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Is CD mastering different than for vinyl?

Is CD mastering different than for vinyl? The short answer is yes. A needle needs more room with the louder the program is an interesting point, something that we don’t need to worry about with mastering for a CD. Hard sibilance, loud ride cymbals, wide bass, a resonant frequency around 1kHz – these factors can all cause the needle to jump out of its groove. Avoiding that is true craft. It’s an art.

Unlimited Mastering

Unlimited Mastering has arrived!

Contest Update: Your Song In A Promo Video + Free Mastering

It’s Will here again with an update on the Free Mastering contest.
We were trying to choose a few songs for our upcoming video for the new Unlimited Mastering service.
I have some good news and some bad news:  the good news is, we received a ton of songs to be considered for the video soundtrack!  The [...]

Audio Mastering Answers

Hey everyone; we hope your summer is off to a great start!  We’d like to mention something quickly…
Artists and producers generally ask us the same questions all the time, so we’ve included a FAQ page on our main studio website.  We just want to remind our readers that if you have any questions about audio mastering [...]

A Tragedy In Progress

Here at SoundOps we like to support our friends. Steve Taylor and the guys at ATIP have been our friends for almost 10 years, maybe more. And they have just produced some new music. Even if the style isnt what your used to, you should check it out. You may know them as Across Five Aprils; you [...]

Mastering Love Song Audio

We’ve all written a heartfelt song for that special someone. If you think you have the best love song mix: send it in and we’ll master it at half-price!
Now this isn’t the first time we’ve done this. Check out Mike’s comment after we mastered his girlfriend’s birthday present in the middle of the night, just [...]

Mic or Mixer – How To Get That Pro Sound

This is a question that came from one of our friends on youtube,
and we thought you guys would benefit from the conversation.
Q:
I know how to mix and master my music. I hope. Lol. I am getting a shure ksmA pretty soon and that is a top of the line mic. im wondering if i just [...]

MIXING CONTEST: TOP 10 MIXES

We never expected the mixing competition to be so popular.  After some serious listening, we’ve narrowed it down to our favorite 10 songs.  We don’t want to be the only ones to vote though, so we’re working on a way for our readers to vote for the best mix as well.
In the next few weeks [...]

Free Mastering Mix-Off!

Here at SoundOps Mastering, we aren’t ready for the summer to end.  So we’re heating things up with a mixing competition – a battle of the engineers!
The rules are simple.  If your band is working on a new song, or if you already have one recorded, send your mix to us ( studio@soundops.com [...]

DIY Mixing: Pre-Master Levels

Even when artists record in a studio, it’s more and more common for them to do their own mixing.  With programs out there like Garage Band and Adobe Audition, sometimes the money seems better spent on software than a few hours with an engineer.  Whether you do your own production or hire it out, it’s [...]