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  • Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024

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  • @VenusTheory
    @VenusTheory  2 года назад +27

    What are your favorite mastering plugins? 🤔

    • @MrLarsDF
      @MrLarsDF 2 года назад +3

      Frontier:-) Absolutly lovin' it 🙂

    • @lX-NDR
      @lX-NDR 2 года назад +5

      T''racks by ikmultimedia (really oldschool type) or ozone 9

    • @buzzdx
      @buzzdx 2 года назад +2

      i've been using ozone for that for the most part, api 2500 comes to mind too. this was a great video especially with the free plugins you used. however, i would be very much interested in how you would approach mastering with ozone 9 (standard). maybe in another video? =)

    • @erazeTHEborders
      @erazeTHEborders 2 года назад +3

      What about Unlimited? It also has a true peak mode.

    • @fa0179
      @fa0179 2 года назад

      UrsaDSP Boost was a hidden Gem you showed us in that other mastering video. Thank you.

  • @Edninety
    @Edninety 2 года назад +69

    I've personally come to the conclusion that if you really want to make it professionally, you're probably better off in hiring an audio-engineer with years of experience in that particular field for a hundred bucks or something. BUT, as you'll probably demonstrate here (writing this before hitting play), free plugins, if you dig a bit, can give you 90% of the tools that come in highly paid renowned products and even if you just dabble around with it, you definately can improve your mixing quality big time with these freebies, it's a free opportunity to gain more experience, and that is totally valuable. We're living in a hobby producers' wet dream nowadays, just think back 15/20 years ago and 90% of these things were that much harder to achieve on an amateur level, not having even touched that you probably would've spend way more money in achieving what you CAN achieve with these plugins. That's awesome.

    • @stephenroldan5107
      @stephenroldan5107 2 года назад

      Im just glad people are using the computer again.

  • @lawinter1949
    @lawinter1949 2 года назад +63

    Limiter No. 6 lives on my master bus when I make tracks. It's free, sounds great and it has everything you need in a mastering plugin except stereo widening, eq and true-peak.

  • @osmark86
    @osmark86 2 года назад +41

    the whole LUFS thing is something I've struggled with before. I might have pumped my tracks much louder than necessary before and completely ignored true peaking. wasn't even aware of the importance of this so thanks a ton for this!

    • @KBizzy
      @KBizzy Год назад +1

      Important to note that since most of us produce for streaming these days, the LUF thing is pointless, as the streaming services use their own volume control. It’s why older songs often sound louder than a lot of modern songs that pushed for loudness.

    • @jrurbbehdidiwdnndjduw85eos73
      @jrurbbehdidiwdnndjduw85eos73 Год назад +1

      @@KBizzy literally every old song I've listened to on Spotify has been noticabledd quiter than newer songs

    • @KBizzy
      @KBizzy Год назад

      @@jrurbbehdidiwdnndjduw85eos73 my point is that streaming services automate volumes equally. So if a song gets louder/quieter throughout the song, it’s only going to get so loud. The reason that so much newer stuff sounds louder is because it’s less dynamic because of the massive amounts of compression. Most newer music has less dynamics than older music. In that way, quality has suffered.

  • @Studio22mix
    @Studio22mix Год назад +3

    This is a perfect video for a coffee and a smoke on a rainy Sunday morning, learning something while waking up, can’t get better 😊

  • @thomassykes6190
    @thomassykes6190 Год назад +4

    This is one of the most easy to understand and informative videos on mastering a track on RUclips, seriously a huge thank you

  • @AKAtAGG
    @AKAtAGG 2 года назад +3

    I've never heard anyone say LUFS as a word, and that made me happy. Love that you showed how mastering is not about the expensive plugins, it's about knowing what you're doing. Great video.

  • @verynormali5163
    @verynormali5163 Год назад +9

    I can't express how much your channel is helping me. Thanks a lot!

  • @stalmeseto
    @stalmeseto 2 года назад +2

    Gotta say, I love the subtle humor you’ve been weaving into your content recently. Love you channel, keep it up mate.

