How to Master a Song in 11 Easy Steps
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The way you used different kind of saturation instead of one on different frequencies to match the style of music was amazing
This is honestly one of the best Tutorials out there ! Thank you guys !
That's awesome! Thanks for watching!
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Great vid. I’m in learning process so some of it went over my head but will keep coming back to this can tell great info hear.
Thanks for making this video available, very kind of you considering the time and effort it takes to put together videos. :-)
Thanks for watching Carl! Glad to hear that you enjoy/appreciate the videos!
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Absolutely perfect blend of helpful and consise info! Thank you so much!
Awesome! Thanks Zach!
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THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!
I've been on so many tutorials, yours is the best I've watched!
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Thank you, best mastering tutorial
Hey PaRajasekar! Thanks for watching - we're glad you enjoyed it!
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Yeah, this tut is going into the ‘good pile’ thanks guy’s 👍
That's great - thanks for watching!
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Thank you very much Sage audio!!!! learnt a lot!!!! Love your guys content and it tends to be extremely useful!!!! Couldn't find this much of
information even through a paid tutorial!!!! Thank you once again!!!
That's awesome! Glad it's helpful! Thanks for watching!
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Can't stress enough how helpful this is! many thanks
Hey Ninetown music! That's great to hear - we're glad this will help with your mastering!
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This is just what I've been looking for. Thank you sir
Thanks for watching - we hope it helps with your mastering!
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Probably the best and easy tutorial. Many many thanks.
That's awesome! Thanks for watching!
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Best lessons ever on youtube
Masterful mastering.
God bless u bro. I have no words to express how helpful your channel is.
That's awesome! Thanks for watching Kalki!
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Thank you so much for all this advanced and great stuff in your channel!!!
Best regards!👌👌🎸🎸
Amazing video with clear explanations. Bless
Awesome! Thanks for watching Eddie!
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Your too kind. Thank you for your insights.
Thank you so much for watching!
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Always Help me this type of video.
So useful. Thanks.
This was really good. Thanks!
Tq for information. Will be sending you my mixdown soon. 🙏
These are terrific tips! Thank you very much!!👍
Awesome - glad you like the video! Thanks for watching!
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this is all it takes to master the track thanks
Thanks for watching Shri!
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also if you're mastering for streaming you want your final limiter's ceiling to be at -1dbFS maximum. between -2db and -1db is the safe zone where no distortion will occur from the streaming coversion
Best explaination i saw here on YT ... very Nice... love your videos ...
That's awesome, thanks for watching Robtunes!
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Woow :) very solid and useful. Thank you so much !
great stuff even I knew almost everything it is useful to get everything on one video, thx alot.
Thanks for watching! Glad you liked the video!
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Such a useful tutorial.
Solid as always. Thanks for being so generous with your knowledge. 🙏 What do you think about placing your saturation prior to subtractive EQ and compression? More of a "traditional" signal path to soak up some dynamics and bring in some colour which you can sculpt with EQ?
Thanks for watching! That works too!
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 amazing job!
Hey Jerry! Thanks for watching!
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Great video. It was very helpful
brilliant thank you so much
Great tutorial. Thank you so much! Liked and subscribed.
Hey Slava! Thanks for watching and subscribing!
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This is so helpful thank You 🙏🏾
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
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so helpful, thank you !
Thank you awesome
Very good explanation. Thank you very much! :-)
Awesome! Thanks for watching Lino!
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Excellent Video.. Very Informative.. Thanx a Million for This Upload Bruh 😎👊💯💯
super tutorial..!!!Thank you
Thanks for watching!
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My new favorite CZcams channel
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This is pretty good still confused on how much limiting I should do and if loudness is in the mix not the master. Need to watch more videos. Also confused with stereo imaging in an eq thx
Great Mastering Class
Awesome! Thanks for watching Jaysum!
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Thankyou sir very helpful!
Thanks for watching!
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Thank you....it was helpful.
Thanks for watching!
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Thx Great Tut …very helpfull ( in the jungle of mixing on youtube 😎)
That intro song is the same one from Ryan Tedder's ad for his Monthly class... i think.
very useful!! thanks a lot
Hey DNDK FUZZ! Thanks for watching this video too! Glad you liked it.
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So so good thank you 🙏
Thanks for watching this one Rev! Your comments are appreciated!
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thanks for your videos !!!!!
Thanks for watching Xevi!
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Thank You Sir...👍👍..Wonderful..!
Thank you so much for watching! Glad you liked it!
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No words...and thanks for
Thanks for watching!
