Category: Mastering Tips
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General Mastering Tools and Chain
1) Broad Frequency Analyzer / Octave Band Analyzer / VU + Loudness Meter / Dynamic Range Meter 2) Digital Subtractive EQ = Fabfilter Pro / Ozone EQ / Maat Orange 3) Additive EQ = Dangerous BAX, Pultec, Make Believe Sontec 4) Exciter = Ozone Exciter / Softube Tape / Aroma 5) Dynamic Range / MB…
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Before Start Mastering
1) Critical Listening and Notice the Feelings 2) Reference Comparison 3) Bypass and A/B Testing the Process 4) One Tool Rule
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Some Mastering Tips
1) Don’t Overload a Single Limiter, i.e. Use a Clipper Before or 2 Limiters in Series 2) Don’t Compress Sides Too Much or Push Over Compressed Side Info 3) Avoid Massive Static EQ Moves in Mastering and Make Use of Dynamic EQs in Mastering 4) Try Imaging Plugins After the Limiter
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Dance Master Hints
EQ 1) Analyzer with Average / RMS Reading and Slow Update (Not a Moment to Moment Peak Display) 2) Clean EQ (Nugen SEQ) to Balance Spectrum from Roughly 100Hz to About 5kHz 3) Now you Should have a Rather Big Bump from 100Hz Downwards and a Rather Flat Response from 100Hz to 5kHz 4) Now…
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Prepare Tracks for Mastering
1) No Effects on Master Bus when Export a Mix 2) Be Sure that Nothing Clips Above Digital Zero on the DAW Master Fader , i.e. Preserve a Headroom of -6dB below “0dBFS” (or at Least -3dB) 3) If you are Unsure about the Final Version, Try 2 Versions or Even Render Stems 4) To…
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How to Properly Test Creative Clipping in Mastering
1) Apply Your Limiter as you Normally Would During Mastering with the Ceiling of -1dB, but Do Not Apply Dither at this Point 2) Apply Your Clip Tool After the Limiter 3) Now Increase the Input Gain of the Clipper in Order to Clip the Signal as You Like it 4) You can Creatively Automate…