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There has been some confusion as to what/why people would want to use an automated, algorithm based "mastering" service. Seems some of you have tried our "robot mastering" out - thanks for that! I highly doubt if this will work on all genres and it certainly cannot replace a mastering engineers creative input or experience.Ī service like this is a good idea for beginners who can't afford a mastering engineer for compiling a demo.įelt the need to chime in to this discussion (I'm the co-founder, CEO at CloudBounce). Of course there is no human element involved in terms of creative decisions, So If your mix has problems I don't think it'll rectify it.īut on the other hand it seems to deliver a well balanced master. It is by no means a limiter slamming things and making it louder. In my understanding what it does is basically balance the frequencies, Also something is going on under the hood in terms of compression because it made the track a lot more tighter. It certainly improved the sonic character of the track and I guess I learned a bit comparing the tracks. The frequency graph in the spectrum analyzer had a very nice slope very similar to the commercially mastered tracks, whereas my mastered file had some dips and peaks in certain frequencies. I am not throwing random terms here, I could hear the kick and bass come to focus nicely, The highs shimmering without being harsh and the mid instrument cluster getting more clarity. The cloud bounce master compared to mine had a tighter low frequency, open highs and a well glued mids. However I did a comparative analysis of cloud bounce, mine and some commercial masters of the same genre and made some observations. May be if I can compare it with a mastering engineers work on the same track I'll know the real difference. Well, It sounded way better compared to the master done by an amateur like myself, who does not even have an ideal setup or experience. So I Uploaded my mix to cloud bounce and got it mastered. I was curious to know what the deal was with this online mastering service. I have a very basic set up (budget monitors and decent acoustic treatment). I have been learning about mastering process for a while now. I recently made a track, I mixed it and mastered it myself, It sounded good to me. That would be less than 50 eur a song, a pretty nice value considering you have an experienced engineer, with a state of the art monitoring chain, Plugins, AD/DA Converters and so on.
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It's not as expensive as people think (you can get a full cd mastered for 400 to 500 eur or less!!!). Also, i question, when mixing and mastering and any other part of your art, do you really just want to sound as others? Do you think other people's sound should be limiting your own?Īnyway if you're looking for something specific (and mind that Mastering is not Vudoo, it has a bunch of specific tasks that take you from A to B) you'd be better off taking your songs to a master engineer. But what Landr most affects is dynamics, some eq, and colour, but it simply stands to a standard (though they say it compares your song to a bunch of others of the same type), and even on the softer settings it was a little harsh to my years. I didn't look at Landr a lot but i compared some masters done with Landr and mastering engineers and if you're looking at something standard, it can make an Ok'ish job (Landr, i never tried the new one).