Great explanation. When I first started seriously delving in to electronic production about a month ago, this was one of my main questions since a lot of content creators seem to regularly use the terms interchangeably. To my chagrin, googling for an answer at the time left me feeling even more confused. Today it finally clicked for me when messing around with my individual track levels in FL Studio. I realized that I was "mixing" my tracks together, and then it occurred to me that "mastering" must just be finalizing the "master track" ... lo and behold my more specific google query sent me here. Thank you for confirming! :)
Weezna, your explication of the differences makes TOTAL SINCE, to me anyway! I don't know why anyone would Master during the mix phase, unless they have found their own style of creating music, which would be cool to check out but overall, I too, agree, about keeping the two phases separate, it just makes good sense to be able to have a copy of your original mix save down, in case you want to revisit it or even make a new remixed version.
Yeah that's a great idea. So i do have a video on getting a tuned vocal sound without it being autotuned. Check this out czcams.com/video/Gy8uS5FhpCk/video.html - Let me know if that helps!
TrueSoundStudios ok thanks weezna! Is it ok if I reach out to you on Twitter for questions? Also is it ok if I send you my work to take a look for advice, help, and tips? I'm on fl studio and have waves plug ins
I have never personally read any books on mixing/mastering so i'm honestly not sure. I learned by doing over the years. Maybe someone else can recommend something?
Question 🙋♂️ does it matter what version of the same song that I listen 👂 to like stereo world and descend was originally 3:32 and 5:25 but then changed to 3:25 and 3:28 and 3:31 and 5:23 and 5:21 do you have to decide what version of stereo world 🗺 or descend to listen 👂 to or can you listen 🎧 to either one like for r.e.m monster 25th anniversary did?
Hi can you just tell me that while you are mixing the speakers are set at half volume? Or they are kept at full and you are taking care the master track meter doesn't go red.....plssss tell...I'm quite confused abt these theory
You mix with headphones.... if you insist on using your speaker set the volume really really low... when its low... try to hear every thing your mixing...evenly
I've heard of a file format called .flac being used for mastering. If this is true, then you seem to prefer having a mix and a master file/folder separate, perhaps specifically when the mixer and masterer are different parties.
Flac is just a lossless Audio format it’s no different than Apples lossless format it’s just license and royalty free, it really doesn’t have anything to do with mastering.
@@5urg3x I heard .flac is often used in mastering because the masterer can edit individual tracks as separate files or something, which I'm guessing is what you mean by "lossless." I can't say why .flac vs. Apple's format matters in this. Thanks for trying to help. I think I'll look up a video on .flac.
Spair All digital audio is encoded somehow using a codec, same with video. It can be lossy (compressed, like MP3 audio) or lossless, like WAV. Flac is a simply a royalty free open source lossless audio codec. It has one advantage over WAV - it’s able to compress audio files without altering the quality, all of the original information is still there, nothing is lost. But with modern internet connections it really doesn’t matter if it’s a 40MB file or an 140MB file. Really the only reason to use it is to save hard drives space and be able to transfer files faster between remote sites. Doesn’t have anything to do with mastering afaik. Cheers.
@@5urg3x Thank you. Though, I was told .flac took up much more space than .wav, and I thought there were things you could do with .flac which you couldn't with .wav, other than compress without quality loss, as you mentioned.
I hate when people come to me with those MP3 beat files and try to rap or sing over them. Even if the are 320kbps it is still difficult to EQ because there are still artifacts in it. Much better if you can get your hands on a WAV file. In all honestly it is better to have everything separate because you can not change anything if its already a stereo 2 track. Yeah you can EQ it and add some processing but you might only end up making it sound worse.
Do you think it's okay to add about 2dbs of mid boost EQ on the master channel for some mixes that overall sound a bit flat and THEN master it with it(myself or sending it out to an engineer)? Or am I just better of to do totally everything during mastering?
The mixing and mastering info in the description of this video! You can email True Sound Studios to start a project - the email is in the description also. Thanks
Great explanation. When I first started seriously delving in to electronic production about a month ago, this was one of my main questions since a lot of content creators seem to regularly use the terms interchangeably. To my chagrin, googling for an answer at the time left me feeling even more confused. Today it finally clicked for me when messing around with my individual track levels in FL Studio. I realized that I was "mixing" my tracks together, and then it occurred to me that "mastering" must just be finalizing the "master track" ... lo and behold my more specific google query sent me here. Thank you for confirming! :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH MAN! I WAS SO CONFUSED ABOUT MIX AND MASTER THING......IM ALL CLEAR NOW!!!
Mixing is putting the ingredients together. Mastering is the cooking process. The final product is the food you eat.
Yes, you are right
Perfect analogy
Weezna, your explication of the differences makes TOTAL SINCE, to me anyway! I don't know why anyone would Master during the mix phase, unless they have found their own style of creating music, which would be cool to check out but overall, I too, agree, about keeping the two phases separate, it just makes good sense to be able to have a copy of your original mix save down, in case you want to revisit it or even make a new remixed version.
Appreciate it You Helped Me Understand More About Mixing & Mastering
Amazing video!! You just earned a subscriber :)
Thank you, i appreciate that
Love your videos, Weezna! You're the man!
Matt Petello thank you, much appreciated!!!!
