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Vinyl Mastering At Crystal Mastering

Outlines the basics of vinyl mastering and gives tips on how to best prepare your mixes if they are being mastered for vinyl. https://crystalmastering.com.au/vinyl-mastering

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Vinyl Mastering At Crystal Mastering

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  1. Welcome to Crystal Mastering www.crystalmastering.com.au

  2. Vinyl Mastering Crystal Mastering has a highly skilled group of engineers who are well acquainted with this audio format and know exactly how to get the best out of it.With decades of expereince mastering for vinyl, our engineers have mastered thousands of local releases as well as #1 albums on the ARIA & Billboard Vinyl Charts. www.crystalmastering.com.au

  3. At Crystal Mastering we have audio engineers whom have dedicated their working lives to producing great sounding albums www.crystalmastering.com.au

  4. who are aware of the technical considerations that apply specifically to this unique medium. If you want to work with engineers who care about your music as much as you do, expert vinyl mastering in Australia is close at hand.

  5. A Special Format www.crystalmastering.com.au Your Website Here

  6. Compact Discs store music in a digital format, which means there is no need to consider or compensate for the actual recording medium when mastering. www.crystalmastering.com.au

  7. Tips For Mixing www.crystalmastering.com.au

  8. There are physical limits to what the head of a lathe can produce when cutting vinyl. Following are some general tips for mixes destined for vinyl; www.crystalmastering.com.au

  9. Have the kick and bass centered in the mix. (not panned left and right). www.crystalmastering.com.au

  10. Also avoid stereo panning any other ‘bass heavy’ instruments. Think bass, think mono. www.crystalmastering.com.au

  11. www.crystalmastering.com.au Try to eliminate as much sibilance as possible on the vocal track (de-essing)

  12. Avoid excessive amounts of sub bass frequencies (below 40Hz), as well as excessive top end (above 16kHz). Avoid excessive buss compression & limiting. www.crystalmastering.com.au

  13. If you are not sure how best to prepare your mixes for vinyl mastering, please feel free to get in touch with us.

  14. engineers are always happy to discuss mixes and even have a listen to them before mastering takes place. For expert vinyl mastering call (03) 9484 8814.

  15. When mastering for vinyl, the rule of thumb is, ‘time versus recorded level’. That is, the louder it is & the more bass it has, the shorter the playing time. Listed below are optimum side lengths for achieving maximum bass response, volume & fidelity. www.crystalmastering.com.au

  16. THANK YOU

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