Mastering Techniques For Better Dynamics - ITL #105

Your real time automation has me eager to try hybrid mastering. I will be able to change the gain/volume of the track through an ART VCA compressor and into my AD converter, possibly with soft limit enabled. But I may throw a tape machine in the chain, too. fun fun

i dont get it,wouldnt that clip the master if it is already limited?

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So this is just volume on an already limited track. Meaning it was important had already been limited ?

Some examples were difficult to compare because the volume wasnt perfectly matched.
Most of the time there were only increases and no volume decrease to compensate.

cool

The quarternote volume thing 🤯🤯🤯🤯

It’s so important that he mentions the names of all the engineers he works with.. respect for Pensado!

Can anyone tell me his routing? Is he doing the automation on a stereo bus?

why there are 3 channels with the audio? is he actually doing parallel?

is the automation after or before the limiter?

To me, the automation made it seem more human and less mechanical.

Volume automation on the master ?? You’re fucking kidding right??

I love this episode, love them all but Dave is in the zone right here, Dave you are a Rock Star.

Damn this is a pretty sick tip for natural dynamics

dave there is a frecuency in this mix that bothers me, i guess u lisen to it but yo leave it alone, but for me is really anoying!, nice trick!

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Thanks for sharing Dave, always learning!

Is there 2 tracks with the beats??? 🤔

interesting techniques!

Love your childish madness .... :) that's what an artist is.

Now that's beyond dynamic that's GROOVE..... So so supreme... you share such a secret right there....wow

Top bloke....

There is nothing cuter than having an old guy shuffling a slider with a touch pad. If i grow old, i wanna be like Dave.

This technique can bring back the lost groove. Thanx sir

Mastering is easy. It's a recipe for success or disaster depending upon the person, his or her approach with the right tools to achieve the goal! His ears are not your ears. Learn mastering even if you pay someone else to do it for you. I feel you should learn as much as possible musically!!
Mastering requires a thorough knowledge of the tools you'll use in the mastering chain and how to apply them successfully!

Name of song ?

I like it, you could make a plug in. Call it “the conductor”, as it has a conducted feel.

The feeling of it is much better once it does affect the vocal is all good....Machel Montano is a Great male Vocalist from TRINIDAD 🇹🇹 & Tobago 🇹🇹

Mind. Blown. !!

This was interesting. I’ve drawn in volume swells on the master / mix fader in larger sections such as bringing up the volume on the choruses, etc.,

Ahah It's a crazy tip! I've never thought that Dave uses these techniques))

This is actually really cool. Some of the ITL that Dave does I have a hard time hearing a difference when A/B'ing. This one really helped the mix I think.

Great job, Dave.

Way smart ... Thank you for posting.

You sound like someone who'd be fun to just chill with

wOPPW realy something glue hier, )) and i i loved so much, and your way to make your tutorial is very soft and make enjoy this song, nice tast! im gonna take look more closer your chanel!! Congratulations!

I´ve understand this is a Mastering Tutorial, but why does he apply the automation at a (Sub-) Mix-Bus and not at the Master Stereo Out Channel Bus? Why Dave plays this Sub-Bus back along with the Master Channel, when it is a Mastering Processing? Or is this even an Mixing Tip?

how does he have any headroom at this point of the mixing process?

Dave, i am curious what you usually like you RMS level to peak at using FG-X. I usually find -11db or so sounds best, but some of my clients want to go as high -8db. I am not a mastering engineer, just either giving my clients a reference or "mastering" for low budget projects. Thanks!

This Technique works better if you do it fractionally randomly on every buss... leave the master buss alone....So ever instrument is randomly moving a tiny amount then you will have a "organic breath" ....of sorts...

Holy crap. I have never thought to do that!

Wow and suddenly the part without automation sounded dead.... Brilliant technique Dave

The original recording sounds so sequenced or quantised and devoid of feel. Maybe the fader riding is an attempt to put some dynamic variation into a track that should have had some dynamics from human player to start with ?

i've preffered it when it was putting emphasis on the pair beat.

Very cool, shows how powerful automation really is. The way I see it is eq and compression are just to tools to get your mix ready to actually 'mix'. Mixing really starts with all the sweet automation moves, volume, pan, sends, reverbs, delays etc. Once you get your track singing and you can't help but dance then you know your close. On a side note, be careful with this technique, meaning when you go to automate your not accidentally increasing the volume. At the master fader, any volume increase will sound substantially better.

The "nuts" part sounds cool.