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Thanks man
Thanks for watching this one Daniel!
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Great video, extremely useful. If I have produced and mixed a song at 44.1kHz 16bit and need to deliver it to CD and streaming what exports should I do? I thought doing a lossless export at 44.1 kHz 16bit would be sufficient? Thanks for the superb content
Again very helpful video
Thanks for watching!
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Many many thanks 💙😄
Of course, Thanks for watching!
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Amazing content!!!
Thanks for watching Yoni!
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Amazing content
Thank you so much!
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you are the best !
Thanks for watching yvan!
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before and after sound comparison would have been nice!
Nice 👍
Great video keep up the good content.
Thanks for watching Eric!
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Thanks.
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so helpfull!
Thanks for watching Shelly!
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Solid info well done
Awesome thanks!
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good one
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Subscribed!!!
Hey Maurice! Thanks awesome - thanks for doing that!
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Awesome
Thanks for watching!
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yeah thanks for this. i just realized i shouldn't even need compression on my master. i've been trying to configure it for quite a while though my mixes are already so ultra fat.
Awesome that's good to know before going into the session! Thanks for watching!
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Many Thanks. You are a great teacher. I learned more with this video than probably more than 100 videos I have watched before.
That's awesome thanks Fernando! Glad to hear you found the video helpful!
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Absolutely amazing video easily to understand. I have two questions so. How we can add clean (i mean high pitched and warmth and doesnt muddy) sound for side channels and how we can add harmonics for mid channel ?
That's awesome! Thanks for watching! Use a m/s EQ to shape the side, and use saturation or mild distortion on the mids
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@@sageaudio appreciate it thank u for teaching
Thanks for this tutorial. In what instances would you consider using multiband compression?
Hey Tracy! Thanks for watching.
Use multiband compression when a specific frequency group needs to be compressed, but others don't. For example, if the mid range needs to be compressed, but the high and low ranges sound controlled, a multi-band compressor or dynamic equalizer can be used to control the mid-range while leaving the high and low ranges unaffected.
Thanks!
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Would be great to see the same process for an orchestral track
We have a video on mastering dynamic classical music! Thanks for watching!
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If someone could help me that would be great! I see he has all the instruments on a single track and that is where he is putting all of the processing and effects, what would you master on if you have all the tracks individually? on a bus?
Love how one of the songs on the Spotify playlist was "Marijuana" lol
Thanks, much, and I understand and implement most of your steps. I'm confused, however, about parallel compression: some mastering compressors have a mix knob. If I set up a channel with the compressor and send that channel's output to the master, won't it be mixed in at the *beginning* of the master chain? That would *not* be the same as a compressor with a mix knob.
Hey Brian! In this one I used an aux send to set up the parallel compression - which is routed after the effects used (but can be made post fader, or have it's routing changed etc.). If you used a compressor with a mix or wet/dry then the parallel compression would occur wherever that compressor was inserted.
With the set up in this video, via the aux send, the parallel compression will occur after all of the processing used in the track's chain - which would necessitate putting the limiter on the master output to avoid clipping.
What you said is correct - if you duplicated the track to another channel and compressed it, then blended it back in, it wouldn't have the processing of the chain. Thanks for watching!
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Brian Case I've been confused about that for ages. Surprising how hard its been to get a clear answer.
I cut out everything below 25hz. Sounds crazy huh? But they used to do that for all vinyls. The needle couldn't handle anything lower.
its awsme , thank you
That's great! Thanks for watching!
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@@sageaudio your welcome love from assam.
What do you charge per song?
For me, the best mastering process is done with mixing. Just add a bit of bus compression and a limiter on the master bus when you are happy with the mix
agree 100%
and how are u going to gain width of the track without crosstalk/mid side compression or eq/even stereo widening plugins... (stereo width is just one of the things u are able to do only at the master stage there are many more of it). If u re amateur thats ok just to add bus comp and limiter but in some advanced levels its not...
@@Kuracpalac1 you sure about that buddy? Ive been producing music for 11 years. You can do stereo widening in the mixing stage. All im saying is keep it simple. OF Course I also do a bit of stereo width on the master, just not too much cause itll be out of phase.
If the mix sounds good, don’t destroy it with a billion plugins.
@@LukeIcardMusic of course you can edit panorama and do stereo width in mix, but you ll never be able to get as much stereo width without master... and stereo width was just one of the examples what u re not able to do in mix. I m producing for 17 years so yes i m pretty sure what i m talking my man ;)
@@LukeIcardMusic 11 years is not long for music production. You should consider having a more open mind to bouncing your file then working in a separate session with it. I promise you my friend you will hear things you never thought you would.
