Master #2 is my second favorite but the lows and low mids are not as well defined as #4. Master #1 has some nice things but the highs feel boosted but in a way that doesn't work well for the song but might make sense to an algorithm or a human with an inaccurate monitor situation or relying on presets in a plugin. Master #5 has digital and true peaks that exceed 0dBFSĪnyway, I think master #4 sounds best, and #2 is probably LANDR and my choice for 2nd best. Master #4 has digital and true peaks that exceed 0dBFS Master #3 has digital and true peaks that exceed 0dBFS in the left channel only Master #2 has safe digital peaks but true peaks that exceed 0dBFS Master #1 has digital peaks and true peaks that exceed 0dBFS Regardless, it's important to be aware of what happens to peak levels when encoded to mp3 and set the output ceiling and oversampling option to avoid this and master #2 seems to be the one that made the best effort in that regard. It's hard to know if the mp3 encoding is adding digital and/or true peak clipping or if the WAV masters have any of these issues. It would be nice to hear 24-bit WAVs of these masters, or at least 16-bit instead of mp3. It almost sounds like the high end was rolled off. #5 is my least favorite, the EQ is far too dark. Master #4 - Sharp and edgy, not enough bottom end for my preference. It feels like something odd is happening around 80 hz, though I can't put my finger on it. Slightly bottom heavy, but the EQ is more balanced than the others. Seems more saturated too, again more than I like. Not my preference, though for this genre of music some might like it. I would have expected them to be somewhat close, but are very different. I'm shocked at how much the EQ varies between versions.
Maybe ever so slightly too bright? (possibly have this reaction switching to and from 5) The vocalist sounds great here, sounds Like the God Squad brainwashed Porcupine Tree!!! )
Bass guitar is notably muddy.ĭiscerning what instrument is doing what is harder in this mix. Though the vocal is recessed it fails to integrate into the mix. Sounds like the rest of the band is somewhere else under a blanket. The bad = thickens up in the middle (1.30 ish) over compressed blurry in guitars.ĭislike mix 3, sounds muddy yet the vocal is clear, diction might be clearest - picked up on the god squad line clearer here. The good = More spacious, vocal pops out, bass guitar is clean and cuts through mix (until it gets muddy) Mix one sound of a piece, though dry in comparison with two. I certainly want human to be best!Īs non of us know which is which I will simply state my preference on first attempt.ġST IMPRESSION COMPARISON ON SMALL PASSIVE SPEAKERS I hope human is best, and I hope my comments are helpful. The only processing was that it's normalized to -0.5db. Once there is a good number of responses, I'll reveal which master is which! I was trying to put the poll up here and at home recording, but couldn't figure it out. I've got this going here and the Home recording forum ().
Or here's a direct link ( sBBk3A/viewform) to the poll: I also put a little poll on my website at
#Aams mastering version zip#
I created a Zip of the various audio files along with a Reaper project and put them into google drive.
#Aams mastering version professional#
In no particular order, the tracks were mastered using the following:Ī self re-master of the song, which I did using reaper plugins as well as Melda Production Plugins.Ī Professional Mastering Engineer - John Scrip of Massive Mastering I encoded the files from the original wave file masters using Reaper 5 and the lame mp3 encoder.
#Aams mastering version 320kbps#
So, I decided on using High Quality Mp3s encoded at 320kbps using the extreme encoding settings in Reaper. I wanted things to be as real world as possible, but I also wanted the test to be highly accessible. So, I figured I would do a little shoot out using a song I had mastered by a professional Mastering engineer. The wave of opinions and such on automated mastering seems to range from "amazing!" to "terrible!". I've always been interested in Mastering and the Auto Mastering online services got my attention.
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