Hi... i was just wondering what Mastering/Sequencing software everyones using at the moment

what i want is a software to sequence an album... make gapless transitions and such.

whats the industry standard???

any tutorials out there???

thansk

Hi StoneTape!

I don’t think there is an industry standard DAW any more. Pro Tools is still extremely popular in commercial studios, as is Logic, but Cubase is huge in Europe, Sonar is huge in the US, and Samplitude, Reaper, Ableton and the rest all have loads of enthusiastic followers.

If you want to use the same software as someone else so you can collaborate, or the same as a local studio so you can take your own projects in there more easily then fine - buy that.

On the other hand if you want to buy some software for your own music making the best thing is to download some demos and try it out

Hope this helps!


Martin

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If you mean sequencing as in re-ordering tracks, perhaps Wavelab?

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James.

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how would i go about making gapless track to track transitions on a CD??? or wherever for that matter


will i be able to define the end of Track 1 so that it merges with the start of Track 2?

this might be a dumb question but ive really never heard anyone explain how to properly sequence a CD...

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whats the industry standard???

any tutorials out there???

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Despite manufacturer's claims, there is no such thing as an 'industry standard'. However, some products are optimised and far better suited to some applications than others. Amongst the most popular DAW for mastering purposes is undoubtedly SADiE. This system has superb editing facilities and a very easy and stunningly powerful PQ editor to create CD masters.

SADiE used to require specific hardware, which made it very expensive. It is now available as a native product, in four versions optimised for different purposes, and is no quite so expensive!

http://www.sadie.com/applications/mastering.php

That link tells you about the SADiE 6 mastering software, as well as providing a useful overview of the process and the facilities they provide to create 'red book' CD masters.

Hugh


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I don't have time to write a full tutorial but there are various types of markers embedded into the data stream of a CD. The audio is one long continuous stream so I usually create one audio file for the whole CD and use software that inserts the various markers needed. Obviously there are track markers (up to 99), but less obviously, there are also index markers within tracks (also up to 99). While very few CD players allow you to skip to an index marker, they all recognise index 0 and index 1. Index 0 is actually taken as the end of the previous track while index 1 is taken as the start of the current track. If you are creating a live CD you might want to put an index 0 just as the applause of the previous track dies away and an index 1 when the next song starts. Any between song chatter will then lie between index 0 and index 1 so it won't be heard by anyone who only wants to hear the previous track or anyone who goes direct to the track - only by people who play the CD straight through.

Track and index markers should be placed on CD frame boundaries - there are 75 frames per second and software designed for the job will allow you to count in frames. You normally should place the markers 5-10 frames early to allow the CD player to unmute. If you have a quiet start to a track it sometimes feels better to place the marker even earlier.

Hope this makes sense,

James.

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JRP Music - Audio Mastering and Restoration.
http://www.jrpmusic.net

hmmmmm... sort off hard to make sense of it all... what software do i use to insert those markers on the cd???

cant be the only who doesnt get this

Most of the software already mentioned in this thread will allow you to place markers and burn a CD with those markers on it.

I prefer to create a single master file and then create a .cue sheet file to go with that file which can be read by lots of different CD burning programs. You can find more info about cue files here.

If you want a quick way to create a basic .cue sheet or to separate a single .wav file into tracks which will play seamlessly when burned on a CD then look at a program called CD Wave.

James.

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JRP Music - Audio Mastering and Restoration.
http://www.jrpmusic.net

thanks!

pitty there isnt a tutorial out there

guess ill have to dive full on into it