  • @zachary963
    @zachary963 2 года назад +1

    From Mixbus TV, and the award winning mastering engineer who runs it:
    Just make your tracks as loud as you can while keeping it clean and open. All the things that make a track sound good will make it naturally sound loud too. The loud sounds that sound smashed? That’s bad mastering. Good mastering can get really loud without distortion or feeling smushed.
    From my personal experience:
    The “don’t get too loud” advise comes from noobs who throw limiters on the top and crushing it. Using subtle compression, appropriate limiting throughout the mix, correct eq, correct gain staging, sidechain and parallel compression, saturation, basically all the things I would do in a mix anyway because that’s what sounds good, I’ll usually end up with my tracks hitting -10 to -8 LUFS or so. And I like open mixes without a ton of compression lol.
    I put some of my favorite records in my DAW and measured them. -12 for very old stuff (1970s) and then louder than -8 for more modern stuff is where it was hitting.

    • @bengsynthmusic
      @bengsynthmusic 2 года назад

      Would you export your track at -8L to streaming?

  • @AlbertSirup
    @AlbertSirup 2 года назад +6

    i think using some mild clipping in mastering (before the limiter) is actually very useful so the limiter doesn't overcompress on excessive peaks - i use freeclip for that usually

  • @DJBuglip
    @DJBuglip 2 года назад +2

    Man, you just touched on the thing that had just impacted me while watching: that its helpful to listen to the entire range at which a control affects a parameter, and then listen for the "sweet spot". I'm horrible at getting good mixes, that helps a bunch. Thanks man!

  • @rskityaev
    @rskityaev 2 года назад +3

    Man, that's an awesome song you made there!

  • @simonrigby2776
    @simonrigby2776 2 года назад +12

    +1 for Frontier. I don't see the D16 plugs talked about as much as they should be. Whilst completely different, Devastator2 is an insanely flexible distortion plugin which I love. Frontier is a brilliant bit of kit. Great video Cameron. :)

    • @kyledege315
      @kyledege315 2 года назад +1

      Decimorts cool too.

    • @simonrigby2776
      @simonrigby2776 2 года назад

      @@kyledege315 wouldn't you know .. its on sale :). I bought it :)

    • @kyledege315
      @kyledege315 2 года назад

      @@simonrigby2776 focusrite gave me devastator then I crossgraded to decimort. I also have to toraverb its good but devastator and decimort are their 2 must haves imo

  • @blaaarrghh
    @blaaarrghh 6 месяцев назад

    Dude this was a goldmine! I just installed the Frontier and happened to stumble on this video. Also learned a ton of using the MLoudnessAnalyzer and Loudmax.

  • @illatraxzz103
    @illatraxzz103 Год назад +1

    This is the video that I’ve been waiting for

  • @kighyuga
    @kighyuga Год назад +2

    “Today we’re going to be talking about life, about love, about LUST … I mean lessons learned and limbs lost!”

  • @thejoshuathomas
    @thejoshuathomas 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for this easy to understand mastering tutorial. This gave me a great basis of where to start and what to aim for. I agree that on this particular composition, aiming for -14lufs suited it far better (at least to my ears). Thank you again and happy holidays to you and yours.

  • @NikMwra90
    @NikMwra90 2 года назад +5

    Help, super confused here. Spotify suggest to master at -14db intergated LUFS, but as you're using the frontier limiter you're looking at short-term and short-term max. The integrated index in MLoudnessAnalyzer isn't the same with the intergrated LUFS Spotify refers about ?

  • @SuperJonSluggo
    @SuperJonSluggo 2 года назад +1

    Great tutorial, and the music choice was easy to hear ten times, not so with some similar vids. Ty

  • @MartHommes
    @MartHommes 2 года назад +1

    Omg I've been looking for something like this for a while. I haven't even finished watching it yet but I already wanna thank you for doing this

  • @mudi2000a
    @mudi2000a 2 года назад +5

    Regarding available plugins it could maybe help to use a different DAW for mastering, Reaper recenly got some nice additions, e.g. a loudness meter and brickwall limiter which also supports True Peak limiting.

