1. UPLOADING OR MAILING THE FINAL MIXES OF YOUR TITLES Prior to uploading or mailing the final mixes of yout titles, ensure that they have NOT been limited, compressed or normalised with “finalising” or “terminating” software. This defeats our purpose. Limited or compressed titles cannot be enhanced, let alone repaired. Dynamic contrast plays a large role in musicality. Think of dynamic contrast as loudspeaker excursion, that is the extent of the back and forth cone motion. When the peaks of the music are controlled, the rest of the signal can be allowed to rise, which we perceive as the body of the music being louder. At the same time however, since the peaks of the music are controlled, the loudspeaker excursion is narrower, the cone does not move as far as before, there is less thrust from the motion of the air that carries the sound from the loudspeaker to your ears, there is less depth, impact, naturalness, openness and punch in the music. Rather than uploading or mailing the final mixes of your titles, upload or mail a backup copy (a clone) of the titles of your project exactly as they are, that is without converting their resolution or sampling rate. If you would rather mail your titles, ensure that the medium used for the backup copy is either a CD-Audio, a CD-ROM or a DVD. Then contact us (dan@cparis.org) to advise us of the date at which you will be sending the titles so that we can track them through the postal services. 2. INFORMATION WE NEED The name of the project, the name of the artists and the exact spelling of the titles’ names. An indication as to which broadcasting medium your project is targeting (compact disc, digital versatile disc, film, internet, multimedia, radio, television, theatre, video). The direction you want us to aim at in the process of finalising your original vision. Whether you want us to prohibit or not the copy of the titles of your commercial release. The 12-digit UPC (Unique Product Code) bar code, if one has been assigned. The 12-character ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) for each title, if one has been assigned to each title of your commercial release.mailto:dan@cparis.orgshapeimage_2_link_0
analogue mastering - step by step guide 3. PROGRESS On receipt of your deposit, we download your titles and prepare a provisional analogue master. Once completed, we notify you by email that the provisional analogue master is ready. You download the provisional analogue master, scrutinise it, make direct comparisons with your (unmastered) titles, in your own time, on your own equipment. You provide us with feedback, the order of the titles and the spacing between the titles. You provide us with the 12-digit UPC bar code, if one has been assigned. You provide us with the 12-character ISRC for each title, if one has been assigned to each title of your commercial release. The ISRC must consist of a 2-letter code of the country of origin, followed by a 3-letter author’s or owner’s code, followed by a 2-digit year of recording or production, followed by a 5-digit serial number. We fine tune our analogue master in line with your requests from our last correspondence. Note that there will be additional charges for a second provisional analogue master. We cut the original analogue master and a safety copy (both Red Book Standard PMCD). On receipt of the balance of your payment, we send the original analogue master by international express mail in a sealed waterproof container to the destination of your choice (your selected pressing plant or your own mailing address). We archive the safety copy for three years from the date of the analogue mastering session. The original analogue master is guaranteed and will be replaced at no cost if found defective.