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Can You Do Mixing Online? |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 19 November 2005 |
Mixing Music Online.- This option is ideal for individuals that have a home studio, however, we can't work with every recording program made out there. Try rendering the audio tracks as WAV files, so that every file starts from the beginning (Even if the voice or instrument part only happens for 1 second in the song). This would prevent synchronization issues.
Once you have all the parts, make a folder called "My Song" and compress the whole thing with a zip compression program like Winzip or try this other format (RAR) you can download the file compressor program to send your package project via the Internet (As one file) with WINRAR. This makes the upload time shorter and files are also checked for possible transfer errors.
Next, make a log of all the files including the name, length of the part (Not the file), a description of the part and comments or feedback. Leave comments or feedback blank if you are leaving it up to the discretion of our engineer to make critical decisions such as the tone or color and amount of reverb and delay for the part.
How to deliver the audio files for mixing
1. Bypass any plugins on the tracks output
Remove all plugins that you might have in the channel inserts.
2. Bypass any automation on each track
Remove any automation, that might have on each track. Please allow our mix engineer to use his own ability to choose the best automation for your tracks, according his own art of mixing.
3. Check the output level of each track
It is important to avoid clipping (the red meter indicator is lit), e.g. that the output does not exceed 0dBFS of each track. This is very important to prevent the dry signal from any sort of bending.
4. Bypass any plugins on the master output
Bypass any plugins on the master output, i.e. no equalizer, compressor or limiter on the stereo mix, the same as we advised to do with each track individually.
5. File format
The preferred format is a 24 bit WAV for each track without dithering, so remember to turn off dithering in your sequencer before bouncing/exporting. The preferred sample rate is 44.1kHz (44.100 Hz) for each track but higher sample rates are accepted too.
6. Bounce or Export your tracks
Bounce (export) each individual audio track so that every file starts from the beginning (same bar or time code position).
Let us know if you can do this.
Mixing fees are on a case by case basis or between $200 to $350 per song (Mastering included).
You also need to answer by email the following:
How many songs for mixing do you have?
How many tracks or parts to each song do you have?
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