Category: Mastering Tips
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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
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How to Know the Master is Good
1) Speakers and Room Acoustics, you can Not Tweak What You Do Not Hear 2) Avoid Ear Fatigue 3) Search for Another Person that is also Trained for Optimal Quality 4) Use Meters Analysis with Caution 5) EQ Balance, i.e. Amount of Lows / Mids / Highs 6) Check for Bad Distortion or Add Distortion
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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…