Supply Your Music To Us Correctly
Being happy with your mix down is important. Now,
why not also maximize the benefits of mastering
by making sure your mix meets the following 2:
Make sure your signal has NO DISTORTION.
Make sure your output levels are not
too LOUD.
Check your playback meters to see
that they are not constantly on the red.
If using software, output levels should not be
over-clipping excessively throughout the mix.
 High
peaks
should be ideally at
-0.5 db
and lower.
This
example shows 3 stereo mix signal levels. Our
focus is on levels.
The first signal (1) on the left, peaks at about
-11 db which is plenty of headroom for us to apply
our mastering magic.
The
second signal (2) from the center, peaks at -0.5
db. We can work with it, but for best results
peak levels should be between -3 and -6db .
The third signal (3) on the right, peaks at above
0 db and clips
the meter. That's not ideal for
professional mastering, specially if it's not
the peak but the average sum levels (of the L
+ R channels). We don't recommend you submit mixes
like that.
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