How To Make Your Music Sound Professional | Mastering for Beginners
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
- What is mastering? Put simply, it’s the process of making sure a song sounds its best before you release it. In this mastering for beginners video, producer, mix and mastering engineer Dom Sigalas shows how to make music sound professional, using five steps for mastering in WaveLab. WaveLab is the best mastering software for Mac and PC on the market and here you can learn how to simply add depth, punch, width and loudness to your music.
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1. Analyzing and Checking your Files 0:26
2. Add Corrective and Creative EQ 3:52
3. Add Compression and Punch 9:15
4. Add Richness, Wideness and Depth with Saturation 12:28
5. Add Loudness 14:40
I wasn't aware that Seth Rollins was mastering music. I should send him one of my tracks!
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Yo chill lmao 😂
Coincidentally, mastering is often a wrestling match.
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Loved this video! It was informative, engaging, fun, and creatively inspiring. Saved to my playlist!
Okay, it's titled "Mastering for Beginners" yet he's using terminology that is foreign to a beginner. And he is opening up various windows within Wavelab without clearly showing us where or what he's clicking on to open the window, everything is too fast. Yes, he explains what the potential of Wavelab is but how the hell do you use all the features!??
Ken Talaga yeah, as a beginner I can relate. I’m guessing it’s so complicated because mastering is basically defined as for professionals. Basically, mastering isn’t for beginners, this video is for beginner professionals.
@x12 417 Great question. So regarding bands, it relates to ranges of frequency within an audio sample.
The ranges are not necessarily set. So, think of a band like a slice of cake... depending on how granular(detailed) you want to get you can adjust.
For example, think of one of the chocolate cakes with the chocolate chips (even though I think that they are too sweet to the point of being gross, which is beside the point), if a person wants to have a quantifiable, detailed experience with their slice of cake (to the degree that they not only get to experience how rich, creamy, and sweet their slice is... BUT, they ALSO want to dial it in to the point that they know EXACTLY how many chocolate chips are on their slice).
...Then they will break up their sample (cake), into very small slices (bands).
Why? Because seeing possibly 100 chocolate chips can feel overwhelming, which adds to confusion and frustration, which (in turn), negatively impacts the workflow with hinderance of having to sit there and count a huge number at a time.
Soooo, we add bands (slices) to break them down into easy to count sections (like a multiplication table only focused on multiples of 10)
To make small bands, you add them.
Just like adding slices in a cake, makes each slice smaller and more granular.
I don't know if that helps at all, please let me know if the cake analogy was confusing.
From one NOOB to another... Please enjoy a wonderful day.
well its been 8 months did you learn
This was super helpful . Just came back to wave lab after some years absence and now I got this new mix to sound rich and clear! Awesome !!
Thanks for your mastering tutorials. I will try to my best with your help.
Very informative walkthrough as for me finally arrived to put clothes to my songs.
Dom, you’re great. Thank you for all your tutorials. Cubase & WaveLab not at least. Very helpful 👍🏼
MasterRig is AWESOME! Best and well done tutorials here! ❤️
Thanks for covering the basics with Wavelab some of which I had not even realised. I piled on a bunch of plug-ins without understanding half of what you've so easily explained here. Cheers.
thanks for this wonderful Steps.
Super happy of this new serie! I want more!!!!
I love your icon. Super cool looking. 😁
@@TheBATTranceMusic Ahahaha Thank you XD
I love Steinberg bc of u, thank you so much very nice tutorial
Dom... you are Superb as always...
Awesome, thank you!
Very useful thanks a lot
I just got Wavelab a couple of weeks ago and I freakin love it!! Also, this video really got me started really well so thanks a lot for this video! // Magnus
Im so happy for the result
Thank you so much again. Best explained tutorials in the world Dom. Its a great pleasure to learn stuff from you.
Great, thanks.
You must of read my mind , thsnks i need the tutorials
Very helpful 😊
Was using Wavelab when I still had Cubases 5 and Kontakt 4. Wavelab is not just a great product. It's essential.
Thanks !
Thank you
thank you Bro
Great video!!!
What about a series "from Red Hot Mix to Red Book CD" showing some kind of workflow the way it's intended. I mean I can FORCE a CD through but I guess I'd miss a lot of the proper procedures already built into WaveLab doing half of lt back asswards. :D
Like less VST plugins in this series than measurements, calibration, labeling and strange stuff nobody likes but it's there and we have to do it haha! :D
Thank you..
Very informative
thanks info
I have Wavelab Elements - so I would like to see some videos on using WaveLab for Voice Over, narration, spoken word and podcasts.
Class video
Hello Dom, maybe you could answer me a question: When you use a limiter at the end of the signal you also raise the frequencies below 40 Hz you cut at the beginning. Is that OK or should I try to lower them again after limiting?
Doctor Mix!
Great! Do you have a tutorial for classic instruments such as piano?
Cool, thanks! I'll be doing this in Reaper because Steinberg Excel is a bit too expensive for what it is.
Cool!!!!
Hands down incredibly phat video! :)
Would love to see a video on people using wavlab as a capture rig either off a desk or with analog summing gear etc. How do we capture audio?
Cosmic parenthesis ♪♥♪
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I thoroughly enjoyed this video. It will help beginners and experienced Wavelab users alike. Shout to #DoctorMix
@wavelab Does Dom have a mastering chain which he commonly uses?
