Mastering - Boss BR-1180 User Manual

Mastering.

Once you have created the perfect mix its easy to assume that the only step left to is to
burn your mix to CD. With the BR-1180 you certainly can take your mix down tracks
straight to CD but if you really want to refine that two track mix so that is sounds as loud
or dynamic as a song on the radio or a commercial CD the you will want to master your
song.
The process of mastering involves playing your two track mix down tracks through a
series of dynamic effects that might include compression, EQ, bass cut, enhancers,
expansion and/or a limiter and rerecording their output to a new pair of tracks.
To set up your two track mix so that you can master it:
1) Press the MASTERING button in REC MODE select. You should see
• SOURCE V-TRACK: this is the v-track # on 9/10 that you actually did your
mix down bounce to.
• DESTINATION V-TRACK: this is where you are going to record your
master tracks.
2) Select your SOURCE and DESTINATION tracks by using the CURSOR buttons
and VALUE wheel.
3) CURSOR to MTK and turn the VALUE wheel to select ON.
Turning MTK to the ON position inserts a "Mastering Tool Kit" on your mix down
tracks. A Mastering Tool Kit is a preset effects patch that consists of essential
mastering tools such as compression, EQ etc. There are 19 different Preset patches.
Each one is customized for a specific musical style or type of mastering. Try selecting
different presets to find the one that is most appropriate for your song. To select a
Mastering Tool Kit:
1) Press MASTERING TOOL KIT.
2) Use the VALUE wheel to select a Preset patch.
3) Press PLAY to hear how it is going to affect your song
If you like the results that you hear, then REW back to the beginning of the song.
Make sure that the MASTER fader as well as the 9/10 faders are within the black
hash marks. The press REC and PLAY to begin recording from your SOURCE
tracks to the DESTINATION tracks. Adjust the Fader on 9/10 if necessary so the
master meter is registering as close to 0db as possible without going over.
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