If you read our article on what’s involved in the recording process, you’ll agree that a lot is involved in a project before it gets to the mixing and mastering stages. The results of our mixing and mastering services are shaped largely by what has been done to a project before we receive it (e.g., self-recorded in a home/project studio, recorded by professionals in a pro studio, hybrid of the two, recorded live, etc). A sample of somebody else’s project gives an inaccurate representation of what your project will ultimately sound like (positive or negative). Therefore, we give you a chance to hear what your project will sound like by offering you a free, no-obligation mastering sample of a section of one of your songs.
An interesting phenomenon we’ve encountered over time is a listener’s inability to listen ‘beyond’ the song, singer, performances, and style in a sample. Most people listen to samples and react with: “Yeah, it sounds good, but it’s a different style and I wonder if they can master MY STYLE of music”?, or “Man, this song sucks”, or “Phew! This singer can’t sing to save his life”, or “Geez, I can’t believe how sloppy the musicians are”, or “This mastering company worked with so-and-so major label artist, so I’ll definitely sound as good as that”, and so on.
All these things can influence what you hear in a sample, yet you have no way to know about the details surrounding that particular project (condition of source files submitted, size of budget, amount of time spent, location recorded and/or mixed, caliber of equipment used throughout the process, number of revisions made, etc). If you like a song, you’ll be positively influenced into thinking that you like the sample. On the other hand, if you don’t like the song or the singer or the style of music, you’ll be negatively influenced into not liking the mastering job. Therefore, if you listen to a mixing or mastering sample of one of your own songs, we know you’re not going to be influenced by what you think about the song, the style, the singer, the guitar solo, etc. Since you already know your own song, you will listen to the before-and-after of your sample ONLY and make an evaluation about the mixing or mastering service itself, which is the correct way to listen to a sample.
Contact us to let us know that you’re interested in receiving a free, no-obligation sample, and then follow the instructions to send us your files.
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Try re-arranging the order of your hardware or plug-in signal and effects processors. For example, if you have a Compressor patched ahead of the Equalizer, try switching the order and listening to hear which sounds better. Do the same for the other processors, including reverb and delay, chorus and phaser, etc.
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