How to Master A Song (Start to Finish) - Complete Guide to Mastering

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This is a tutorial on how to master your song from start to finish. Mastering can be an intimidating topic, and it often gets confused with mixing. In this video I explain what mastering is and how you can master your own music step by step. These methods can be applied to Pro Tools, Ableton, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Reason, Cubase, Studio One, and any other DAW or audio editing software.
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0:00 Intro
0:24 What is Mastering?
1:38 Listening to the song
2:37 Headroom
3:14 Tonal EQ
8:24 Dynamic EQ
16:55 Adding Analog Character With an Exciter
18:44 Limiter for Loudness
22:33 Dithering
24:05 LUFS Metering for Loudness
26:00 Sample Rate
26:40 Exporting & Final Thoughts
27:06 Outro
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  • @ncamisomathonsi8884
    @ncamisomathonsi8884Ай бұрын

    I believe much in your videos I don't have much money to pay for college fees, but I hope this one is the plug🔌

  • @richardspasoff379
    @richardspasoff379Ай бұрын

    Thank you, Jerry for your help. Sometimes engineering takes a lot of practice. I’ve been doing this for over 40 years. Haven’t mastered until the last two years on reaper. Now I have studio one and wave. That work pretty well. As long as I’m doing the right thing.

  • @charlottajohansson
    @charlottajohansson Жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for your videos they really help a lot! I like that they're straight to the point and the tips you provide very easy to implement

  • @peteaguirre2013
    @peteaguirre2013 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video def helped me get an idea of mastering. I applied these steps to my mix and it sounds great. would love to learn more

  • @nastika888
    @nastika8888 ай бұрын

    good step by step ! thanks !

  • @darrylfunkyz.fields8118
    @darrylfunkyz.fields811811 ай бұрын

    Thx man! Love that track your working with!

  • @hagenweidmannnormalaccount4664
    @hagenweidmannnormalaccount46649 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for this! I have never quite understood mastering that well and this just helped immensely! I have just followed this step by step with a track of mine and I have always struggled with getting the loudness right and this worked like a bomb for me! Super excited to release this!

  • @brunodang4470
    @brunodang44704 ай бұрын

    You just blessed me today Mr Jerry, thanks a million for this toturial. For this is what I've been searching for a long time ago.

  • @RobRuffMusic
    @RobRuffMusic10 ай бұрын

    Out of all the videos out there on mixing I've found that Mixing with this Jerry dude to be the BEST explained. He explains everything in layman terms and makes it EXTREMELY easy to understand. All the other guys out there in these types of videos want to sound super smart by using all engineering terms, but when your starting out you have no idea what any of it means. So Well done Jerry. Thank you very much for posting these videos. HUGE help.

  • @polasbeatz
    @polasbeatz Жыл бұрын

    We missed you, bro. Thanks for these videos. Keep uploading these essential tutorials. You are amazing.

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks man.. means a lot! Took a little time off but I’m coming back strong 💪🏼

  • @lddmakinhitz4306
    @lddmakinhitz4306 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Jerry! 🙏🏾

  • @johnjunior5420
    @johnjunior542011 ай бұрын

    bro u explain very accurate ... big up for that

  • @WALTERTISCO
    @WALTERTISCO Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video jerry❤

  • @dudukossi
    @dudukossi Жыл бұрын

    Didn’t watched the full video yet but I know it’s gonna be on point as always. And comes at the right time coz I’m struggling with mastering. Sometimes loud as I want it and sometimes not😢. Thank u Jerry 😁

  • @themusicaspect
    @themusicaspect5 ай бұрын

    Jerry: you are about as efficient a teacher as one could be, given the broad nature of your topic here. No wonder the comments people leave are glowing! Keep up the excellent work; you are so helpful to so many people, and your song examples with which you work are superior. God bless.

  • @Geetouch
    @Geetouch Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this! This is the best vid on mastering I have ever seen. I followed your advice (with some slight alterations) and I have the best master I have ever done for myself. Turn ya dark art into something learnable!

