I always get so sad when I listen to professional tracks after listening to my tracks. I think you might've just saved me! Great tutorial

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it could help brother ❤️

@jacksonlaframboise6257

3 жыл бұрын

Ever just complete a song and slap an au5 track in to reference....30 hours of just mastering... on top of 40+ hours of actual sound design and mixing....and I gave up cuz I realized the source was messed up and I no longer had the cpu to actually run it....But we’ll get em this time bois....side note: anybody know where I can get skins for like, I dunno, every plug-in ever? I just can’t look at stock serum anymore.

I love the idea of building on small amounts of compression so it doesn’t competently kill the transients and distort too much. I usually just slam the shit out of everything with Ozone so this opened my eyes 😂

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah man for years I used to just crank it all through the maximiser!

This man is a genius with music production!

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks my guy ❤️❤️❤️

You are criminally underrated man, much blessings for this tutorial, so bloody glad theres FINALLY a decent and in depth tutorial that's done right for mixing and mastering. 🙏

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Oh man thanks ❤️ you'll make me cry haha Glad it helped tho king ❤️ let me know if there's anything else you'd like me to go through specifically

@shubhamsingh6037oct

4 жыл бұрын

​ Sad Meal For sure man, you've my full support. When you feel like it, It'd be cool to know how you do your post processing for your songs, they're extremely energetic hence I wondered how you go by it. There're a lot of videos sure but none of them are like, straightforward you know? (and dude i'm addicted to your Moonboy remix wtf.) Also, if it's not too much of a hassle, could you guide me as to what I'd require if I purchase a pair of Monitors? I've never owned one, and there're tons of advices but none of them concrete, like, will I need an Audio Interface and such for it? What do you say?

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

@@shubhamsingh6037oct gotchu man, I have a melodic dubstep start to finish I'm doing this month! As for monitors, I wouldn't overthink or overspend. I'd invest in a good pair of headphones before monitors but if you're sure you want monitors, the rokits or the Yamaha H series are always good and the focusrite Scarlett 2i2 is the cheapest and best interface in my opinion. Hope that helps man ❤️

@shubhamsingh6037oct

4 жыл бұрын

@@SadMeal Ohhh shiie can't wait! imma have my popcorn and everything ready when it drops mang! and thanks for the advice it defo did help a lot, imma go with the HS8s and a Scarlett 2i2 :DD (so hyped for the melodic dubstep vid and now dis) Keep em coming 💪😤😤

I honestly looked for so long for a video as clear and well done as yours. Congrats mate!

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped king ❤️❤️

Actually mad how much effort and passion you can see in these videos. So impressive, well done SamdMealy

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks king ❤️

Thank you so much for creating such an amazing tutorial. I've been struggling for a while to get a straight forward answer at producing edm and you have provided so much. Thank you for this video and keep being awesome and keep killin it

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother ❤️ glad it helped! Let me know what else you'd like to see!

Everything you put out is absolute gold. Thank you so much man 💝

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother that means a lot ❤️

This has to be the best mix/master video on YT for electronic music. Thanks so much for this!

@SadMeal

Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

You got me bro. I am here for all videos you post in the future and I will go back to see prior ones.

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! Loads more coming in 2021

dude you are a legend for making this video, this has been super helpful to me

@SadMeal

Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

Broo, you're a genius, seriously, you are my new Idol! 😍🔥

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Oh stop you'll make me blush 😳💁❤️

Favorite tutorial ive seen hands down!

@SadMeal

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped dude ❤️

Best tutorial I've come across!

This tutorial is legendary, would recommend 10/10

@SadMeal

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! ❤️❤️

I didn't have any idea about mastering. Thanks champ 💙

This was extremely helpful, really appreciate this video man!

@SadMeal

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful ❤️❤️❤️

Actually so helpful mate. Great job

@SadMeal

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

Thanks for mentioning the 3.5khz trick. I looked it up and 2-5khz is the range that most consider shrill sounding.

This just cleared up so much for about stereo and mono mixing and it’s output

So glad I found your vid, great work!

Sick video mate exactly what I needed! Big ups! Liked and subbed

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped man ❤️ thanks for the sub!

Underrated producer and human. I feel like I could have a couple beers with you for sure

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother! Hopefully some day we might 🍻

DAMN VRO, THIS IS VERY HELPFUL. THANKS ALOT! U DESERVES TO GROW, MAN!

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped man ❤️ thanks for the support

Fantastic tutorial, this REALLY opened up some new realms for me. Thanks so much!

