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Gary
Aloha
USA
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 Posted - 02/12/2005 : 12:33:19 AM
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Could I get a list (or suggestions) of Mastering Facilities on Maui and in Honolulu.
I live in the Seattle area, yet I think a Mastering Tech in Hawaii will have a better "ear" on the final product.
Thanks
Gary
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Darin
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 02/12/2005 : 11:54:54 AM
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| Gary, I would not recommend a mastering engineer in Hawaii. In fact, most of the folks send stuff off to the mainland. Do you have a budget? |
Darin
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Gary
Aloha
USA
43 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 4:10:55 PM
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I'm just putting together a demo CD, 3 or 4 songs.
I have some places on the mainland to master, its just I read an article that suggested using an engineer from the style of music you play coud be beneficial.
Thanks for the respose
Gary
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Peter Medeiros
`Olu`olu
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Posted - 02/12/2005 : 5:54:55 PM
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Gary,
Your sound has already been determined to a large extent. This occurred by your choice of room, equipment and recording personnel while you were tracking and then mixing.
Your final tweaking and mastering really should be done on the mainland. There are no real mastering rooms here in the islands, because we don't have enough business to support such a facility. The island market is too small and the few recording "engineers" who do have the ears cannot invest the necessary big bucks to build a dedicated mastering room. Competing with the evergrowing legion of engineer wannabees (each with a DAW) and trying to maintain a recording facility is a losing proposition.
If I really wanted to find someone who knows the sound, i would go to San Francisco and hire Howard Johnston, who owns Different Fur Recording Studios. He does all of George Winstons catalog (Dancing Cat). He is affordable and easy to work with. Lee Herschberg out of LA is another one, He did all of the Pahinui's stuff with Panini Records. Outside of these two well known engineers, you would do well to ask for samples or demos from different dedicated mastering houses. The demos should be similar to the style that you want even though it may not be "Hawaiian" -- straight acoustic would be okay. don't spend the big bucks unless you really have too.
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Gary
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 02/12/2005 : 7:16:48 PM
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Thanks Peter:
Sounds as though you nailed it for me.
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Darin
Lokahi
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