If you're bouncing your master to real tape and not a plugin, would you still suggest bouncing it after subtractive EQ and compression are done?
I guess its time to ditch ozone. Thanks guys, great stuff, glad I found your channel
You can still get good sounds with it! If it works for you and you know how to get a good sound from it then no reason to ditch it! But up to you of course - thanks for watching!
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What are your thoughts on mastering programs like LANDR?
At 4:00, I thought it was a New Age cover of "Blister in the Sun". 😂
Great tutorial! When doing subtractive EQ on the mastering (e.g., highpass filter) do you tend to use linear phase EQ? I noticed in the video that it was set to Zero Latency. Also, would you recommend using a dedicated EQ plugin to mono audio below a certain frequency rather than using the Trim/gain plugin that comes with this feature in DAWs like Ableton? Thanks. (PS: Great tune. Who is it?)
Thanks for watching Sam! Linear phase is a good choice when you're cutting out lower frequencies. I haven't used that EQ but if it has a linear phase option I'd say it's fine to use!
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@@sageaudio What is the problem of EQ phase shifting in the lower range on summed (group or mix) busses where the same EQ plugin is being applied across multiple tracks (e.g., kick and bass)? Is it that multi-frequency phase-shifting artifacts affect the tone even on single instrument tracks.
If this is still unanswered for you: there's a great video on linear phase EQ and if it's a necessity on the FabFilter Channel for overall information on the topic, maybe it can answer one or two things regarding the topic.
good tips, is it ok to split limiting to different limiter plugins? cause I have several lol
Thanks for watching! It is! Doing this can actually help you achieve different tones and timbres from your master.
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ThanX - could you kindly do a video on voice / speach mastering, e.g. for a podcast?
Kind regards
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Hey Steffen! Thanks for watching - we've made a video on mastering for podcasts, here's a link: czcams.com/video/2Sdg3PE0z6o/video.html
Here's one for mastering dialogue for video as well: czcams.com/video/_6T_FnGTLmw/video.html
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One question ..do you process the parallel compressed channel diferently or is it processed with the same limiter for example as a group....how would this work if it was a second copied channel instead of sent bus
Just curious is this the process your company uses to master or is it an algorithm based processing?
Cutting low you change phase and attack of material. Like a transient shaper.
Hey Alex! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
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can parallel comp also be done with the mix knob on a compressor on the mix bus or does it not come out as good as sending to a bus?
It can work fine with the wet/dry or mix knob! I prefer using a send, but using it as an insert can be useful if you want it earlier in the signal flow.
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What's the best export for video? I know that the sample rate, must be 48 khz, but what about the bit rate?
Anyway, if it' s easy, tell me the best export for video...
Hello Sage Audio!. Do you have any thoughts on when it's good to set up Pro Q3 in Zero latency vs natural phase vs linear phase ?. Are any of them better to use when cutting certain frequencies ?. best / Mathias
Hey Mathias! Here's a good video that should help: czcams.com/video/2_v4VrPkzec/video.html
@@sageaudio thanks😀
Wooow , I'm 666th person who liked this video, this is a good sign ! :) Probably the best audio production geek videos in the jungle ! Cheers guys !!!
Thanks for watching and liking this video! Great to hear that you're enjoying the videos that we've made so far! Cheers!
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question, why use a limited mix file which you turn down in the tutorial for mastering when that's literally the last thing you want as a mastering engineer. I understand you talked about it in the video but I'm wondering if this is your normal mastering process
can we have a free mastering for vocals in your site bro ? THANK YOU
Great video, i am always mastering inside the project, so its so bad ? :D
Thanks for watching! Whatever works best for you!
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Well gain staging?
It doesn't have to hurt. Nothing is impossible. We aren't supposed to be hurt.
Thanks for watching!
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For step one, how much headroom do you like to give yourself before starting step two? In the video the mix is peaking around -11db is that a good place to start?
Hey JOVI! For this one I think we started with about 4dB of headroom - but how much you start with is up to you! I like having around 4dB but some start with a little more or a little less. So long as the signal isn't clipping in between your plugins/inserts you should be okay!
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@@sageaudio Thanks for your reply!
spotify want less than -1 db tp. so it would be great to set it to -1.2 at least instead -0.5 db that is mentioned at 14:08
Hey Emre! Great point - it's better to be safe and lower the output a bit more to avoid any distortion during encoding.
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