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    Жыл бұрын

    Let’s go!! Glad I could help 🔥

  • @quoami1
    @quoami1 Жыл бұрын

    🙌you are a legend!

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @odiesbeatz5468
    @odiesbeatz54683 ай бұрын

    Thanks 🙏🙏

  • @sirwanmusic
    @sirwanmusic Жыл бұрын

    Subscribed ❤

  • @Yogeshbairaagi
    @Yogeshbairaagi Жыл бұрын

    thanks sir keep it up

  • @QUBEATZ
    @QUBEATZ Жыл бұрын

    Nice video. Usually I use the Ozone Master Assistant and make some minor changes to the suggestions.

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback. I use master assistant as well.. usually it gives me some weird EQ suggestions that I have to remove. I do like how it identifies bad frequencies with the Dynamic EQ and also sets the multiband compressor to control the low end.

  • @CIRCUITRYCREW
    @CIRCUITRYCREW Жыл бұрын

    yo jerry a template would be awesome bro nice work

  • @Vishottazent
    @Vishottazent3 ай бұрын

    Hey shot outs to this engineer he Repping My Home Land the U.S Virgin Islands ST.Thomas ST.Croix St.John.. Big up

  • @NextBiT13
    @NextBiT13 Жыл бұрын

    thanx sir i m india punjab

  • @sterlingpowell9207
    @sterlingpowell9207 Жыл бұрын

    Hey man, another dope and very helpful video. It’s always helps when I see that you guys use the same plugins that I have. I do have a few questions for you. Do you also master with outboard gear? When mastering itb do you ever use multiple limiters? You actually prefer Waves aphex over Izotope’s exciter? (just curious).

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m all in the box right now. I’d like to get some outboard mixing and mastering gear in the future though. I’ve never used 2 limiters before but I usually do use a clipper on my drum bus so that when everything gets to the limiter it won’t have to work so hard. I definitely use the Ozone Exciter, but to cut down on time I decided to go with the simpler option for tutorial purposes. EQ, Dynamic EQ, Exciter, and Maximizer are the main modules I would typically use. Sometimes the Dynamics multiband compressor also if something is sticking out too much.

  • @sterlingpowell9207

    @sterlingpowell9207

    Жыл бұрын

    Cool man! Thanks a bunch bro

  • @skhumbuzotembe6203
    @skhumbuzotembe62033 ай бұрын

    Link to that saturation plugin please

  • @tylergameplayroom
    @tylergameplayroom2 ай бұрын

    fireworks, how to remove noise from plugins that are assembled during the mixing process.. during mastering, Ozone makes them much louder =(

  • @kapilsharma033
    @kapilsharma033 Жыл бұрын

    I just subscribe

  • @Ridhawi1
    @Ridhawi15 ай бұрын

    No compression ?

  • @marcijustbeats35
    @marcijustbeats35 Жыл бұрын

    Hi great video, what can I do if I do not have enough headroom? Can I just turn everything down a few DB and then start mastering? Greetings

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah however much you need 💪🏼

  • @marcijustbeats35

    @marcijustbeats35

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mixwithjerry Thanks for your answer! Is it possibly also possible in the stereo out simply turn down the DB regulator something?

  • @MgxVevo
    @MgxVevo Жыл бұрын

    Can anyone suggest me, what should I purchase a heavy 32gb Ram intel i9 12th gen windows pc/laptop or MacBook pro M1 pro 32gb Ram laptop for my heavy music production and mixing mastering projects ? Please help me 🙏🏽

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    Жыл бұрын

    Really can’t go wrong with either.. you’ll probably pay a bit more for the MacBook, just for the Apple name.

  • @1KriticalShoota
    @1KriticalShoota Жыл бұрын

    How can I make my master lil louder without using the limiter ? 🙏🏾

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    Жыл бұрын

    Loudness comes in the mix. Saturation will really help with that. It adds harmonics for loudness, but also brings down the peaks at the same time. That’s a must for kick and snare. Try to control your peaks in your mix so that the final limiter doesn’t have to deal with a whole lot of spikes in audio. That’s what causes bad distortion artifacts. Sidechaining the kick and bass/808 will also save 2db of headroom if done correctly. I’ve been putting a limiter on the vocal to tame any wild peaks before the compressor. Limiters are pretty inaudible if used lightly, but they give your mix more headroom. Also parallel compress the vocals. It will give them weight so that they feel loud, but don’t raise the peak level. Those are some of the main things I’d suggest.

