[goetzpd]

Hello all. This is my first post. I am running Cubase 4 on a G4 laptop at 1.67Ghz, 2GB RAM with a MOTU828MKII. I need some advice on mastering my first recording. I had two AT830 cardiod condensor mics on a choir accompanied by a pipe organ. These mics were in the middle iof the church pointed towards the chour and pipe organ in a stereo config. They went through a Presonus MP-20 preamp to their own tracks. A 80hz roll off was on these. I had a Blue Baby Bottle 15 feet out from the 28 person choir run through the font XLR (built in preamp) on the MOTU. I had no roll off on this mic. These are the only 3 tracks I recorded. I have the AT tracks panned. One left, one right. The Baby Bottle is centered. What should I do to mix and master:
1. Normalize all tracks to -1db fade in and fade out on each song.
2. EQ, normalize, fade in and out each song.
3. Compress, EQ, normalize, fade in and fade out
4 . Adjust levels so audio rises to no higher than 0db, fade in fade out

I don't want to do a lot of processing because I don't know what I am adjusting but I do want the mix to be loud, like any CD you pick up off the shelf at a store. Suggestions?

philip goetz