongly recommend that you have us do the
conversions. It is common that LOUD
AUDIO FILES can create clipping (distortion) in the MP3's. We
carefully monitor levels to optimize your MP3's so they do not clip. We
can add ISRC codes, lyrics, an image and more using ID3 tags.
• Our Master CDR's and Master DDP's will have CD Text included - but
our masters do not automatically produce song/album titles on a
computer. That requires CDDB (CD Data Base). Check here for more info about radio
station ISRC requirements and CDDB.
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