![]() A lot of guys like to bounce to stems with 3 to 6 db of headroom before mastering, which is what I'll always do in the future since the results are so far superior to mixing everything down to a single track, then mastering that. Then I save a copy of my session under a new name, afterwards deleting everything but a few empty audio tracks so I get to keep the song locators right where they were while I was mixing in my new session save. Since I got in the habit of using session locators while mixing close to what will be my finalized track's peak level, I like to render my final mix at 48kHz / 24 bit depth with no dithering first. vst or chain or something on your master channel in whatever session you were using to mix. Prep your mix and session for mastering-don't just fling a mastering. Don't try to polish a problematic mix in the mastering stage, and don't try to go straight from final mix down to mastering and call it a day with no with time to let your ears rest in between each step. Mix it well first, give your ears a rest, then master. ![]() Instead of sharing just one or two things, I thought I'd throw more stuff out there this time to sort of say thanks to everybody who contributed to that last thread. Many of us are stuck doing this for ourselves, and it's a really beneficial skill set to have in your back pocket even if you're tapping other folks to master for you. People shared so many great points on that one thread I started last week about useful production techniques in general, I thought I'd keep the good times rolling by turing more specifically to mastering. ![]()
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