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Originally Posted by CocteauTwin
nunnehi, I'm not sure what you mean about mastering chain? I tried listening to a song on quicktime, that came out louder than on ableton and winamp, so Idk what's going on there. And yeah it'd be nice to get an opinion on what I've done. I can make my last song downloadable on soundcloud for you, when you're ready. What experience do you have btw?
A mastering chain is just what you put on your master fader, before export. It could be something like an extra EQ and then a limiter, or a loudness maximizer, or any kind of combination you can think of. It's just any plug-in or piece of outboard gear that is used to affect the actual mix, as opposed to single elements.
I have no idea why you're having such a hard time getting your sound to be similar. Maybe you need some kind of cheap USB audio interface to monitor through. Your Ableton and QT would go through it.
I might not be able to get to analyze your song until next week, as I am slammed this week.
In your country, I am what is called a Dubbing Mixer, if you've ever seen that credit. I've been doing that for a bit over 17 years. I also occasionally mix and master music on the side. Here's an example of something I mastered and partially mixed.
http://soundcloud.com/michaelmayeda/stungun