I offer free Audio-Mastering
You can contact me for a request and tell me what you want. Powerful and dynamic, flat or aggressive, warm or cold, loud as possible... If your mix is at 16 or 24 Bit, i recommend you to leave a minimum of 3 dB headroom on your mix. For 32-Bit (floating point) files it's not necessay. I will do my best and you loose nothing if you don't like it, because it's free. I'm editing and mastering the audio for the most content on the "nur LPs" YouTube channel. You can check this as reference.
My Equipment
What is Audio Mastering?
It's the last step before the music/radioplay/audiobook etc. get pressed, or get offers for downloading, or streaming. So after the mixing process, the mastering-engineer will give it the finishing touch. This happens by adjusting the frequencies (soundcolor and details), channel range, volume and the dynamic range. The mastering-engineer can also reduce noise and remove small crackles.
The Loudness War / Race
Since the introduction of the Compact Disc, the loudness war slightly begans. Some producers said, that louder CD's will be sold better. Making music louder is not an advantage, it's an disadvantage. Because there's an Digital border of loudness. At first it's depending on the mix how loud it is. The Mastering-Engineer can increase the volume by changing the frequency-spectrum and compressing the dynamic range. The DR can be reduced by using clippers (brutal method) or by using limiters. That can be cause in distortion, artifacts, or to a flat and unbalanced sound. Many people complained about distortion or a flat sound. This is also a reason to buy old CD's and not Remastered ones. In 2008 Metallica has released "Death Magnetic" and many people were disappointed about the sound quality. It sounds not clean and especially the drums sounding worse. The unmastered album is on Guitar Hero 3 and offers full dynamic range. Here is a nice comparision YouTube - Death Magnetic Retail vs Guitar Hero 3. And here you can check the DR of many albums Dynamic Range Database.
My Opinion
I'm of the opinion that, metal music has to be dynamic compressed, because it gives a special sound to a mix. But only to a decent point. So not that level like Death Magnetic by Metallica. Howie Weinberg did a great Job on the album's of Rammstein. It sounds perfect.
What i've mastered?
For me (Private only Remastered)
Music:
2013 Rammstein - Herzeleid Remastered |
2014 Rammstein - Herzeleid Remastered Version 2 |
2015 Rammstein - Herzeleid Remastered Version 3 |
2015 Rammstein - Herzeleid Remastered Version 4 |
2016 Rammstein - Herzeleid Remastered Version 5 |
2016 Rammstein - Sehnsucht Remastered |
2016 Jak 2 Renegade - Fortress Tank Trouble |
2017 Jak 2 Renegade - Fortress Tank Trouble Version 2 - Dynamic Range Log |
2017 Rammstein - Herzeleid Remastered Version 6 |
2017 Rammstein - Sehnsucht Remastered Version 2 |
2017 Rammstein - Engel [Fan Edition] (Single) Remastered |
2017 Rammstein - Stripped (Single) Remastered |
2017 Rammstein - Das Modell (Single) Remastered |
2017 Rammstein - Du riechst so gut 98' (Single) Remastered |
2017 Rammstein - Du riechst so gut (Promo) Remastered |
2017 ZZ Top - Eliminator - Dynamic Range Log |
2017 Metallica - The Black Album - Dynamic Range Log |
2017 Metallica - Death Magnetic - Dynamic Range Log |
2017 Marilyn Manson - The Fight Song Cover |
2018 Rammstein - Herzeleid Remastered Version 7 |
2018 Rammstein - Herzeleid Remastered Version 8 |
2018 Bomfunk MC’s - Freestyler - Dynamic Range Log |
2018 Stevie Wonder -Superstition - Dynamic Range Log |
2018 Zack Tempest - Loaded (Hardy Boyz Theme) Re-Edited / Remastered (All variations) |
2019 AC/DC - Who made Who Remastered - Dynamic Range Log |
2019 Rammstein - Herzeleid Remastered Version 9 - Dynamic Range Log |
20xx Zack Tempest - Loaded (Hardy Boyz Theme) Remastered Version 2 (All variations) |
20xx Rammstein - Herzeleid Remastered Version 10 |
20xx Destruction Derby 2 Soundtrack Remastered (Planned) |
Public released on YouTube
I know that Youtube compresses the audio to a low bitrate and normalize it, but i hope sometime it supports lossless audio. The main reason why it's there is the copyright.
Music:
2018 QUAKE 2 Soundtrack Remastered - Dynamic Range Log |
2021 QUAKE 2 Soundtrack Remastered Version 2 - Dynamic Range Log |
2021 QUAKE 2 - The Reckoning Soundtrack Remastered - Dynamic Range Log |
2021 QUAKE 2 - Ground Zero Soundtrack Remastered - Dynamic Range Log |
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