A SIMPLE 3 Step Mastering Chain That Actually Works (And Two Free Mastering Plugins!)

Your videos are dope af my friend very very good information

Cool! What about the exact frequencies you adjusted with the mastering plugin at first? Thanks a lot

soundgoodizer, one word, soundgoodizer

Dumb question but is mastering done in a seperate session to mixing?

Wow i never heard about Signalizer Plug-in before and after this video i've been using it everywhere! Thanks Cameron to always bring cool free plugins to us! Thanks a lot mustache guy o7

Is there a reason you mention MLoudnessAnalyzer and not YouleanLoudnessMeter? Is there a reason that one may be better than another or is it just a taste thing?

Check MAAT eq!!

Think 80 bits is just a marketing gimmick. A 32-bit audio file has 429496796 different values to encode its volume. A 64-bit audio file has 18446744073709551616 different values. A 80-bit audio file has 1208925819614629174706176 values. I seriously doubt anybody could hear the difference of 80 bits vs. 32 bits. Considering how your DAW would feed the plugin less than 80 bits of information, most of the 80 bits are going to be redundant anyway. A good EQ is a good EQ and I'm not saying the PSP plugin isn't, their plugins are pretty awesome but 80 bits doesn't say anything about audio quality.

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I prefer Grand Finale

Thanks for this video. It helped me realize that I know absolutely zero about mixing and mastering my music LOL

There is probably a reason that no one else is using 80 bit floating point values and that reason is that 32 or 64 bit floating point values are more than enough for almost anything audio related.

I have a theory i can`t prove. Lets say that only this one has "80 bit floating point" and everyone else 32 (?) . 
Thing is same as in mastering, more important is knowing what you are doing than having the best equipment. Only a good engineer will make the best out of ... anything
so in plugins lets take "everyone else" that are using 32 bit (or whatever they use , i dont know but its not 80bit , for the sake of argument).
But in the real world,,, not every Eq using 32bit sounds the same as any other eq using 32 bit. Some have seriously flawed coding and cramp and do other funky stuff too.
And i am not talking about Analog Emulating vsts. One example would be the comparisson by Dan Worall where he compares Abletons Eq8 to Pro q3 and finds flaws in the Ableton
Eq.
What i am trying to say is that i dont believe that easily that using 80bit floating point all of the sudden automatically make this "a league of its own" Eq.
I would have to see comparisons to other high end Eq`s with proof. Until then its just a theory.
What triggered my thought was that the GUI of MasterQ2 looks a bit 90`s and the Eq Curve line graphics is ..... a bit like Arcade games revisited. The used extra large pixels for the line.
This simply does not look like they gave it much love in the Aesthetics department and looks like the cousin of the one that coded the Eq was allowed to do the GUI design but she-he did not yet arrive in 2021.

Take what i say with a grain of salt and a bit of humor as it is meant in a funny way but with a little bit of truth inside.

peace , and love your channel!

I dig it.
I've been using either Izotope Ozone or TDR Nova behind TDR limiters.
Now that I finallt know the lufs range...I have to do so much adjusting now 😂

Dude ... love the info and the overall vibe ... but ... the bass (RBass?) is over the top ( : are to shooting for James Earl Jones?

Wow. That was excellent. Straight forward, precise and an awesome result. Gonna need those plugins..thx for this video 🙏🏿💯🔥

How about a zero step chain master?
"A good mix doesn't need mastering " - Bob Katz

Does the Ursa DSP more or less "replace" something like a sonnox inflator, like are these doing similar jobs?

sOUNDS the same

I"m not sure who your clients are, but there is not a single song on the Billboard hot 100 that is mastered to -14 LUFS, every single one of them is much more like -8 to -6 LUFS.

Howdy. I hadn't heard of Signalizer. Nice find! Have a great day.

solid info, gotta check into that psp

I think, that PSP Neon has the same technology as Master Q inside.😊

unpopular opinion: in dirty bass music, no one can hear the difference between an 80 bit EQ and your DAW’s stock

80 bit floating point (extended double) is completely unnecessary. Nobody is going to hear the difference vs 64-bit and you're paying a very expensive CPU cost for it.

Good demo in Signalizer for what it looks like when it's ok.. but what does Vectorscope look like when it's out of phase?.. what does the spectral shape look like that I should be trying to avoid?

Doesn't a tool like Ozone Elements do pretty much the same thing re: mastering?

Interesting video, and the track even sounds good on a smartphone speaker.

I guess the Weiss eq MP is a good alternative to the PSP MasterQ…?

I have to admit that I'm not really a fan of the genre of music that you typically produce (I am more of a hard rock and metal guy), but I'm so happy I found your channel because you're always so articulate with how you explain things and it's really evident how much time you put into each video. Thanks bro! Your expertise is greatly appreciated! 🍻

Would anyone say that mastering is fixing what was missed in the production process ... .. And if you were to give a mastering engineer an already mastered song what would he do , And then again give it to another engineer and so on .. You guys get the idea .. Do we master because the song actually needs that something extra to sound like what we are comparing it too. Or is it just because it feels good to know that we add something extra to it. Its almost like having a nice dinner but for some reason it doesn't feel as satisfying until we have that nice chocolate and strawberry desert 🤤 I'm just wondering not critiquing

Cameron my boy stay awesome 👏

i been using the psp e27 on my master bus recently, i just have the 28k boost button on, kind of works as a 'air' boost (i prefer it to maag eq)... Also like the venn audio free clip for a clipper, but that ursa boost looks/sounds nice!

Wait, so on that last freebie plugin, if that image is really wide, thats a bad thing? It means you have stuff that is canceling each other out?

Came for the mastering chain suggestion, stayed for the track! Nice!

You are not lying about the melda free bundle. The Mtremolo plugin is probably the most comprehensive volume shaper out there with some very musical randomize features. you have to make sure the phase is set to 0 degrees though otherwise it can be frustrating.

YEEEEEEEEES!

Amazing!

Those look like a win. Mastering is such a mystical dark art and you look to have found easy mode for it! I have the Melda drumkit and love it and this looks like a whole lotta more good tools from them. Thanks

What, no vintage warmer? :D

I just purchased Boost, what a coincidence ✌

Thanks as always for premium quality videos!

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