<Admin - this is going OT. Please reply privately, or to the OT group> >I absolutely agree. Make the best mix you can, then put the rest of the >dough for a good mastering engineer. It's so well-invested money you >wouldn't believe it. And with the ever-increasing competition in this >field, you can see the prices dropping here as well... what are those prices typically? (of course it will vary by locality). since the art of mastering is so hard to describe and learn, how do you tell if you are hiring a good one? Do you ask a couple of different guys to do the same song and compare?