Mastering of Free Tracks

[Dj Reaper]

I am wondering wheter tracks released for free by the big producers are also professionally mastered or are just selfmastered quickly by the producers themselves. Anybody got some insight?

[ljk32]

Most of the time the producer would master it themselves.

[D-Verze]

Most of the time the producer would master it themselves.

This, yes

[Dj Reaper]

ah ok thanks for the information

[Bomberz]

And most of the times these tracks sounds really bad because of the mastering

[ljk32]

No, not at all. The mastering will have a minimal impact on the sound of the final product, and any faults you think are due to the mastering are likely caused by issues in the mix.

[Soundphase]

or are just selfmastered quickly by the producers themselves

even though producers may master the track themselves, they don't do a 'quick mastering' cause that would defeat the whole purpose

[Cardioid]

or are just selfmastered quickly by the producers themselves

even though producers may master the track themselves, they don't do a 'quick mastering' cause that would defeat the whole purpose

Actually... Mastering isn't really time-taking. It's mostly done within 2 to 4 hours.

[Statical]

If they are signed to a big enough label which has in-house mastering for their artists, I don't think they would have much of a problem mastering a few free tracks for a producer of their own.

You can bet all the Theracords free releases are like that.

[ljk32]

or are just selfmastered quickly by the producers themselves

even though producers may master the track themselves, they don't do a 'quick mastering' cause that would defeat the whole purpose

Actually... Mastering isn't really time-taking. It's mostly done within 2 to 4 hours.

He was saying that although they do it themselves, they still try to do it properly.