Category: Mastering Tips

  • EQ Flavors

    Passive EQ Program EQ – Notice that Real Original Pultec has Tubes, but there are also Solid State Pultecs Surgical EQ Summing EQ Graphic EQ API EQ Neve / British EQ Vanilla EQ Paragraphic EQ Transformer (MIC / LINE)

  • How to Know the Master is Good

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    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

  • Howie Weinberg Mastering Ideas

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    – Uses SPL PQ EQ (Coral 2) -> Big Sontec (Scarlet) -> Small Sontec (Scarlet) as Master EQs, They Go Hand in Hand – Leaves 0.2 to 0.4 Headroom (Peak) – Uses Focusrite Red 3 Line Amps / SPL PQ / Studer A80 for Analog Vibe – Uses SPL Iron Compressor – Says 800Hz to…

  • Find Problem Frequencies

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    1) Add a Bell Filter with a Q of 6 and Boost 15dB 2) Scroll Through Frequency Range from Low to Top and Stop when Something Sounds Strange 3) Now Check if the Q Needs to be Broader or Narrower  4) If you Got the Frequency and Q, Set Gain of Filter Back to Zero…

  • Bass Control Mix and Mastering Tip

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    General Workflow 1) Insert a Multiband Dynamic Equaliser (Multiplicity) or Several Dynamic Equaliser 2) Then Use a Parallel Compressor in the Low Frequencies