mp3 for mastering in a pinch??

[randrohe]

I already know the answer to this..But is it feasible at all?
I'm in a bind and hope someone chimes in and says," sure, I do it all the time"
It's time for mastering and 2 mixes of the 8 songs to be released have gone missing.. my fault.
anyway, thanks for any input

[lapsteel]

So you have uncompressed stuff for 6 songs then 2 lost songs?

I guess you probably could use mp3s mastering. What quality are they? 320 or higher?

If you do it, make sure to inform your mastering engineer. I don't do mastering so I'm not sure what problems might be run into. I imagine it will be harder handling the frequencies.

[randrohe]

yeah, that's the gist of it..they are 320, so maybe that's a best case scenario..
this is a super bummer..

[Gentleman Jim]

Remix. Not the end of the world.

[lapsteel]

Remix. Not the end of the world.

Yeah do that if the data isn't lost.

I got the impression it was.

[Waltz Mastering]

I already know the answer to this..But is it feasible at all?
I'm in a bind and hope someone chimes in and says," sure, I do it all the time"
It's time for mastering and 2 mixes of the 8 songs to be released have gone missing.. my fault.
anyway, thanks for any input

If that's what you have.. go for it,... the upside is that they are 320 kbps.
..so it could be worse.

I don't think you will find anybody who'll say: "I do it all the time"
Wav or Aiff at the project's native sample rate and bit depth is always
the best option.

[chris harris]

If you can't remix, and they're 320kbps mp3s, with no horribly noticeable artifacts, then I'm sure that I could master your record such that nobody here would be able to guess which 2 of the 8 songs started as mp3s.

[randrohe]

hey all,
thanks for the info and the offers.
This is a clients and he already has a deal set up locally..
So while not the preferred scenario, it's a reasonable path..Awesome.
If anything would change on his part, I'll hit you up and go from there..
Thanks again Tape Opers, I know I can always get some knowledgeable feedback here.
Rand

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So you have uncompressed stuff for 6 songs then 2 lost songs?

I guess you probably could use mp3s mastering. What quality are they? 320 or higher?

If you do it, make sure to inform your mastering engineer. I don't do mastering so I'm not sure what problems might be run into. I imagine it will be harder handling the frequencies.

NEVER.

The perceptual coding will have destroyed the high frequency content. The way that works is based upon audible information up there and removal of data when there's less of it- which means that over 10K you've got frequency response which is constantly shifting.

DO NOT MASTER FROM AN .MP3 EVER.