breathe wrote on Mon, 21 June 2010 11:30 |
Dear mastering people: I have a question. I now run a record label that I have mandated will be exclusively audiophile vinyl and digital downloads. I have this theory that the CD is going the way of the dinosaur. I want to have the digital download files properly mastered and I was wondering if there is any way to do this other than to make a mastered CDR (I do my digital download stuff through Tune Core). Please let me know if you have encountered any clients/labels with a similar situation to mine, and how this issue was dealt with. Best, Nicholas |
breathe wrote on Mon, 21 June 2010 10:21 |
So since the ME doesn't have to sequence the songs like putting together a CD, is it cheaper to master for digital download? How do you charge for this? I'm asking because the ME's I've worked with in the past charged for CD mastering per-project, not per hour. |
jdg wrote on Mon, 21 June 2010 19:00 |
i charge separately for "parts" (aka CDRs) i believe alot of ppl do. so, in my case, it is "cheeper" |
jdg wrote on Mon, 21 June 2010 14:00 |
i charge separately for "parts" (aka CDRs) i believe alot of ppl do. so, in my case, it is "cheeper" |
breathe wrote on Mon, 21 June 2010 12:30 |
Dear mastering people: I have a question. I now run a record label that I have mandated will be exclusively audiophile vinyl and digital downloads. I have this theory that the CD is going the way of the dinosaur. I want to have the digital download files properly mastered and I was wondering if there is any way to do this other than to make a mastered CDR (I do my digital download stuff through Tune Core). Please let me know if you have encountered any clients/labels with a similar situation to mine, and how this issue was dealt with. |
dave-G wrote on Mon, 21 June 2010 16:40 |
I do find it odd sending T-shirts to clients without it being wrapped around a production master CD, but ... <shrug> |
Gold wrote on Thu, 24 June 2010 16:08 | ||
The only solution I see is to get a lathe. |
Table Of Tone wrote on Thu, 24 June 2010 21:52 |
I've been making 320 MP3's straight from the 32 float, pulled down a half db, in a bit to stop em getting any extra crunch from the codec. Anyone else doing this? |
Gregg Janman wrote on Fri, 25 June 2010 14:36 |
I always encode from the CD quality .wav. I've never tried encoding from 24 or 32 bit files. Is there an audible difference in quality, or file size? http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/ |
Gold wrote on Thu, 24 June 2010 13:08 |
The only solution I see is to get a lathe. |
Adam Dempsey wrote on Sun, 27 June 2010 03:30 |
There's also no reason to sample rate convert, say, a 48k source to 44.1k to mp3, other than for very low bitrate mp3's (<96kbs to my knowledge). So the avoidance of SRC could reasonably be taken to at least sometimes make a difference. Not to mention any HPF ripple depending on the encoder/settings, in which case knocking it back a bit would minimise clipping. I do wish that 16/44.1k was more often seen as being the required specs for compact disc only. |