Mastering Explained

Mastering Explained

A channel all about audio mastering!

If you want to learn more about mastering, this is the place to be!

www.masteringexplained.com

What is a master?

What is a master?

How to make a loud master

How to make a loud master

What is tonal balance?

What is tonal balance?

Mid-side mastering trick!

Mid-side mastering trick!

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  • @Genital.Wartzenegger
    @Genital.Wartzenegger12 сағат бұрын

    Great vid

  • @Owl-qh2rh
    @Owl-qh2rh16 сағат бұрын

    Very cool! And concise! Very useful having the visual there as well.. THANK YOU 🙏🕊️✨

  • @Brother_Mouse_
    @Brother_Mouse_Күн бұрын

    really nice thank you!

  • @austin7125
    @austin7125Күн бұрын

    Have you ever used NDH 30s? Just got a pair but waiting on an audio interface that can handle higher ohm phones (ndh30 are 120 ohm I believe). Also have you tried Slate Digital's vsx for room referencing? I've heard good things. It's on my wish list

  • @philippgrunert8776
    @philippgrunert8776Күн бұрын

    This makes me want to not use my limiter

  • @CreepypastaChronicals
    @CreepypastaChronicalsКүн бұрын

    By 17:19 is that your canopener settings ? Why 45° and not 60° thx for answere :)

  • @andersjanocha6960
    @andersjanocha6960Күн бұрын

    Many thanks for all the useful information and tips.

  • @dagovevareberg
    @dagovevarebergКүн бұрын

    Big thanks for this useful pack of tips, definitely learned something new! Wish: It would be great to see how you would tweak the look ahead in the first example to get rid of the distortion and also in the other examples. But very useful that you categorized the different types of problems. Thanks again 🙏

  • @daniel_dumile
    @daniel_dumile2 күн бұрын

    I've always found it difficult to grasp limiting as a compressor or even the implications of compression itself. You're trained as a newbie as something that makes it louder but the risks are never really communicated well. The main one I've heard is it could kill you low end. This has been useful

  • @jamisondonald384
    @jamisondonald3842 күн бұрын

    I love this channel so damn much

  • @michaeltablet8577
    @michaeltablet85772 күн бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @MR_Cellarpop
    @MR_Cellarpop2 күн бұрын

    Thanks! Best/Mathias

  • @Petch85
    @Petch852 күн бұрын

    This was actually so helpful. Thanks. Also it is a super short video that easily can be sheard. It might have been helpful to show a simple limiter plugin and show the changes made, while listening to the difference. For beginners that have not used limiters a lot. I know this channel focuses on mastering, thus fixing small mistakes is a big part of it. But a video on how to tell that your mix could benefit from using a limiter would also be a helpful video.

  • @Limit5482
    @Limit54822 күн бұрын

    This channel is by far the best and most real world mastering content. You guys are amazing and thank you from a mastering engineer and also teaching other to hear what they don’t understand

  • @silverwings1843
    @silverwings18435 күн бұрын

    I have taken many Mix/Mstr Course. Followed countless YT Vids. You are the only one I have ever learned real practical mix/mastr ops from. Thank you !!!

  • @chrisjennings5731
    @chrisjennings57317 күн бұрын

    Major thanks. Years ago but helpful for me in 2024.

  • @QUIX4U
    @QUIX4U10 күн бұрын

    6:48 Oh no, what? - Um no. As I wasn't quite listening and assumed you just said a gonad meter... Hahahaha - yeah ryt, NOT.

  • @victorgarcia6912
    @victorgarcia691211 күн бұрын

    Like me, you watched Brian Lucey’s video, too 😁 He explained exactly that 1,5dB mid forward thing like 8 years ago 🫶

  • @MasteringExplained
    @MasteringExplained2 күн бұрын

    I haven't seen the video but I do remember reading a post from him about it on a forum some years ago. The L2 trick and variations of it is way older than that though. /Thomas

  • @AL-qj9yh
    @AL-qj9yh14 күн бұрын

    Great analogy at the end haha

  • @AL-qj9yh
    @AL-qj9yh14 күн бұрын

    Bro your channel is literally the best haha You deserve alot more sub

  • @andersjanocha6960
    @andersjanocha696014 күн бұрын

    So nice to have a new video from you. Both insightful and instructive as always.😊

  • @MasteringExplained
    @MasteringExplained2 күн бұрын

    Thanks Anders! ☀️

  • @MariJu1ce
    @MariJu1ce16 күн бұрын

    I dont really like warm mixes i have realized over the years. Like its a pretty normal thing to assume things have to be warm. Not all mixes need to be warm. I do appreciate full bodies sounding mixes, that ar not thing and have weight and punch, but overly warm mix is not for me

  • @OdoSendaidokai
    @OdoSendaidokai17 күн бұрын

    Thank you, that is very helpful 🌻

  • @drtydsh
    @drtydsh17 күн бұрын

    warm just means full and yes something can be beyond full making it muddy.

