what are the good mastering and mixing music techniques?
91723
make sure to mix in many different aspects. include headphones, stereo high-quality speakers, stereo lower-quality speakers, and mono trash speaker (its all some people have, and you want them to enjoy as much as possible)  make sure everything is audible in its importance range, and nothing is being masked or overpowered.  \nother than that, its personal taste
1063992
Try Audacity! It's freeware and it does the job pretty well.
803795
I use cakewalk music maker pro. Also, I use the EAX from the Creative Labs soundblaster to do the overall tweaking.
817290
try virtual dj use the vocals remover effect and record, or set bass high and treble low
1035952
I think you hit it with getting it professionally mastered. There is a reason those guys are professionals. What they're doing is:\nGetting the eq right\nGetting the stereo field right\nGetting reverb right\nMost importantly and most subtle to get right is compression. This is what makes a CD sound consistantly loud and pumped. Even the most mellow classical acoustic stuff benefits greatly from compression. It's because our ears have a much wider dynamic range then our stereos, so what just sounds soft to us sounds weak when it comes out of the stereo, or worse, the radio.\n\nBut eq is important too. \n\nMany books, much time and money wasted, some flops, some success. Great ears, patience, and an understanding of how it all works, which can take years of study and work. Have fun and be careful out there!
1146158
first create a mixer.  then create a drum machine and makes suer it's plugged in correctly by flipping around to the back.  Now play with the drum machine until you lay a fat beat.  Your started.\n\neverything else is reading the manual and experimentation.
1086744
I have gone on this road for a LONG time.\n\nI heard that Audacity is good for mixing, and that the Buzz Modular Synth for composing, but both Stink.\n\nBut, in my opinion, Fruity Loops and ACID Express are the best out there. Fruity Loops does cost a bit, though.
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Seriously, just buy something!\n\nIf you are serious about mixing you should consider there are two kinds of software.  One is designed for real time live mixing, the others are more designed to produce something like a mix CD.  My favorite is the one in the link.  It's awesome, very powerful, allows full beat mixing, and makes a great quality sound.  It's very easy to use.\n\nThey offer a free trial of their software and if you like it is less than $50 to buy.
559713
This related to music ,,, how? 2 pts here.
487046
Listen to the masters.  Listen, listen, listen.  It drills a lot of good technique into your head.  Practice your scales in all different orders, play them along to music to get a feel for the best notes.  Then, just improvise as much as you can.  It's amazing how much improvising in a group can help with your quality.  Oh yeah, that's another thing, no matter what you're playing, keep your sound quality up.  Good breathing and a strong sound will stand out no matter what notes you're playing.
629970
What do you want to know?  If you have a good clean vocal sound already achieved then just get an FX processor and set it up.
330475
You can have that done, yes, depending on the gear that the studio has.  At the minimum, most have simple equalization, reverb, delay, compression, chorus, doubling, etc. Fancier ones will have pitch shifting and other more advanced sweetening methods. \n\nOr, if you are cheap, you can sing it dry, and sound like the American Idol tryout competitors.
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I might recommend audacity.  It's an open-source overall recording program.\n\nIt also allows multiple tracks and a variety of effects.
453058
You could use free software to split the file - Audacity\n\nhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/\n\nOr you could use Sony Sound Forge 7 to do the same thing...\n\nBoth save audio files in mp3 format\n\nAlso, both give the option to play around with the track, i.e, change pitch, tempo, volume, etc
781064
I am using nero,musicmatch,and windows too.. try them they are the bestest!
194805
1. Burn them to a cd and rip them.\n2. Get a sound recorder like wavepad and record them as they play.
514073
Best Buy... Best buy has all kinds of music making shtuff... Or Circuit City... Circuit city is the bomb with computer programs... they'd hook you up... Just ask them what you're looking for they'll show you tons of stuff! You could probably even go to Best Buy.com or something...