alexhedleymusic Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Hi everyone, im having a bit of a last minute meltdown. im just getting release a song tomorrow and im using logic to export the video as a video editor program i was using was changing the sound of the track... so basically i sent my track to be mastered with the settings of 32 bit(float) and 44100 and the mastering engineer said this is good settings to use. so anyways im assuming that thats what he exported his master at(i may be wrong about this as i dont know about settings for the final master) but anyways going on the pressumtion that i should just use these same settings i went to export the video but there is no option for the 32 bit settings to export the video. to be honest iv'e tried a few things and they all sound ok a few sounded weird but the best to my ear was keeping it at 44100 and having the bit depth at 24... but now im just second guessing myself and wondering if iv'e got the best that i can. can anyone help with this i would really appreciate it. thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzfilth Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 You've done well. You're a good boy. Everything is going to be alright. 32bit(float) final master is not real. It cannot hurt you. 44.1/24 is perfectly fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexhedleymusic Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 You've done well. You're a good boy. Everything is going to be alright. 32bit(float) final master is not real. It cannot hurt you. 44.1/24 is perfectly fine. haha thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I agree that 44.1/24 bit is perfectly fine. And if for any reason it's a problem, the mastering engineer will let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexhedleymusic Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 I agree that 44.1/24 bit is perfectly fine. And if for any reason it's a problem, the mastering engineer will let you know. hey david the track has already been mastered im just exporting a video from logic at the moment. but i think 24 44100 is fine for this im sure? thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexhedleymusic Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 the main question here is. does the master file sample rate/bit depth have to match that of the settings that i export the video from logic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 What or who is the video for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexhedleymusic Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 What or who is the video for? my music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexhedleymusic Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 What or who is the video for? youtube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 If your project is at 44.1 and YouTube accepts 44.1/24 then that's the correct choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexhedleymusic Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 If your project is at 44.1 and YouTube accepts 44.1/24 then that's the correct choice. cool thanks for the help david appreciate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 You're welcome! On the other hand, watch your LUFS level! YouTube penalizes your level if you're not around -14 dB LUFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexhedleymusic Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 You're welcome! On the other hand, watch your LUFS level! YouTube penalizes your level if you're not around -14 dB LUFS. hey david, i requested the track be mastered to this so all good on that front. I asked the guy who mastered it what sample rate and bit depth he exported at and he said he didnt know and would have to look at the file. i opened up the file in quick time and also itunes and checked the track info and it said that the track was 44100 16 bit..... so im assuming that means that these are the settings at which he exported the track. in this case does that mean i should export the video from logic at the same settings 44100 16 bit? sorry for all the questions im releasing the song tomorrow so just making sure i get it right. thanks for all the help once again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzfilth Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 So I take it that the guy is not doing this for money. It's like the guy from the gas station not remembering whether he just filled your tank with unleaded or diesel. Him giving you a 16 bit file in this day and age only confirms that. Call him and request the 24bit file that you deserve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexhedleymusic Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 So I take it that the guy is not doing this for money. It's like the guy from the gas station not remembering whether he just filled your tank with unleaded or diesel. Him giving you a 16 bit file in this day and age only confirms that. Call him and request the 24bit file that you deserve. i spoke to him about this and basically i requested that it was mastered for streaming and he said that 44100 and 16 bit is what streaming uses which is why it has been mastered at this. it has been mastered well i think he just has a lot of work to do with different artists etc and people request different things. i dont know much about this but he seems to think that streaming platforms will convert to 16 bit which is why he has mastered it as this as i requested it to be mastered for streaming. i just looked and this does seem to be the case with spotify at least... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzfilth Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Well, with all these details, my perspective is this: The process of mastering (getting levels, frequencies and dynamics of a mixed track just right) results in the final master of a high sample rate and high bit depth. If the project is 44.1kHz, then 44.1/24 qualifies for that. From this final master all lower resolutions can be created, now or at a later date. So I'd expect a mastering service to deliver a) the final master @44.1/24 and from that b) the master optimized for streaming @44.1/16 if that's what had been requested by the client. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 i spoke to him about this and basically i requested that it was mastered for streaming That's vague. All streaming platforms have different recommendations and it's not unusual to have a track mastered differently for different platforms. and he said that 44100 and 16 bit is what streaming uses That's vague again. YouTube recommends 24 bit uploads: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6039860 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexhedleymusic Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 i spoke to him about this and basically i requested that it was mastered for streaming That's vague. All streaming platforms have different recommendations and it's not unusual to have a track mastered differently for different platforms. and he said that 44100 and 16 bit is what streaming uses That's vague again. YouTube recommends 24 bit uploads: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6039860 ok but everything aside.... if the master file is 16 bit 44100 then this should be the settings to use for the video export from logic for the best results? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 if the master file is 16 bit 44100 then this should be the settings to use for the video export from logic for the best results? Yes. Also make sure the project sample rate (File > Project Settings > Audio :: Sample Rate) is set to 44.1 kHz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexhedleymusic Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 if the master file is 16 bit 44100 then this should be the settings to use for the video export from logic for the best results? Yes. Also make sure the project sample rate (File > Project Settings > Audio :: Sample Rate) is set to 44.1 kHz. thanks i will do! appreciate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Sure thing, you're welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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