Hi Seth hope you are well.i have always wondered how this comes about,is it done on purpose on the mastering stage? or done by the streaming platforms.This is my question,i have realilsed that when i import all mastered songs released already by my favourite artists and import them into my daw to check their frequency spectrum on my eq,they all have high frequencies cut from say18k to 20k.Who is responsible for that please?Thanks.
I have wavelab and don't use because is complex...now It will be used again! Fantastic initiative! By the way what is your amazing keyboard? Regards
normally Dom uses a NI Komplete Kontrol Mk2-Keyboard - but I can"t see it in this video.
Thank you, Tame Impala
Amazing video, very well explained !
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how to show the analyze tab? yours already open. wavelab not user friendly
What is the shortcut to solo the plugin band Dom? Thanks a lot for this demo.
Nyc video and very informative, I was waiting for the part where you cut everything below 150 to be mono, some mastering engineers do it, it was not done here??
Can’t you basically do all this within Cubase pro? Is it necessary to use WaveLab to achieve similar results?
Do we need a hardware compressor for more fatter mix like we hear on EDM song's??
Wow! I thought steinberg had completely given up on wavelab videos!
I was afraid too. 😥
Stay tunes more coming up ;)
Very cool Song..."
Is it avaiable on Spotify?
Thanks
Where is that Analyze tab? Or Wavelab LE don't have it?
Also how to properly incorporate outboard in Wavelab would be great.
That's a great idea Joey, duly noted :)
@@DomSigalas Thanks Dom! Keep up the good work, these videos are needed.
Which Wavelabs version is this?
Nice, only that not everyone look for loudness.
This can't be done all in Cubase Pro?
I have to ask, and it might be a stupid question. I can do all of this in cubase, what is the diference ?
Can you not do all this stuff in cubase? What's the main difference?
no limiter???
96db/Octave filter cut at 38Hz in Mastering???
Rumble issues should have been taken care of during the Mix stage
OK.and how do you SAVE in WAV. your wisdom ?
🤔 finally you remember that you had #wavelab
You forgot you had a £450 program :D
dont forget to have everything in the red zone of decibels if you want to hear it louder turn down the bass guitar sometimes there is too much of it you dont even need a basist just turn the bass all the way up on the guitar eq
no my child you don't want things peaking all over the place. I am exhausted with this generation equating "loud" with quality sound.
Would like to see a detailed explanation of the master section, this is very confusing to me, it always opens what I previously did in another session, don't want that.
Hi, that's pretty easy to accomplish:
1. Open the Options-menu of the master section (in the master section window, the button on the right with the little checkmark)
2. Uncheck the option "Restore Last Configuration at Next Start-Up"
3. Done!
@@lutzlubjuhn1413 Thanks!
eq... compresor ...? that it?
What meter is that on the right monitor?
Hi, that's the "Spectroscope", one of WaveLab's built in meters, it's just drawn into a special window.
You can define several windows (4 I think) additionaly to the main window and put them on another monitor.
@@lutzlubjuhn1413 small is Clarity from TC electronics
Sir I will send u a file can u please master my song..paying process don't worry
Great video! What's the song and who's it by?
The song is called Cosmic Parenthesis by Dom Sigalas, that guy in the video.
@@JulianDaniels thank you!
Nothing is legible on his desktop video, I'm watching this on a 55' TV and can't make out what's happening in the video with the exception of seeing the waveform I hear what he's saying he's doing, but the area he goes to click on features is so microscopic, it's gonna take additional research for me learn how to execute the tips he's suggesting..
I'm watching this on my Clear IPS 1920x1080 monitor and can see it all fine.
How to master a Spanish song in Norteño genre style
So, not for nothing, but shouldn't some of these things be done in Cubase before routing to the Mastering - Wavelab? I would think if the engineer/producer did things correctly in Cubase minimal work would need to be done in Wavelab.
I'm thinking if my mastering engineer did that much alteration of my track ... he'd be out the door ... Mastering in my view is for tidying the track(s) not altering the tracks ...!! No wonder vinyl is on its way back ...
Mastering engineer is not a producer ...
Yes mix as clean as possible and then master to pull it together and give it more punch.
guy:talks about mix and mastering
same guy: has the most sibilant recording on youtube
After watching this, I could see that EVERY AUDIO COMPANY COPIED THEIR PRODUCTS FROM STEINBERG !
Ozone and RX are definitely inspired from Wavelab Pro
Beat tweaker is taken from Loopmash
In the latest update in Studio One 4.5, Cubase's new Easy Sidechain is copied.
And the interface of Cubase and Nuendo is replicated everywhere as well in some or the other way.
How is Steinberg not patenting these features? Isn't there any copyright on the code?
Obviously - they invented the technology.
What do you mean copying? There are somethings you can't patent. Like workflow... :)
Anyone who sees where his ouse goes,? Anyone who could understand what he's saying but the song he's using does not sound like what he's trying to show us
40 “He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. 41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.”
$599 is a lot of money for that software.
Hi, we also have WaveLab Elements 9 for just 99€ ;)
The thing is you can actually master your music in Cubase only. So Wavelab is one of those no-brainer purchases when you have Cubase Pro and Izotope Ozone. Makes no sense.
yo wtf…? nvm then lol
Kinda off topic. But that guy kinda sounds like a soft spoken Zedd (the DJ/Producer).
wavelab commercial.
Did an artist just tell people where he's based lol
blah blah blah without break. Just show it, man
40 “He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. 41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.”