Solid video I learned a lot
Nice. Thank you.
U get it buddy let's go
Thank you, well explained
Thanks!!!!!
You should do a video on auto tune and getting a less noticeable auto tune and the use of flanger, phaser on rap and r&b vocals
Yeah that's a great idea. So i do have a video on getting a tuned vocal sound without it being autotuned. Check this out czcams.com/video/Gy8uS5FhpCk/video.html - Let me know if that helps!
TrueSoundStudios ok thanks weezna! Is it ok if I reach out to you on Twitter for questions? Also is it ok if I send you my work to take a look for advice, help, and tips? I'm on fl studio and have waves plug ins
Yes, I never mind answering questions. I rarely check Twitter though, feel free to email or message me on Instagram
ok sounds good! Appreciate the help !!
Thanks for this video!
Solid video
How to arrange cables from the mixing board to the signal processors
So what kind of mixing console and what gear?
DAW called Reason can help with that, you have to wire everything (virtually)
Thanks! Great video :)
Thank you a lot!
Hi I have an question what book would you recommend for beginners to learn about MIX/Mastering?
I have never personally read any books on mixing/mastering so i'm honestly not sure. I learned by doing over the years. Maybe someone else can recommend something?
"The mixing engineer's handbook" by Bobby Owsinski is the best for me! You can search for it.
good info bro - Peanskean Riddler
Thank you thank you!
good video , very well explained
Thank you
Big like bro, thanks for a good tip
Question 🙋♂️ does it matter what version of the same song that I listen 👂 to like stereo world and descend was originally 3:32 and 5:25 but then changed to 3:25 and 3:28 and 3:31 and 5:23 and 5:21 do you have to decide what version of stereo world 🗺 or descend to listen 👂 to or can you listen 🎧 to either one like for r.e.m monster 25th anniversary did?
Perhaps you could play some examples? I still Dont know the difference after this video
Is it advisable to use mixing/tracking hardware processors for mastering, e.g. multiband-compressor?
Hello Sir I how are you?? Firstly except my warm Hii. Sir mixing and mastering is a big deal to understand or any body can easily learn it
Never thought about it like that
Thank you!!
Good video 👍
Thank you!
Mastering -- A sound quality depreciation process. It is where the notorious loudness war's happening.
You helped & i subbed 👍🏻🎸🎵🎶
Why do you need a mixed file and a masterd file
Hi can you just tell me that while you are mixing the speakers are set at half volume? Or they are kept at full and you are taking care the master track meter doesn't go red.....plssss tell...I'm quite confused abt these theory
You mix with headphones.... if you insist on using your speaker set the volume really really low... when its low... try to hear every thing your mixing...evenly
Could you mix and master our next album?
Super
I've heard of a file format called .flac being used for mastering. If this is true, then you seem to prefer having a mix and a master file/folder separate, perhaps specifically when the mixer and masterer are different parties.
Flac is just a lossless Audio format it’s no different than Apples lossless format it’s just license and royalty free, it really doesn’t have anything to do with mastering.
@@5urg3x I heard .flac is often used in mastering because the masterer can edit individual tracks as separate files or something, which I'm guessing is what you mean by "lossless."
I can't say why .flac vs. Apple's format matters in this. Thanks for trying to help. I think I'll look up a video on .flac.
Spair All digital audio is encoded somehow using a codec, same with video. It can be lossy (compressed, like MP3 audio) or lossless, like WAV. Flac is a simply a royalty free open source lossless audio codec. It has one advantage over WAV - it’s able to compress audio files without altering the quality, all of the original information is still there, nothing is lost. But with modern internet connections it really doesn’t matter if it’s a 40MB file or an 140MB file. Really the only reason to use it is to save hard drives space and be able to transfer files faster between remote sites. Doesn’t have anything to do with mastering afaik. Cheers.
@@5urg3x Thank you. Though, I was told .flac took up much more space than .wav, and I thought there were things you could do with .flac which you couldn't with .wav, other than compress without quality loss, as you mentioned.
I record a song on Voisey app that I would like to make into a track how does that work ??
I hate when people come to me with those MP3 beat files and try to rap or sing over them. Even if the are 320kbps it is still difficult to EQ because there are still artifacts in it. Much better if you can get your hands on a WAV file. In all honestly it is better to have everything separate because you can not change anything if its already a stereo 2 track. Yeah you can EQ it and add some processing but you might only end up making it sound worse.
Hi Weezna!
I am Wayne from Jamaica.
What's the cost to mix and master?
Wayne Davis hi, send an email to tssrecording@gmail.com and we can talk!
Do you think it's okay to add about 2dbs of mid boost EQ on the master channel for some mixes that overall sound a bit flat and THEN master it with it(myself or sending it out to an engineer)? Or am I just better of to do totally everything during mastering?
How much you charge
The mixing and mastering info in the description of this video! You can email True Sound Studios to start a project - the email is in the description also. Thanks
11 minutes sheesh
Lol he basically said it, mastering is making it as loud as possible. It’s crappy that this is what modern music has become. Loudness wars suck!
What's ur Instagram??????
You show something than making all those lengthy talks
Lol what?!?
I meant show something than speaking at lenght
Whats your Instagram
True Sound Studios