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Start here & FAQs
Welcome to any new members! Please read this post carefully, and complete the following steps. 1️⃣ Step 1 - Watch the relevant "start here" video Paid/free trial members, watch this first: https://www.skool.com/mastering/classroom/de802fd9?md=65e2c1b717dd47bf9ba4416487958d2c Free members, watch the video attached to this post. 2️⃣ Step 2 - Introduce yourself Please leave a comment on this linked thread to introduce yourself: https://www.skool.com/mastering/introduce-yourself-here Okay there are some FAQs below, other than that, thanks again for joining, and welcome to the Mastering.com family! -- 🚨 Frequently Asked Questions 🚨 ➡️ I’m currently a free member, how do I learn more about paid membership and upgrade? All the info is here: https://courses.mastering.com/membership_info_skool ➡️ Where can I find the resources for the Mixing & Mastering Cheat Sheet Binder? If you bought a physical copy, you will get a confirmation email once it has been dispatched. For digital copies, check your inbox for the email with subject "Order Confirmation" then click the link inside. For the full breakdown course, go to Courses tab here in Skool then click on Mixing & Mastering Cheat Sheets. Here is a direct link: https://www.skool.com/mastering/classroom/edf13df1 ➡️ I registered for a free event, where do I get the Zoom link and full info? Navigate to the Calendar tab then click the event you want, it will open a popup with all the info and a button to add it to your personal calendar. ➡️ How do I manage my membership and billing? The easiest thing is to message support@mastering.com and we can help change your billing info or cancel. If you want to do it yourself, depending on where you joined, there are two places you will need to go.
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Wood floor surfaces for smooth chair rolling
Hi Everyone, We’re planning some renovations in my studio to take place starting September 1st. Currently my floor is carpet. Short thin carpet, not 70’s shag LOL. I can roll around on my 5 wheeled chair ok but I would like to do some kind of solid like a wooden island in a sea of carpet if you will. I recently saw a control room photo showing a wood floor surface in front of the console and work area. To me it looks like the floor surface was laid out on top of the carpet like a mat. Has anyone seen something like this in studios you work out of? Thanks, Terry
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Please help. What is/was your strategy for sound collection?
Again and again I keep running into the same issue - endlessly searching for sounds during creativity flow. Auditioning 200 snares and scrolling through presets and samples does not help the momentum. More and more this makes sense to me to have a collection of sounds prepared before producing. In recent Produce-A-Ton, Dane showed his collection of recorded sounds in Sampler menu. Now I’m eager to know whether ther’s like the best strategy for building my collection. What was your strategy? Did you organize by: Genre? Element (kicks, snares, basses, vocals)?Emotional character? Texture (warm, digital, dusty, aggressive, soft)?“Go-to” sounds that always work for you?
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General age consensus of Mastering.com members
Hey guys, I just completed the "Music Production For Beginners" course and something I noticed was how he kept mentioning "A lifetime learning journey" making me wonder if at 52 years old, I'm kind of in the minority of members who are mostly young people here just starting out in the recording industry. A little bit about me. Back in 1991 I went to I.A.R. (Institute of Audio Research) a now defunct Audio Engineering trade school here in NYC. Being about 18 at the time I was too busy goofing off with friends to put in the serious effort to actually study hard and retain the information I was being taught, thinking I would just "wing it" and learn as I went along, some of which I did during my time interning at a professional music studio in Manhattan. However I didn't stay in the industry and went on to work a series of soul crushing office and manual labor jobs instead because they paid better and were more steady work. During I've always maintained a deep interest in Music making, teaching myself to play Bass guitar and playing in several local bands just for the love of the game. Later on I learned a little piano/keyboard but never really bothered to learn music theory because the internet as it exists today and all the wonderful courses available, such as those on Mastering.com weren't available back then. Now I am medically disabled and have a lot of free time and have decided to really put the effort into learning as much as I can about recording/mixing/mastering and creating music with the small digital home studio I put together. I was wondering what the general age consensus of the other members was and maybe a few of your own personal stories as to why you joined the site.
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