Category: Mastering Tips
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Find Problem Frequencies
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…
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Electronic Music for Online Video Tips
– Export the Audio at 32Bit in Almost Every Situation
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2 Limiters in Series
1) Add Final Limiter and Add All the Gain you Need 2) Then Insert Another Limiter Before that to Only Reduce the Peaks Prior Going into the Aggressive Limiter 3) This Way you can Exactly Setup the Desired GR in Each Limiter Instead Making 1 Limiter to Do All the Work
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Collected Mastering Tips 2
– Often in Mastering, a Sound or Range that is in Need of Reduction is More Exposed in the Side Signal Relative to the Rest of the Mix – HD6 Mix Headphones have the Tendency to Output a Dominant Bass, Room is Not that Open as on Other Headphones, Nevertheless a Relative Broad Stereo Panorama,…
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What to Focus when Comparing to Reference Tracks
– Listen to Reference Tracks and Ask yourself What is your Favorites Reference Track Sound Characteristic? a) Liver & Fuller b) More Stereo Activity c) Feels as the Music is Almost Surround with a Lot of Depth d) Each Part can Heard On its Own but also Sound Well Glued together e) Mid Frequencies are…
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Limiter Side Effects
Side Effects 1) Distortion = Try to Fix with Look Ahead or Less Limiting or Clipper Before Limiter or General Fixes of the Audio that Causes this Distortion 2) Pumping = Like with Compressors Limiters can Cause Pumping which Sounds Like a Hole in the Sound or Bouncing but Not with the Rhythm, Try to…