  • @JamesAlphaz3ro
    @JamesAlphaz3ro 4 месяца назад

    Man imma listen to your music now , THATS SO INSANE

  • @itsmenishant
    @itsmenishant 2 года назад +2

    nothing complicated, nice compiled video with lots of info, appreciate ur work guys ❤❤

  • @liamsavoini4729
    @liamsavoini4729 Год назад

    Brilliant video! Really helpful and informative, without feeling patronised at any point, as someone who's recently started making music as a spare time hobby, this video's really helped me with how to approach mastering 😊
    Love your content, keep up the amazing work!

  • @ArkmageEDM
    @ArkmageEDM Год назад

    loud max has been my go-to brickwall limiter for a while now. great plugin.

  • @screendrem
    @screendrem 8 месяцев назад

    OTT is one of my favorite Free mastering plugins. I know that's nuts but I also know what it can do to tighten up the mids and punch if used sparingly. Love this video!

  • @AmitEshbal
    @AmitEshbal 2 года назад +1

    SUCH a great video, just used it to finish up some work, and the process and plugins were exactly what I was looking for..! Thanks so much

  • @Walid.OnTheTrack6725
    @Walid.OnTheTrack6725 Год назад

    1:45 is that heaven? woooooooooooooooow man, i didn't expect that at allllllllll 😮

  • @michaelahanti9189
    @michaelahanti9189 Год назад +1

    Big thanks for this and all your other videos. Helping me to take my production to new levels

  • @starnak1389
    @starnak1389 2 года назад +1

    nice job and very pleasant to watch because of the good chill tracks, and your chill standing.
    Thanks you man, musique is share and you know that.

  • @robbe4711
    @robbe4711 2 года назад +2

    You rock! Made so much progress!

  • @BillyBatsonMarvel
    @BillyBatsonMarvel 2 года назад +2

    Someone has a voice for radio. 😂👍🏽

  • @KozmykJ
    @KozmykJ 2 года назад +2

    Some Limiter plugins, usually not Free ones, have dithering of one form or another set to ON in their default state.
    That's fine IF you're placing them last in your Mastering FX chain
    BUT
    Not Good if that limiter is being used for something else, like on a Sub bus.
    And/Or , as you point out VT, if your DAW is going to dither for you ...

  • @isajoha9962
    @isajoha9962 2 года назад

    Cool video, fade out (nostalgia trip) I have not used that for a long time. 🤔 Using LoudMax a lot, thanks for the IPS scenario exampel.

  • @jameskerr9509
    @jameskerr9509 Год назад

    Frontier is like a magic box

  • @simonlockley2854
    @simonlockley2854 2 года назад

    Excellent tutorial. No mucking about. Just downloaded these and created an FX chain in Studio One. Also thanks for turning me on to the Hibernation album...cracking stuff 👍

  • @timbushong4387
    @timbushong4387 2 года назад

    Dittos on the Kotelnikov comp - it really is a great plug, and it usually finds its way onto most of my mastering busses.

  • @FaceBing
    @FaceBing 2 года назад +1

    Thank you Cameron. You are a Gem.

  • @karadytube
    @karadytube Год назад

    Omg, your voice is Hollywood voice ❤

  • @BorisBarroso
    @BorisBarroso 2 года назад

    Wow thanks it's great to see a tutorial for mastering this is the skill I really need to work more and with these plugins I think you can get a really descent mastering

  • @noisynerdman
    @noisynerdman 8 месяцев назад

    "use your ears. Not your eyes" love this.

  • @blattymeow
    @blattymeow Год назад

    Thank you for this video. Very helpful mastering chain to start learning!

  • @manonthemoon8765
    @manonthemoon8765 Год назад

    Mix sounds so much better thanks to this video❤️🎚️🎛️

  • @CJTheMusicDude
    @CJTheMusicDude 8 месяцев назад

    This was a fantastic mastering tutorial. Thank you!