  • @vladpetrovsky8674
    @vladpetrovsky86744 ай бұрын

    from the very first seconds you can hear home mixing and such home mastering (((Do I need to show this???

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes Vlad, please show us because your channel has 0 videos.

  • @Nick-mt2yu
    @Nick-mt2yu11 ай бұрын

    How do you get it even louder? you said leave a comment

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    11 ай бұрын

    Saturation/Distortion, Clipping, parallel compression

  • @TzoHill
    @TzoHill4 ай бұрын

    Noticed you didn't use compression or Mid Side EQ?

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    4 ай бұрын

    Didn’t need to on this mix

  • @dudukossi
    @dudukossi Жыл бұрын

    Hello Jerry, I’m back again. I followed all ur steps and had a -10 Long term LUFS but still my track doesn’t sound loud. Any help? Thanks 🙏🏾

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    Жыл бұрын

    What are you comparing your song to in terms of loudness? Like it isn’t as loud as songs on Spotify or songs that you have saved on your comp?

  • @dudukossi

    @dudukossi

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mixwithjerry yes, not loud as tracks saved on my computer.

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dudukossi I’m curious how loud those other other tracks are in terms of LUFS.. if they are around -8 LUFS then you can try to push your limiter a little harder or use a soft clipper before the limiter. But a lot of the streaming sites like Spotify and Apple Music will turn everything down to around -14 LUFS anyway. I usually aim for -10 LUFS and when I play my songs back on Spotify they are just as loud as top industry songs

  • @dudukossi

    @dudukossi

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mixwithjerry Alright Jerry, will try to compare them with tracks on Spotify. Most of these songs are around -5 -4 LUFS

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dudukossi yeah -4 LUFS.. that’s pretty loud lol.. not sure in todays world of streaming it needs to be that loud. But utilizing EQ and soft clipping during the mixing stage will definitely help you gain more headroom so that you can make your master louder at the end

  • @noelzbeatz6114
    @noelzbeatz6114 Жыл бұрын

    I noticed every channel in the mixer was put in mono,can you please shed some light

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    Жыл бұрын

    Just the kick snares and bass because I wanted them centered. Everything else is in stereo.

  • @noelzbeatz6114

    @noelzbeatz6114

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mixwithjerry Alright thank you so much.Keep up the good work your videos are amazing💯

  • @baggpagg2014
    @baggpagg20145 ай бұрын

    Bro is telling me to boost frequencies that i cant hear ;-;

  • @jshstuff
    @jshstuff Жыл бұрын

    bro why is your whole mixer monoed?? wyd

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    Жыл бұрын

    The whole mixer isn’t in mono. Only the drums like the kick, 808, and snare are. If I were to scroll right or expand the mixer you’d see more mixer tracks other than just the drums that are in purple.

  • @BurningBushPedagogy
    @BurningBushPedagogy3 ай бұрын

    Bro you dont even play the music first then apply the EQ you just say add eq boost at 2k but that is not how, you could play the song and give it what it actually needs, sorry I tune out.

  • @SomberSuicide
    @SomberSuicide Жыл бұрын

    was hoping this would be a good channel, sadly, no, bad information, like 90% of engineers on youtube.

  • @mixwithjerry

    @mixwithjerry

    Жыл бұрын

    What information was bad?

  • @vthestoner

    @vthestoner

    Жыл бұрын

    ???

  • @lochishaunkalu7007

    @lochishaunkalu7007

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mixwithjerry Don't listen to him man. I deeply appreciate you taking out time to share these tutorials. They are very easy to understand and are highly valuable. My mixes are way better because of you. Most people on KZread rush through their videos and teach at a professional standard but you make it clear as day. God bless you

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