@SadMeal

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! I'll be making a new more in depth video soon ❤️

@etankhardcore

2 жыл бұрын

@@SadMeal I look forward to it, I was just scratching my head on a damn good track coming out kind of bland in the master and following this was like waking up a bear.

this was a really great video man. I learned a lot! thank you

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it could help brother ❤️

Love your energy bud all the best 👊🏽

@SadMeal

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks king! ❤️

Bloody Legend Mate thanks very much

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it could help king ❤️ more to come asap

Appreciate you my dude. This was awesome.

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped man ❤️

thanks for this Heat definitely helping me in the loudness wars!

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped man ❤️

Super helpful! Thanks!

Fricken sweet video dude! I'm just getting back into producing music and you have just refreshed my memory on what all them flipping attacks cutoffs mastering and shit and shit do!! Even though I'm using cubase totally different software the same format still applies! So thanks for that video bro super informative got my subscription AND a like! , not many people get that from me ;) hope your well! And stay sound 👌👍

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother, that means a lot and I'm glad it helped. I was a Cubase user for a long time myself! Great software ❤️

Came here to get mastering tips and that vid is so good + I learned how to make a basic supersaw so thanks man

@SadMeal

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

bro your drawing is amazing

This is awesome info!

@SadMeal

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful! I'll be doing an updated version of this soon 😁

I love the intro of this video so much..

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I could entertain ❤️

Wow just what i was looking for great tutorial 👍🏾💯

@SadMeal

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped 😁❤️

Super helpful, you are awesome!

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️ glad it could help

really thanks for sharing ya knoxledge . this clip is very usefull mate for beginner like me . wish to see more and more.take care

Thank you very much and bless your kind soul.

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it could help brother ❤️

Awesome, thanks for your tutorial

Thank you sir!

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

No no no, thank you! ❤️

thanks for this video, definitely subscribed after watching this video

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing! ❤️

thank you for this

@SadMeal

Жыл бұрын

Glad it could help ❤️

This was an insanely helpful tut!!! Thank you I just snagged ozone for like $19 on sale and I am gonna try to get that AOM you are using next. Wow thank you!!

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it could help ❤️

Great tutorial, enjoy all your videos keep it up ! :D

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! ❤️❤️

BADMANS TUTORIAL lol definitely a hidden gem big up

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Yes big man ❤️

Halfway through and this is already so helpful! Iv spent so long following advice like "Kicks should sit around -12db" and it held me back for a while. I feel like iv hit a brick wall lately in that i have tracks im happy to put on soundcloud but when i listen to them in my car/in ear headphones on my phone they sound like garbage.

Man, I've just looked you up on Spotify, you're really good, where were you hiding all that time? Why such legendary artists are so hard to find?

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much brother that means a lot to me ❤️ I'm trying and working towards getting heard every day

good to see you back again

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

@sweetyyoon4202

4 жыл бұрын

@@SadMeal but i m still waiting your template :(

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

@@sweetyyoon4202 I'm working on a purely Ableton stock plug ins template so everyone can use it ❤️ will get it done asap

@sweetyyoon4202

4 жыл бұрын

@@SadMeal omg its good to hear that, u r so kind .can wait

very helpful!!! thx man

I wish I saw this video a year ago. Great stuff man

Amazing video! I loved how thorough your explanations were for all the intricate bits. Definitely earned a sub and follow from me, keep it up!

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you dude ❤️ glad it helped

@ShammShammy

4 жыл бұрын

​@@SadMeal It really did! The biggest thing that I am struggling with right now, is how to go about finishing a project. I sometimes think that I might be squashing way too much into a song and it sounds cluttered and EQing becomes a nightmare. I do have one question for you, in the video you said you normally mix and master all in one project, so basically you aren't bouncing out the mixdown and then importing to a new project for the master? Generally what are your settings for your final export?

U could also hard clipping a lil` bit on each buss before entering in master buss. I like a lot u r master buss chain. Thx for sharing and keep going with this amazing tutorials.

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

That's actually something I've been doing more recently! Just a saturator with soft clip selected ❤️

Thanks for the video. I was getting frustrated this whole afternoon on how to make all of the elements pop out. Sometimes the Kick and Snare is dominant, and sometimes it's the growls that take over. It was pretty effed up. 😂

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped dude ❤️

Thank you so much m8!

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

No, thank you king ❤️

Good shit brother!

