Category: Mastering Tips
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Hip Hop Mastering Tips
1) The End User Needs to Feel the Kick Without Rattling the Trunk of the Car 2) Use a HP to Roll Off Unneeded Low End 3) Then Use a Surgical EQ to Correct Resonances in the Low End 4) Also Cut at Around 160Hz or 320Hz is Often Useful to Reduce Muddiness 5) Then…
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Compress Full Mix Without Losing Low End Fullness
1) Insert Multiplicity with 2 X Over Bands and a Crossover at Around 150Hz (to 200Hz) 2) Start to Compress the Full Mix Above 150Hz with 2:1 Ratio Up 1-2dB GR 3) Leave Signal Below Crossover (Low End) Uncompressed or to a Almost Invisible Compression in Order to Keep the Fullness 4) Of Course you…
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Modern Master Chain
1) Vintage Tape (Analog Tape Machine Saturation) 2) Digital Pre EQ (as a Surgical Tool in Linear Phase Mode) 3) Vintage Compressor 4) Multi Band Dynamics (Compact Image) 5) Dynamic EQ (Corrective Usage) 6) Multi Band Exciter (Harmonic Exciter) 7) Reverb 8) De-Esser (Reduce Annoying Frequencies, Combfilter, Harshness, Unfilter) 9) Vintage EQ (Analog Colouring) 10)…
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Master to Exact LUFS Reading and True Peak
1) Use a Exact LUFS and True Peak Meter, as well as a True Peak Capable Limiter (Insight and Elevate or Limitless) 2) Play / Loop Audio File at the Loudest Position and See the Read Out of Incoming Signal 3) First Increase the Audio or Use a Gain Plugin Before Limiter so it Reaches…
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General Mastering Advices
1) Usually there is a Separate Recording Specialist, Mixing Specialist and Mastering Specialist – so in Order to get the Best Results, Don’t be and an Island and Invite some Fresh Ears – other People will Analyze the Sound Image of your Track Different – and if you Do it on Your Own be sure…
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Medium Mastering Chain
1) Vintage Tape (Analog Tape Machine Saturation) 2) Digital Pre EQ (as a Surgical Tool in Linear Phase Mode) 3) Vintage Compressor 4) Multi Band Dynamics (Compact Image) 5) Dynamic EQ (Corrective Usage) 6) Multi Band Exciter (Harmonic Exciter) 7) Reverb 8) De-Esser (Reduce Annoying Frequencies, Combfilter, Harshness, Unfilter) 9) Vintage EQ (Analog Colouring) 10)…
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Generic Master Chain Simple
1) Compression 2) EQ = Balancing, Small Surgical Mode 3) De-Esser 4) Eliminate Noise, Build Ups, Distortion 5) Multiband Compression / Limiting 6) Stereo Image & M/S Correction 7) EQ = Bring Out Specific Elements 8) Limit (Dither)