Master processing.
Arnaud Martin: can u please describe your pre-mastering process? what kind of plugins/eq/compression stuff u usually use to perfect your sound on the master. I'm curious to see how far you can go on a track before sending it to be mastered.
I don't do much tbh. There's always bus processing on my tracks; drums, bass, synths. I don't work at a particular level. I hear of other guys having all different db levels etc, I'm not that technical of a producer. Honestly I just make the track then bounce it and normalise to -6 and send it off.
I don't have anything on the master during production. I have done in the past but those tracks ended up sounding like crap. Usually I'll do some light EQ work when the track is done and bounce a few versions. More tops, less tops, scopped mids etc.
I'll do a quick crunch on Ozone on the master just to see how it sounds when it's squashed. I'll do that on my own version to play out while I'm waiting for the master to come back as well, just so it holds up in the club. These are rough as hell usually.