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Jul. 11th, 2001
recorded yet another "final" song for the glitchy ambient/abstract 'gone apeshit' project.
obviously, this one will have to be an epilogue, since i am no longer... apeshit.
but now i'm in this quandary;
for this release, should i...
a.) pay a friend to master it for me (c-drik at syrphe studios did a great job on the collaboration with Tarkatak) for $120 or so, which is a good price,
or,
b.) pay ~>$600 to buy two things; USB hub with SPDIF RCA-type digital inputs so i can get tracks from DAT to computer, and T-Racks mastering software so i can master stuff myself.
??
obviously i'm leaning toward the latter, since it'll pay for itself in 5 uses, probably within 2 years, actually probably less, since i'm planning to remaster/rerelease most of the backcatalogue on CD-R, so that those recordings can be universally ignored in state of the art digital bliss.
and i'll have control over the finished product (and be able to fix the couple of badly mastered previous releases)
and i suppose i could offer mastering services to hometapers for supa-cheap, that could be good.
the only reason i hesitate is that i don't believe i could get the best quality from a cheap mastering software suite, that is however recommended highly, as i could from $20,000 dollars worth of vintage tube compressors, proper mixing board with proper monitors, high-end EQ's, 1/2" tape machine and two DAT machines (purely for safety purposes).
i suppose i could just go with the $300 mastering software until i happen to have a spare $20,000 to spend on the other stuff, and another spare $100,000 to buy the space to house it all in.
why did i have to pick an expensive 'hobby'? why couldn't i have gone with something inexpensive, like professional photography or collecting ming dynasty artifacts?
PS: new track is exactly 8:33 minutes long. weee!
obviously, this one will have to be an epilogue, since i am no longer... apeshit.
but now i'm in this quandary;
for this release, should i...
a.) pay a friend to master it for me (c-drik at syrphe studios did a great job on the collaboration with Tarkatak) for $120 or so, which is a good price,
or,
b.) pay ~>$600 to buy two things; USB hub with SPDIF RCA-type digital inputs so i can get tracks from DAT to computer, and T-Racks mastering software so i can master stuff myself.
??
obviously i'm leaning toward the latter, since it'll pay for itself in 5 uses, probably within 2 years, actually probably less, since i'm planning to remaster/rerelease most of the backcatalogue on CD-R, so that those recordings can be universally ignored in state of the art digital bliss.
and i'll have control over the finished product (and be able to fix the couple of badly mastered previous releases)
and i suppose i could offer mastering services to hometapers for supa-cheap, that could be good.
the only reason i hesitate is that i don't believe i could get the best quality from a cheap mastering software suite, that is however recommended highly, as i could from $20,000 dollars worth of vintage tube compressors, proper mixing board with proper monitors, high-end EQ's, 1/2" tape machine and two DAT machines (purely for safety purposes).
i suppose i could just go with the $300 mastering software until i happen to have a spare $20,000 to spend on the other stuff, and another spare $100,000 to buy the space to house it all in.
why did i have to pick an expensive 'hobby'? why couldn't i have gone with something inexpensive, like professional photography or collecting ming dynasty artifacts?
PS: new track is exactly 8:33 minutes long. weee!
