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Wow. I'm genuinely surprised by the nos.

I'm an emphatic yes, having listened to it. But it looks like that's not going to be the majority opinion. Shame.

Why not just make two versions of it - one mastered and one unmastered? It'll keep everyone happy

I suspect if that was done, there'd be a preference for the 'mastered' one.

NB I'm getting increasingly concerned that it's the word 'master' which people are worrying about. No brick-walling.

It's all good I have a shitty recording set up right now and just appreciate being included:D

I'd like to hear one track done in both and see which I like better.

Mine sucks so bad it wouldn't matter.

You probably wouldn't hear the difference at all.

This is for everyone Derek not just you.

Changing the volume isn't compression and not a single sentence like that was used.

To level the volumes of all tracks compression has to be used to control transient peaks so nothing passes above a certain threshold. This threshhold is generally -1db. This kind of compression does not mean brick wall limiting to make the whole thing louder.

It appears that 99.5% of the people on here think mastering is just brickwall limiting. This is quite simply not the case. There has been such debate about it on here and everyone knows exactly what they are talking about and everyone is an expert, so I doubt this compilation will sound any good except for the few people who know how to record their shit.

I was up for doing the mastering but now I simply couldn't give a fuck at all. Don't care if it sounds shithouse or not.

Whomever is putting it together can just put it through Toast and level the volumes that way. Which by the way is a compression algorithm.

Is changing the volume and levelling the volume 2 different things? Either way, this thread is silly and Gab should have done what he wanted with the comp on his own terms and no one would have complained from either side.

Yes

Changin the volume and levelling the volume across a whole group of tracks are different things.

Changin the volume is just pulling the masters up or down. Levelling is part of the mastering process.

The idea was Glice's, do your whinging to him. I don't care about the mastering this much. Quality of the music surely should be a priority in all this?

No point in good music with crap representation. That is all.

Yeah, right.

I'm not "whinging" at all.

Whichever the case, and judging from those who voted on this thread, there won't be any mastering. The sooner we get this thing finished and over with the better.

I like my toast well done with half a knob of butter. cheers

I'll knob your butter.

YUMY !!

this thing finished yet, i want to hear it. i know there are some talented people here so hurry up and get it done.