User studio session case study on Landr mastering

Here is a great Landr mastering case study from our own Panu Pentikäinen (user panup)
He talks about how he tested Landr on a live studio project.

Once again Panu goes the extra mile for Sonar users. Can somebody hire this guy?

I don't mind that Landr is in Sonar, but I would still like a way to place cd markers in Sonar, and improve the wav editing.

M@
My opinion:
Listening to this on my laptop through headphones I liked Panup's mix better.
The LANDR-mix felt a little to piercing to the ears. I can imagine that listening to a whole CD mastered by LANDR will lead to ear-fatigue sooner?
Panup's mix/master seemed just that little bit mellower which is a style I just happen to like more...

+1.
Landr version is more hyped, more compressed and a bit louder (volume difference of the test files were matched to make comparison easier).
Dynamics in my version is more natural. In my opinion this kind of song does need to sound bigger and louder than everything else.
 
I like the Landr version. Next week I'm editing band's music video and I have an opportunity to select between masters or make a remaster with fresh pair of ears. In Youtube video I would use Landr but in CD my version.
 

I thought the bass was over emphasized in the LANDR master.  LANDR may have boosted it, but you probably had it right in the mix.  There was more space in the LANDR master, though.  I guess what I am saying is like some of what LANDR did to the mix and some of what you did.  Knowing what LANDR does could influence how you mix to get the results you want, though it will probably take some trial and error.

dwardzala
Knowing what LANDR does could influence how you mix to get the results you want, though it will probably take some trial and error.

Exactly...which is not all that different from working with a human mastering engineer, who should be willing to go back and forth a few times until you get what you want.
 
I have to say that based on the reactions I've seen, a lot of people must have had not very good interactions with mastering engineers...a good one will work with you. Obviously LANDR can't interact with you on a personal level, but I think people would understand LANDR better if they'd worked with a real mastering engineer who will say "okay, you want a little more/less bass, let me give it another pass." The difference with LANDR is if the preview has too much bass, then it's on you to reduce the bass in the mix instead of the mastering engineer in the master, and then you need to try again.