  • @jamisondonald384
    @jamisondonald38417 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this

  • @michaeltablet8577
    @michaeltablet857717 күн бұрын

    Thanks again! Always helpful!

  • @MR_Cellarpop
    @MR_Cellarpop17 күн бұрын

    Thanks. Best/Mathias

  • @EdgarRoock
    @EdgarRoock17 күн бұрын

    I wish there were audio examples from actual mixes for each point made.

  • @RajneshDomalpalli
    @RajneshDomalpalli17 күн бұрын

    Hi Thomas, Thank you for these wonderful videos. Would it be possible to have a Playlist of videos for Beginners? The subject can be quite intimidating... But I love your patient style of explaining. Thanks again.

  • @gambetta_
    @gambetta_23 күн бұрын

    5:30 very clever trick

  • @epsteinkrauss41
    @epsteinkrauss41Ай бұрын

    I am considering purchasing. Do you still think it's good.I have a q3.

  • @rickdauer5179
    @rickdauer5179Ай бұрын

    Tomas, what is your DAW of choice? I've moved over to Reaper. Your videos are very enriching, thank you.

  • @MasteringExplained
    @MasteringExplained2 күн бұрын

    We use Reaper /Thomas

  • @Tylerbag
    @TylerbagАй бұрын

    Awesome tutorial! Is it OK to apply this to the master fader in a mix or only to be used after rendering the whole take?

  • @Byronic19134
    @Byronic19134Ай бұрын

    For whatever reason I dont like the multiband version of DMG limiter, but TrackLimit is my go too, I just put it on aggressive or Punchy and whatever that eq profile does is the exact sound Im looking for.

  • @DjSentenced
    @DjSentencedАй бұрын

    i got a noob question, ive been looking on your channel but i cant find how i can see the Kotelnikov interface as you show on your video, i mean the grafic barr fo the gain reduction Db i cant see how much it fluctuates. and i suppose you need another program to display it? can you help me? what program i need to test and see how everything is changing. im new on this trying to Compress louds sounds on my headphones.

  • @joaquinruiz3039
    @joaquinruiz3039Ай бұрын

    To put an L2 in L and another in R, can I open two Blue cats and put one in L and another in R? thank you

  • @gibson2623
    @gibson2623Ай бұрын

    The stereo field on headphones, as we perceive it, is never real. Our left hear cannot hear the right side. There are more issues also....On the other hand, having a properly treated room at home is virtually impossible. In the end, maybe headphones are the better solution, but one must know well the headphones. Thanks, nice video mate.

  • @r0bzmusic777
    @r0bzmusic777Ай бұрын

    sofia your voice is so calming

  • @4lbertjung
    @4lbertjungАй бұрын

    are you french ?

  • @Owl-qh2rh
    @Owl-qh2rhАй бұрын

    Brilliant! Thank you 🙏🕊️

  • @artysanmobile
    @artysanmobile2 ай бұрын

    Glue. What a stupid term.

  • @ClearColorCloud
    @ClearColorCloud2 ай бұрын

    So - if you were trying to set two guitar signals to the same perceived volume - which LUFS measurement would you use?

  • @ClearColorCloud
    @ClearColorCloud2 ай бұрын

    And would that change if you were setting the perceived volume of two snare drums?

  • @sarinsahil
    @sarinsahil2 ай бұрын

    How do VU meters compare to RMS meters? Do they use a different scale? Thank you :)

  • @vidworxsfx
    @vidworxsfx2 ай бұрын

    I prefer dynamics and mastering that preserves the dynamics then all this over compressed just loud for the sake of being loud any day. The newer version of Tracy Chapman's track sounds bad in comparison to the orig album version in my opin. I cant stand loudness war mastering. I am glad you mention you try and preserve the dynamics, most do not. I notice that many times when it says re-mastered that really just means they destroyed the track by just making the whole thing loud by slamming it into a limiter and did not actually improve the track sound quality, so on that I usually prefer the original I know when I re-master a song because I feel it could be made slightly better then my goal is to make it sound better not worse. But it seems that too many still think just loud is better forgetting about having a nice open dynamic sound. Great video as always.

  • @user-kx9vz2my6f
    @user-kx9vz2my6f2 ай бұрын

    At 4:45, what does it mean to "give the loudness advantage to the bypassed version"? How does this work in practice?

  • @Javier_Salas
    @Javier_Salas2 ай бұрын

    Thanks a lot

  • @Javier_Salas
    @Javier_Salas2 ай бұрын

    tHIS CHANNEL IS PURE GOLD!!!

  • @timrideout
    @timrideout2 ай бұрын

    This is a truly great excellent guide to this plugin. Thank you!

  • @billytheweasel
    @billytheweasel2 ай бұрын

    Great! Subbed today, thanks. Hope this makes my voice sound better in Zoom meeting.

  • @billytheweasel
    @billytheweasel2 ай бұрын

    Subbed! Just need a mixer for my USB mic on my iMac on Zoom meetings