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  • kommisar
    Dark Chancellor
    FFR Simfile Author
    FFR Music Producer
    • Jun 2005
    • 7327
    #1

    I need srs mastering help

    I've been going at this chiptune business for 5 years now. I still have no fucking clue how to do proper mastering or how to get a decent sound from my gameboy. The one variable that doesn't change is the raw recording. I can't make that any better.

    Post-processing can make or break a chiptune. I'm yet to have a good template to work with. It sounds pretty weak on its own, so it needs a boost to make it sound "fuller" without drowning the limiter.

    I'm pretty much done an EP I've been working on for a little bit, but I want everything to have consistent mastering on it. I need halp D:

    This is what it sounds like from my gameboy
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    This is what I come up with post-production
    https://soundcloud.com/kommisar/transparent-heart

    It's sort of how I want it to sound, but it's not very...loud.
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    • Coolboyrulez0
      VICES
      FFR Simfile Author
      FFR Music Producer
      • Aug 2006
      • 10042
      #2
      Re: I need srs mastering help

      enable downlord i will master for u

      tell me if you want certain freqs of the master boosted, wider / more narrow sound etc.
      Last edited by Coolboyrulez0; 08-30-2013, 06:55 AM.
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        • Herogashix
          D7 Dating Sim Player
          FFR Music Producer
          • Apr 2009
          • 2183
          #3
          Re: I need srs mastering help

          Your stuff sounds very nice even without proper master (or even any?), so I hardly see a huge importance in mastering in your case. Not invalidating, but just saying.
          I also can't give much advice/help since I'm only just getting into proper mastering myself, sorry. :s

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            • kommisar
              Dark Chancellor
              FFR Simfile Author
              FFR Music Producer
              • Jun 2005
              • 7327
              #4
              Re: I need srs mastering help

              for chiptune the difference is taking a low-res sound and making it as audible as any regular electronic song. it might be more obvious to someone who listens to chiptune a lot. it makes a huge difference

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                • Sgt. Traveler
                  FFR Player
                  • Aug 2013
                  • 177
                  #5
                  Re: I need srs mastering help

                  I can't really give proper mastering advice since I'm not into mastering chiptunes much (basic idea of mastering is to make the volume as close to 0dB, right?), though I do have a question:

                  When mastering chiptunes, is it a rule to not use multiband compressions? It's a bit of a dumb guess, but I was just wondering.

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                    • StoneMcKnuckle
                      FFR Player
                      • May 2011
                      • 790
                      #6
                      Re: I need srs mastering help

                      downloaded. I'll give this a shot in 2-3 hours.

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                        • Ohaider
                          FFR Veteran
                          • Jun 2012
                          • 2893
                          #7
                          Re: I need srs mastering help

                          don't sweat it too much, throwin up the threshold and trying to master simply to get a track as absolutely loud as possible is a giant 'fuck you' to all sound engineers, as the great joel zimmerman once said

                          there are some good plugins that assist your ear in mastering if you're wanting to finalize your tracks though

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                            • Sgt. Traveler
                              FFR Player
                              • Aug 2013
                              • 177
                              #8
                              Re: I need srs mastering help

                              Originally posted by Ohaider
                              there are some good plugins that assist your ear in mastering if you're wanting to finalize your tracks though
                              Last edited by Sgt. Traveler; 08-31-2013, 05:27 AM.

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                                • iPatcH
                                  Swamp Lemons Rule
                                  FFR Simfile Author
                                  FFR Music Producer
                                  • Dec 2004
                                  • 3370
                                  #9
                                  Re: I need srs mastering help

                                  omg I was supposed to help i completely forgot hmu dude
                                  put on a donk on it

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                                    • Ohaider
                                      FFR Veteran
                                      • Jun 2012
                                      • 2893
                                      #10
                                      Re: I need srs mastering help

                                      Originally posted by Sgt. Traveler
                                      Definitely the go-to if you want som skrillex bass and bassnecter masterchannel with extra bass

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