Mastering Your Music (In 6 Simple Steps)

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Hi bro do you use any software

Showing the “details” of mastering a song that is constant noise. Slammed wav. No dynamics, loud guitars, washed out drums and a weak vocal. Terrible song choice.

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Just had a few questions:

The correlation made sense as you had explained what it did. But I was still. confused on what a "True Peak" and "Lufs" meter did. You mentioned that we should have em ready to use but I wasn't really sure for what purpose.

And the limiter had be a bit confused too. I understand that it limits signal so that the signal can't get any higher than whatever threshold you set. But what happens to those sounds that do go higher? Do they get pushed down to the level identified by the threshold?

Thanks for the vid

Anyone aware of good metering AU3 for IOS?

Hey who’s the artist/ group of this song and the title? I heard this song at a shop in Wisconsin and tried to find it since

Thank you, you're awesome

You have music going up to +14 on Fabfilter Pro L2? What scale is that??

You didn’t even look at the LUFS when you set your limiter🤦🏻‍♂️

The lack of care and attention this dude spent on making this mastering process realistic is beyond me. This video over explains for anyone with experience and also underexplains for beginners, so it’s not very helpful for either. Why would you make a mastering tutorial that skips all of the actual process of mastering lol

First of all : I’d tell the singer to redo the vocals on the track and tune it !!! You cannot fix that on the master !!!

First of all people, use a multi meter which has a goniometer, correlation meter and a lufs meter too all in one. Secondly I came here for mastering tips from what I thought was more advanced than myself. Maybe next time I guess

"They need to be fixed IN THE MIX", MICHAEL...

This video shows you nothing.

Great video. Where can i find the song you used?

Will it make a difference if mastering the track before bouncing compared to after bouncing?

For those interested the song is called Daffodils & Love by The Dreaded Laramie. And the song is rad.

Great tutorial, but my question is - what's the song's title?

what is the song you're working on?

Yeah bro thanks

to be honest this video was really no help i gain nothing from it

You forgot the most important thing(Step: 1) Make sure the mix you are mastering has enough headroom.

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I love the song you used here!
If anyone is curious for the final master, that's "Daffodils & Love", by The Dreaded Laramie.

Hm. 6 steps as an idea are not a bad start. Voiceover recording is not so great though, and i doubt you would want to use Logic's Channel eq for mastering, at least use the Linear Phase EQ. Also the release set to 0 on Logic Comp would probably introduce low-end problems. And at the end you say that for a punchier sound you're gonna use a faster attack on the limiter and for more transparency a slow release? Ehm, that sounds kind of the opposite of what's true.

Thanks for the great video! Enjoy your channel and your style of explaining things. Another little mastering tip that I am using (and heard from others) is to use linear eq on master, just to avoid any phasing issues. Probably it’s hard to tell the difference, but it could be sweet bonus for your final result)

Why do you talk about mastering with a voice that hurts my hearing with some upper-mid parasite frequencies?

There are literally no transients on that track at all. No dynamic range, think you need to go back my friend

Why the music sounds like in the blanket?

That song vocals is out of tune

So should we put plugins on the stereo output or the track itself

Coornucoopia-aaah

Man, this track ain't ready for mastering, balance, eq, dynamics are not there. Are you trolling us.

Across the whole video I really think you’re killing your transients with all these fast attack times. I think you’ll be a lot more successful in preserving transient impact with slower attack times. Especially with the limiter you will get a lot more mileage out of it with a really slow and attack and a much faster release time.

So awesome thanks for this 👏🏾

You need two Steps! A good mix and GW mixcentric! 👍

Hi. Good stuff explained well. Aren't you killing too much of the transients with short attack and longer release with Iron? While activating the TMT, it sounds more open at first but with a closer look, especially on the 2 bus or masterchannel it easily can pull your tightness off a bit. A mono maker up to 70-80hz might be a good idea, as well as a side chain to not trigger the compressor from the low end. You probably would be very happy trying out UNISUM, a real mastering compressor, sounding like legit hardware, makes the PA stuff look like very limited toys, considering their "mastering" abilities. 5-6 db gain reduction from one limiter is quite a lot. I didn't find one tool which is capable of leaving the stereo field and the low end in tact in a good way using such an amount of GR. Just some thoughts. Cheers

Great info

What program did you use to show that analyzer effect?

great video as always! anyways I'm searching for tips and tricks on how to enhance the dynamics in the mix. I've been searching through this channel but I can't find any. Thanks!

Thank you, thank you...

Thank you!!!

aside from the logic stock compressor (love it), what's a good compressor for the mastering chain that's affordable for mid side... unless there's a stock logic one that does the same