The 3 most important things when mastering

There are three things that you can do when mastering that will take the mix at least 80% of the way to a finished master, if you get them right. These are the things that in our experience will give you the most reward for your effort!
💚 Sofia & Thomas
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[@gooshie3]

Sorry, but "steaming pile of loudness" made me nearly fall off my chair laughing. Great video as always.

[@RajneshDomalpalli]

Hi Thomas, Thank you for these wonderful videos. Would it be possible to have a Playlist of videos for Beginners? The subject can be quite intimidating... But I love your patient style of explaining. Thanks again.

[@highpeakrecordings]

Recently found this channel and it's wonderful. And I love the subtle humour - "A steaming pile of loudness" made me smile.

[@AL-qj9yh]

Great analogy at the end haha

[@Nebraska66]

Thank you! Great video on a crucial step in getting radio-ready mixes.

[@MasteringExplained]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@michaeltablet8577]

Your videos are always helpful! Thank you so very much and Happy Holidays to you and your family!

[@christianheck9325]

A really beautiful analogy on the subject of dither😄

[@carldubcats]

plumbing and dither are nescesarry but it doesn't matter what colour the pipes are if you are going to hide them. Wise words.

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Chees, my new favorite RUclips channel. Thanks for all these great videos. Soo helpful 👏👏👏 Love the idea of pulling up Soothe *just as a tool to help me determine what areas may have build-ups*. Ear-training, basically. I’ve used Soothe quite a bit for quickly de-harshing or de-mudding. But it would be a nice tool as a first step for more detailed ear exploration with Pro Q. Thanks!

[@robhouse1926]

Thanks much Thomas!

[@1loveMusic2003]

Thanks for your knowledge its very appreciated.

[@simontone]

thanks, always interesting

[@b1owire]

Listening to the effect on transients is the thing I think is hardest of these. I have to concentrate on the transients and switch the limiter in and out to hear it (loudness matched of course).

[@EdwinDekker71]

Good video!

[@kingzluvinproduction]

I luv this content thank u so much

[@generalgrievance555]

brilliant

[@Barncore]

I find the SmartOps in TDR Nova to be really good for identifying resonances that need taming. I know you use Nova, have you tried the SmartOps feature yet? What's your opinion on its effectiveness?

[@MasteringExplained]

I've tried it but don't use it. For me I find it easier to do by ear, but I can certainly see the usefulness. /Thomas

[@rickdauer5179]

Tomas, what is your DAW of choice? I've moved over to Reaper. Your videos are very enriching, thank you.

[@MasteringExplained]

We use Reaper /Thomas

[@Schallkoma_Rockenberg]

great video ... nice beard 😎

[@lukeroberts201]

Who would do sequencing the album mixing or mastering engineer?

[@MasteringExplained]

It's usually the artist and/or producer who decides the song order and the mastering engineer who does the actual editing and sequencing. /Thomas

[@lukeroberts201]

@@MasteringExplained make sense.

[@lukeroberts201]

@@MasteringExplained It is a cohesive collection of songs used to tell a bigger theme or project an overall vibe.
Think of an album as a book. And your songs as chapters. Every book has chapters. Every album has songs. Each chapter is different. Each song is different. But the collection of chapters (the collection of songs) is what tells the full story of the book (of the album). I don’t believe album sequencing is a lost art. I still listen to albums from beginning to end and I am not alone. It’s super important!

But it is true to say that fewer people are listening to albums from beginning to end. Many seem to prefer listening to single songs, or a playlist created by themselves or other people.