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Tag: MASTERING

  • Some Mastering Tips

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    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

  • Dance Master Hints

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    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…

  • Prepare Tracks for Mastering

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    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…

  • How to Properly Test Creative Clipping in Mastering 

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    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…

  • Mastering Chain Detailed

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    General – Create a Master Chain for Final Mastering (including “Reference Limiter” and “Dithering” ) – the Chain is Optimized for EDM and uses Ozone Plugins in Particular (but Any Plugins will do) – the Ozone Standalone (v7) can Hold Up to 6 Modules, so we Need 2 Instances of Ozone here (or use Single…

  • Listen Match Compare Codec Targets

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    General – How to Listen and Compare in Real Time Different Codecs via Master Check Pro – i.e. How the Music Sounds in Streaming and / or as Download Version  – Master Check Pro Supports All the Music Platforms – Detects True Peaks – Meter = will Meter the DAW Playback Source (i.e. Channel you…

  • 5 Mastering Tips 

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    1) Use Headphones to Compare Against Monitor 2) Remember that Pushing an EQ at Master Stages Pushes Each Component in that Area 3) Use References  4) When Master your Own Sound Consider Others Help 5) Listen and Check the Master if All is How you Meant it to Be