@SadMeal

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ❤️

This was helpful. Thanks

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help brother ❤️

Bro, I was in the FL, following most of the steps, from the serums to the invisible limiter, pausing and understanding why the equalizations you were doing, and the only thing I didn't understand was the radius in the ozone part, I will already investigate about it. But hey I liked the result, not as much as yours of course, since I don't have the API 2500, nor the sausage, hahaha. Great video, keep it up. Greetings from Peru. Subscribed

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother ❤️ glad it could help and I am grateful for the subscription. Lots more tutorials coming next year!

@XTNDEADPLAY

2 жыл бұрын

Ozone imager is free, thats what i use to make my subs mono

This is so detailed and well explained! Very inspirational for me

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! Let me know if there's anything else you want me to cover ❤️

@Vector_U

4 жыл бұрын

@@SadMeal Can you list some of the plug-in/VST's you used and possibly where to get them? I'm definitely interested in improving my process :D

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

@@Vector_U ozone imager is free. Kazrog Kclip is the plug in I used to narrow the transients down during mastering, then I used the waves API 2500, sausage fattener and ozone and the AOM invisible limiter in the chain. I use volume shaper which is an old version of shaper box for sidechaining. The rest is mostly Ableton stock. These are all easily found on Google and are often on offer too 😄

@Vector_U

4 жыл бұрын

@@SadMeal Thank you so much! Do you do private lessons? I would totally pay for that

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

@@Vector_U I've been thinking about it! Message me on insta

I know this is an old video and im late but this video is super underated and really helpful

@SadMeal

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! More up to date stuff coming soon!

@zufi422

2 жыл бұрын

@@SadMeal a 2022 version of this video would be sick if you've changed the way you approach your mixing and mastering. love your channel!

Great video, cheers! a few key takeaways: 1. Pick good quality samples, unless you have really good ears to mix it properly and get it to sound right later 2. Unless your sound design is doing its job (including all the fx e.g. distortion, filters, compression), the "mixdown" won't magically make it "sound good" 3. Use multiple plugins and handle your pre-master gently to get the most out of it instead of slamming one plugin on it

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped brother! ❤️ I'll be doing some streams in the future where I go more in depth

@MistaT44

3 жыл бұрын

@@SadMeal looking forward to your new videos. I'm getting back to production after a few years and these have been really helpful! :)

Also, since you put Utility at the beginning of the mastering chain you could switch on the DC button to remove that weird rumble to help your highpass

that diagram was the best explanation I've ever seen

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped ❤️

Hey, interesting video, I'll try it and see what happens! Thank you :)

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it ❤️

Thank u so much 💗

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

No, thank you! ❤️❤️

@DelthaX

4 жыл бұрын

Sad Meal No, thank u haha💗

The Best Men, you work i like ❤ Very Nice

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man ❤️❤️❤️

yoooooooooooooo wtf this is so detailed

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Even more detailed stuff coming soon 😇

your tutorial is really helpfull

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it could help ❤️

@yishkun3693

3 жыл бұрын

@@SadMeal bruh i didnt expect the creator to reply....i really watch your video fully and i understand it...im trying to get noticed by people through musix :D this is the first time that a creator reply to me （ ・∀・） (feelin blessed)

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Keep at it and you'll be making beautiful music in no time

@yishkun3693

3 жыл бұрын

@@SadMeal im happy right now :)

This was beyond helpful, thank you so much!! Do you generally adjust the limiter or other settings to give the other parts of the song more dynamics?

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

I usually have the drop significantly more slammed up against the limiter and allow the rest of the track to be more dynamic. That way the drops sound harder and the rest of the track can still breathe. Glad it could help though brother ❤️

@brotherbear8946

3 жыл бұрын

@@SadMeal Thanks so much for the quick response! This video was a game changer!!

Gotta say. This was the video that taught me to separate sub bass…..5 fucking years into producing. Because I’m an idiot. Anyways, levelled tf up since then. So thank u.

@SadMeal

2 жыл бұрын

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Subbed! Shared in fb!

Respecting the Fletcher-Munson curve. Gotta turn down on that sensitive area around 3.5kHz

This is one of those hidden gem tutorials! Truly appreciate your work. Would love a track from scratch video from you. Thanks, man!

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks All Might ❤️❤️ track from scratch coming this month ❤️

man you're beautiful at what you do

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude ❤️

@srivatsa6186

4 жыл бұрын

@@SadMeal mind sharin your template?

