Author: Yendo Starritz
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Advanced Mastering Workflow Ideas
Pre-Step 1 Revox Tape Saturation (Optionally) – Use Real Revox Tape Machine Saturation to give the Mix a Low Frequency Glue and Soften the High End – i.e. Mimic What the Tape Machine Did in the old Days, Shape Bottom and Top, Add Saturation, Increase Perceived Loudness – Bias is an “Inaudible” High Frequency Signal applied…
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Collected Mastering Tips 1
– Don’t Simply Cut at 30Hz and at 16kHz, i.e. Listen to What this Particular Song Needs – When Filtering Out Non-Relevant Frequencies of a Sound, the EQ Filter should be the First Process in your Chain (Before Compressor or Effects) – In General Higher Pitched Sounds can be Positioned in a Wider Stereo Field…
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Collected Mixing Tips 2
– Phase Rotation on a Bell (Peak) Filter Applies at the Start and End Frequency (Falls Back Normally) – as a Rule of Thumb, if you Only Need to Cut 1 Narrow Range it is Better to Use 1 Peak Filter Band and Dip that Range (Instead Boost Everything Else), on the Other Hand if…
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Physical Integrity (Dynamics)
General Example Fix Physical Integrity Pre Mixing 1) Record with Good Tube Microphones and / or Use Tube Pre Amp or Tube Post Tools 2) Tape, Compresses Dynamic Range but Again Increases Perceived Loudness even More – Notice that you can of Course Use Tape in the Mixing Process Since we are No More Using…
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EQ Flavours
Passive (Passive EQ Filters) = Broad Strokes, e.g. Knif Soma, Pultec 1A, 52dB Audio Pequex, Chandler Curve Bender Program EQ (Boosts and Attenuates Symmetrically) = Broad Strokes, e.g. Knif Soma Passive Tube EQ, All Pultecs, 52dB Audio Pequex, BAX (Shelves Only), – Notice that Real Original Pultec has Tubes, but there are also Solid State…
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Set Compressor Attack and Release According to BPM
1) Increase Attack and Release to the Maximum, i.e. Slowest Attack and Slowest Release 2) Set Compressor to Hard Knee, Ratio can About 2:1 3) Lower Threshold Until you See Significant GR Such as -12dB 4) Raise the Attack to About 60ms, i.e. you Should Hear the Transient of the Kick Gets Louder and Louder…
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Bass Control Mix and Mastering Tip
General Workflow 1) Insert a Multiband Dynamic Equaliser (Multiplicity) or Several Dynamic Equaliser 2) Then Use a Parallel Compressor in the Low Frequencies