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Oh ok, well if you have used it, any tips on doing a basic, first master?

ive read the guide and watched some tuts, but figured some first hand feedback would be good

Anne Droid wrote:WUB! when is the next weekend comp? Ive been waiting since last months time zone fluke lol

I don't run that one

Would recommend same thing I always do in any mastering case.
Roll off near 18000-20000kHz on high and like 16-20Hz low.
Try for subtractive EQ'ing if necessary unless there's something hidden you want to really bring out in the mix.
If possible, get the mixdown as best as possible before entering Mastering stage.
Give yourself decent amount of headroom. ( 6dB be lovely )
Be gentle with compression, if you treat it nicely it'll love you in return.
Lastly be careful with your Limiter, don't want to lose dynamic in your audio!

Been a while since I used Ozone but the principals usually remain the same for me. ( Even though some people may not agree with above statement)

EDIT: PM me an Soundcloud link and I'll try my best in the feedback department. (Not a guru either)

ok cool.. I just tried out some of the presets so far.

i have Ozone 5 and i cant find any good tuts, everything is for 4, im having trouble w the layout

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Haha, sounds about right Red

I've some things I forgot to take care of before the weekend, means my saturday morning will be spent catching up

happy monday steppers!

wub are you back from vacation yet?

weekend was ok, got a new track started, went crazy on freesound.org and spent a long time digging through obscure samples to use and got inspired

Yeah, starting my second full week back in the office. Feeling it a bit after the w/e though, could've done with an extra couple hours sleep this morning.

wub wrote: could've done with an extra couple hours sleep this morning.

that's life nearly every monday, isn't it?

brettheaslewood wrote:

wub wrote: could've done with an extra couple hours sleep this morning.

that's life nearly every monday, isn't it?

Not usually for me, but I was up all night Saturday and then didn't want to sleep Sunday during the day as would mean I wouldn't get a decent nights kip last night, so ended up staying up all day Sunday as well...was in a kind of lucid state by the time I eventually went to sleep at like 11 last night.

brettheaslewood wrote:

wub wrote: could've done with an extra couple hours sleep this morning.

that's life nearly every monday, isn't it?

Hah, not for Wub. Man leads an exemplary lifestyle. His bad morning is the next man's freshest start
the sononvabitch.

wub who does the weekend comp thread? are we going to have one for feb??

Anne Droid wrote: i have Ozone 5 and i cant find any good tuts, everything is for 4, im having trouble w the layout

dont want to come across a troll but check out the manual for ozone, probably one of the most well thought out and written i've read for a while!

Anne Droid wrote:wub who does the weekend comp thread? are we going to have one for feb??

I don't run the Weekend thread.

hence the "who does the weekend thread?" q

it`s a 48hr comp not a wknd comp

ok... the thread usually says weekend 48 hr comp, runs fri-sun.... semantics? who cares lol

hutyluty runs them

pissed i have to wait till i get home to buy Kindred

BTW, if you have an iPhone and like to make music, check out Nanostudio. I just took a 20 minute bathroom break here at work and laid down all the basics of a sick oldskool jungle choon whilst sitting on the john.

Best paid vacation evar...