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

@@srivatsa6186 template video soon homie ❤️

Thank U

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Anytime ❤️❤️

i discovered your Lavender Town remix for a meme I was making and for some reason, I decided to keep following you. I recently got back into dubstep music and I'm powering through the awkward presets/samples/terrible growls phase right now. your tutorials are invaluable and your music is a lovely soundtrack to learning how to make decent music. thanks for everything man!

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Oh man that means so much ❤️ glad I could help brother

respect

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

Bro how did I only find this now!? I haven't watched yet but I am really not confident with this kind of thing so thanks for all your videos! Edit: This is so helpful! Great watch and a great confidence boost for me I think because I understand I all a bit more now :)

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Hope it helps brother ❤️ let me know any other videos you'd like to see

@andrewthiseltin6540

3 жыл бұрын

@@SadMeal Maybe you could do a video about eq and when you have found it is better to boost and when to cut? Or maybe something about how to deal with high end when it is harsh or something maybe? Or have you already done something like this?

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewthiseltin6540 I can definitely do a video on common EQ problems for sure!

@andrewthiseltin6540

3 жыл бұрын

@@SadMeal thanks that would be really helpful!! Yeah maybe something like that where you talk about taming the low end and high end. Thanks for uploading these!!

@haphaz7ard

Жыл бұрын

​@@SadMeal Back here 3 years later to say thanks! This helped me a lot with launching my music and finally releasing my album as well as getting confident enough to start sending stuff to labels!

I use fl studio and this ableton user taught mastering so gud that even i can apply it to fl

@justtosharefiles678

4 жыл бұрын

Tell me how!!

YES!

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

First if all thank you so much for this amazing tutorial really helped me master my track and it ended up sounding great

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it help king ❤️ and I've been told that few times 😭

good video "Thank you, teacher"

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! ❤️

@sunremix

4 жыл бұрын

@@SadMeal Thank you for the high-level information.

After seeing this video I'm super excited to try your method and your template as well. What's your thoughts on combining this with Ahee's routing/bussing mixing system that he breaks down in his skrillex vids?

@SadMeal

2 жыл бұрын

I'm yet to try any of the routing from that video but Ahee is mad knowledgeable so try it out and lemme know the results!

I would pay large amounts of money to spend a week in the studio with this guy haha

intro is freaking skickkkkkkkkkk

Ehh? Just few "simple" steps and dude have around 5 lufs :o I'm suck, but you gives me a light in the tunnel. Thanks.

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

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Hey SM. Try adding a lowpass on the sidechain signal cuz the kick can be very long in the subbass region which can overpowering as a sidechain signal and makes the compressor duck too hard

thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi, I have a prolly stupid question, but how do you process and mix your tracks to get that squashed brutal sound like on NSD like you have more on your real tracks than in this tutorial? No offense, the tutorial was still one of the best I've seen on YT, so thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

I've had a few requests for this so I'll get on it soon!

Hey man youre incredible! im having so much trouble making the actual template, are you going to release youre template for download??

I've seen some design the LFO shape for sidechaining in a really detailed fashion based on the length of the kick... you a believer in that? How is that done with shaperbox?

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah man! Basically you'd zoom in real close on the kick sample to see the length in milliseconds and then set the shaperbox to match the kick. It's definitely a more precise and cleaner way to sidechain.

Hi real cool video How much all track master volume db before mastering? -6db??

Where did you get those Pixel Terror samples? I've been a fan of both you and them for a long time and would love to get em somehow :p

Great job on the video. What exactly do you mean by "good samples"? I hear this on the internet quite a bit, and I'm not really sure what this means....

I got serum out on the rack. I can use it now.

@kambo6581

10 ай бұрын

Fast forward 10 months. I'm reviewing because I still haven't gotten a full month of work in with this equipment yet this year. I really need to understand the things you're talking about so quickly from a pro perspective in more detail. I'm flipping between windows saying to myself "ok I see that on mine". When I should know exactly what you're talking about by now. Makes me feel like I have to go to school.... smh

before i didnt get it. Now i do

Good

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks ❤️

Nice video but you have your reference track outputted to the master so it will be affected by the master processing. I'm guessing you leave your master chain empty and then change the outout to ext when your're doing the mastering so it's not affected?

@SadMeal

4 жыл бұрын

I do the mastering in the "Pre Master" group so the reference track isn't affected if you get me? That way you can A/B the master and reference. But I'm working on a template that's a lot more efficient than this right now

Humble as fuck man great vid cheers ! ♥

@SadMeal

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother ❤️ glad it helped