Is Multiband Compressors nessesary for mastering?

Music Production Music Tech Discussion
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what i been reading lately is that Multiband compressor is not necessary as long as u have a good mix .

so what u guys think ?

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I would have thought that most mastering house would use one.



I personally dont see the point in developing mastering skills.



Focus on getting your mix spot on and the record labels will take care of mastering.

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When i do the masters for my mates and myself for clubs i use a multi compressor. A waves one aswell as a limiter and a compressor. It’s all stuff i picked up over time though without a good mix down its pointless

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[quote]Japwow (31/03/2011)[hr]When i do the masters for my mates and myself for clubs i use a multi compressor. A waves one aswell as a limiter and a compressor. It’s all stuff i picked up over time though without a good mix down its pointless[/quote]



nice.

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Nothing is necassery, everything helps…

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[quote]gofunk (31/03/2011)[hr]I would have thought that most mastering house would use one.



I personally dont see the point in developing mastering skills.



Focus on getting your mix spot on and the record labels will take care of mastering.[/quote]



round of applause !

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[quote]gofunk (31/03/2011)[hr]I would have thought that most mastering house would use one.



I personally dont see the point in developing mastering skills.



Focus on getting your mix spot on and the record labels will take care of mastering.[/quote]



I agree and don’t agree



Sure focus on a great mix - but I’m doing a promo pack for DJs currently and though I am no mastering expert by a long long shot I have been tinkering with a MB compressor and limiter to boost my tunes



At least this way a label can hear what it may sound like when they send it to their mastering houses



But your right in that I am not going to spend too much time on it

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but having a compressor or limiter on the master on the master bus will colour the mixdown



take it off and it will affect it. thats what happened to me and i had to redo the whole mixdown



if you have the mixdown sounding goo you shouldnt need to do anything to the master out until a pro does it like

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I am only putting the plugs on the master last thing and if sending to labels I would probably send a bear copy as well