The jazz mix it is then. Let's get this show on the road.
The sign-up period for WUMP 3 is now open.
Please confirm your participation by posting "I'm in" in this thread.
Sign-up will close midnight on
Friday September 16th (going by 'official' GS time based on GS' registered address in Berkshire, UK). I'm allowing some extra time for this one to allow people to submit mixes to the
RealWAVs thread.
WUMP 3 Mix
A mix will be selected from the RealWAVs project at the end of the sign-up period and a download made available here.
Here's the usual info about how a WUMP works:
WUMP 3 STEPS- Sign-up: "I'm in"
- When sign up closes, you'll be allocated to a group and sent a link to the dropbox folder for your group's submissions via PM.
- You will have a week to submit one master. Do your thing and send your master to the dropbox folder when ready. DO NOT POST YOUR MASTER IN THREAD.
- Don't forget to write down your process as well as your settings in as much detail as you are willing (more info below).
- Submissions will be open for 1 week after the sign-up period and will close Friday September 23 at midnight (Berkshire, UK time).
- When submissions close, you will be given access to the masters in your group. Start listening and post your feedback in the thread (more detail on feedback below).
- Once all the feedback is in (we'll allow up to a week for this), participants can post their process.
- After this, we can open up masters for people outside your group.
- And finally, participants will have the option to post their master directly into the thread if they choose to share it with the broader GS community.
GENERAL GUIDELINES
Here is a summary of the main points from the consensus reached in the WUMP proposal thread and WUMP
#1 that essentially forms the "rules" of how this will run:
- Format for submission: 44.1kHz, 16bit
File naming convention: GroupX_username_WUMPX_optional details
Example:
Quote:
Group1_Smoothtone_WUMP1_44-16.wav
- 'Client instructions.' If these are included, they can be used to guide mastering decisions just like we do with real clients. If there are no instructions, we use our judgement about the best way to present the mix, just like we do in real situations like this.
- Organiser to select mix and vary the genre each WUMP
- Participants will be randomly assigned to smaller groups of 5
- One week, one master: participants will have one week to submit one master, no revisions. If you miss the submission date, you will have to wait until the next WUMP.
- Access to files:
- participants will not have access to other masters until submissions close;
- these will initially be restricted restricted to small groups;
- then open to all participants.
- Sharing masters with the broader GS community will be at the discretion of each participant and they can post it in the thread themselves after the initial discussion period.
- Feedback during initial discussion from participants only. (Of course, once participants decide to share their work in the thread, comments from the general community will be possible).
- Process descriptions to be posted after feedback and focus more on 'the story' but not too long to become burdensome.
- Submissions will not be anonymous
GIVING FEEDBACK
Each participant will give some reflections on what they heard in all the other masters in their group.
- What did you hear?
- What did you like?
- What might be different/improved?
- Which master(s) inspired you? Why?
- Any surprises?
- Any comments on the description of process?
EXPLAINING YOUR PROCESS
It's much more interesting/instructive if we tell 'the story' of this particular mastering rather than just the settings. This includes:
- What you heard/your appraisal of the mix (issues, strengths, imbalances, dynamics, etc).
- What was your vision/aim in mastering this mix?
- Step-by-step decisions, thought process and processing choices (including things you might have tried that didn't work).
- Sharing steps in the sequence as they evolved (which might be different to the sequence of processors used).
- And then of course your choice of processors and their settings.
A general description of settings is ok (e.g. "small high freq boost around 6k with wide Q" or "about half a dB of compression with slower attack and moderate release"). What's more interesting is the reasons you chose those settings.
Please try to remember that this is a friendly mastering comparison, not a competition. There is no winner (and no losers!) Try to keep any feedback and comments constructive: it is always possible to be tactful and kind in our communication, even when delivering constructive criticism.
It's up to all of us to make this fun and something really valuable!
Cheers,
Dom
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