{"id":83,"date":"2011-01-03T16:06:05","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T00:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recordingengineerschool.com\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2011-01-11T07:18:17","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T15:18:17","slug":"why-are-my-mixes-thin-and-not-as-loud-as-commercial-cds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/recordingengineerschool.com\/blog\/the-25-most-asked-questions-about-sound-engineering\/why-are-my-mixes-thin-and-not-as-loud-as-commercial-cds\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are my mixes thin and not as loud as commercial CDs?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mastering room<\/p><\/div>\n

Your computer recording will be noticeably lower in level than any commercially-released CDs, even if you have raised the recording right up to its peak level.<\/p>\n

Your “final mix” isn’t really final! There is one more all-important stage your tracks must go through.<\/p>\n

Commercial recordings are almost always “mastered” after the final mixes shave been done. One of the functions of this mastering stage is to increase the loudness of the recordings.<\/p>\n

This is done using a combination of very high-quality compressors, limiters and equalizers.<\/p>\n

The mastering stage is where experience really matters. All of these processors can easily mess up the mix. That’s why it’s important to use a great mastering engineer who has had lots of experience with good track record. Age really matters here.<\/p>\n

This is a stage which can cost a few hundred dollars but everyone who has had it done all agree that it’s money well spent.<\/p>\n

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Mastering compressor<\/p><\/div>\n

If you can’t afford to go this extra step, home-studio mastering plug-ins are available but you really have to do your homework to make them work really successfully. Lots of trial-and-error.<\/p>\n

The mysterious mastering stage is completely explained in great detail in our course because some of our graduates go on to a career in professional mastering. (20 more pages on this in your course) \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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