  • @TheCelestineProph
    @TheCelestineProph 3 месяца назад

    Great video. Of all the videos I've seen on mastering one's own tracks I like yours the best. Q: Most of the others say you should use the INTERGRATED LUFS range (and true peak of course ) to make your adjustments. In your video you talked about the short term and short term max ranges to make your adjustments. Any particular reason you dont use the Integrated range? Cheers

  • @flibflob2785
    @flibflob2785 Год назад +1

    TDR Nova is a free equalizer that can do dynamic and M/S Equing (I also just realized that's the same plugin maker that makes Kotelnikov)

    • @DeltaWhiskeyBravo13579
      @DeltaWhiskeyBravo13579 Год назад

      They also have VladG Limiter No. 6. The free version is obtainable I think, but no longer updated (legacy). There is the Gentleman's Edition (GE) that's 50€. This looks like an old effects rack with several sections for different things, RMS compression, peak limiter, high frequency limiter, clipper, true peak limiter. It can process as M/S, brick wall or soft limit, and ISP.

  • @Redonkeyulous
    @Redonkeyulous 2 года назад

    This is such a great lesson.... thank you so much for helping us with the knowledge..... thank you so much!!!

  • @jaffaralali2870
    @jaffaralali2870 Год назад

    Thank you for this easy to understand mastering tutorial

  • @SG-ix3ly
    @SG-ix3ly 2 года назад

    I make a lot of Drill beats and honestly frontier is the best thing ever for that. Its literally mt secret weapon

  • @rautshsale1948
    @rautshsale1948 2 года назад +2

    i would love for you to get into dither, and all the other nerd stuff you mentioned here, that you could go into at some point in the future. especially lufs - how it relates to true peak, to different platforms and mediums, etc. ie, when mastering my own music, should i export it several times, at different lufs values or find a balance between all requirements, and make one export only? this is all still too confusing to me lol

  • @calebbright8289
    @calebbright8289 2 года назад +2

    This was an incredible video, I just discovered your channel and it’s been inspiring the hell out of me.
    When are you gonna release this song? I’d like to listen to it on repeat ASAP!

    • @VenusTheory
      @VenusTheory  2 года назад +1

      Really glad to hear that! Always good to know the channel is a helpful resource.
      No release plans quite yet on that one, working on a new album that I want to finish before revisiting some of these older projects that have been sitting on my drive.

    • @mikeparks3154
      @mikeparks3154 11 месяцев назад

      Great video - love all of them and always look forward to the next instalment. I also love the track you were working on. Is it available to listen to now?@@VenusTheory

  • @MannyXO
    @MannyXO Год назад

    You should get into audiobooks man. The voice

  • @TheSonicAlchemist
    @TheSonicAlchemist 6 месяцев назад

    This really helped, thank you so much.

  • @neilbiggin
    @neilbiggin Год назад

    Superb guide, thank you!!

  • @forsale313
    @forsale313 2 года назад

    Thanks for making things simple. A few of the VST's you mentioned I already have and had no idea they could be used for mastering. LOL

  • @krishnungshugangopadhyay7144
    @krishnungshugangopadhyay7144 2 года назад +1

    LET'S GOOOOO

  • @nox-modus
    @nox-modus Год назад

    Thank you!!! Great Tutorial, very helpful!!!

  • @jatoforterevitalizacao4496
    @jatoforterevitalizacao4496 Год назад

    SO COOL, THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS, HUGS FROM BRAZIL

  • @Brutuscomedy
    @Brutuscomedy 8 месяцев назад

    If one spends a bunch of time recording music, I wouldn't advise then finishing it off with free plugins. Professional mastering can make a big difference.

  • @Mixjaker
    @Mixjaker 7 месяцев назад

    За битвиг студио - Лайк 👍

  • @ArchimedesWoo
    @ArchimedesWoo 11 месяцев назад

    Excellent video. Really clear and concise, with loads of useful information.
    ;-)

  • @smujohnson
    @smujohnson 3 дня назад

    I’d be curious about non-free plugins that Venus Theory uses. Stock DAW plugins? Ozone?

  • @akagerhard
    @akagerhard 2 года назад +51

    I'll make it short: Makes no sense whatsoever to master to -14 LUFS. Always master to whatever sounds best - that means as loud as possible without sounding crap. Now when it comes to true peak that's different. You have to actually respect what the streaming services ask for - in case of Spotify that's -1dB.
    Explaination:
    The LUFS DOES NOT matter because they just turn it down to -14 LUFS afterwards - using CLEAN gain reduction. Your track will still sound better and louder, if you mastered it to say -8 LUFS, after they turned it down to -14 LUFS - compared to a track that you mastered to -14 LUFS. That's not wild theory.. that's a fact. You can test it out yourself.
    The -1dB (true peak) on the other hand you need to respect, because if you don't that can lead to artifacts/distortion when they convert your audio to different codecs.
    Again: DON'T master to -14 LUFS. They will just turn down your music accordingly. You lose NOTHING by mastering to the best sounding target. But DO respect the True-Peak they request.

    • @Zaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap
      @Zaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap 2 года назад +1

      ^ this

    • @Minimellow
      @Minimellow 2 года назад +1

      Absolutely true. In fact, go listen to songs on streaming services that are mastered LOUD (like -6 to -4 LUFS). They'll still sound *loud* compared to more dynamic ones even after loudness normalization.

    • @kingo5940
      @kingo5940 2 года назад

      Thank you

    • @AlbertSirup
      @AlbertSirup 2 года назад

      yes! not caring about the -14 has made it so much easier to get the sound i want (which is usually around -7) and i agree i never hear the difference on streaming (besides the general compression they do anyways)

    • @JordonRenn93
      @JordonRenn93 2 года назад

      This reminds me of "mix loud and it will sound good loud" argument which has been widely agreed that that is not the case.. I say, in theory what you say makes sense, but I'm not sure there would be any noticeable difference and if there was I would (imho) blame the engineer for having a slightly different mentality when mixing trying to keep levels low. I would love experiment with this for myself. That said, I do not even look at the LUFS when I am mixing/mastering.

  • @seanpeer136
    @seanpeer136 2 года назад

    that was AMAZING!! THANK YOU MAN.

  • @RyanHarris77
    @RyanHarris77 11 месяцев назад

    Your voice sounds great. What mic do you use?

  • @arttravelsmusictravels4lif438
    @arttravelsmusictravels4lif438 2 года назад

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  • @thorstennesch1
    @thorstennesch1 Год назад

    I use Klanghelm mjuc Jr. , singersongwriter/indie stuff.

  • @DeltaWhiskeyBravo13579
    @DeltaWhiskeyBravo13579 Год назад

    Excellent tutorial on free master plug-ins. I'm going to load up Limiter No. 6 to try it out, along with MEQualizer, and since it's free Frontier. It did sound great.
    PS I didn't know mixing and mastering required losing a limb.
    Signed peg leg 🤪

  • @jackpepe2140
    @jackpepe2140 Год назад

    damn just every plug in is here this was so useful thank you

  • @The_Answer_Is_Within
    @The_Answer_Is_Within 2 года назад +8

    You should’ve def made a before and after…so that we could’ve listened to both versions of the track:)
    Btw Frontier is a true workhorse/powerhouse and I like the design as well.

  • @clarytune
    @clarytune 2 года назад +1

    This is Dope Man

  • @dawnofreality
    @dawnofreality 2 года назад

    Kotelnikov and Youlean's free plugin work pretty well for me, but I had no idea melda and loudmax... or frontier for that matter... shall be downloading forthwith

  • @dekoningtan
    @dekoningtan 2 года назад

    This video was very informative, thanks!

  • @ivm70
    @ivm70 2 года назад

    I'd love to hear how you would apply Chow Tape while mastering. Evidently it's amazingly versatile.

  • @sonkanabones6052
    @sonkanabones6052 Год назад

    Ozone 10's AD:"A new set of ears that never get fatigued"
    This dude with Kotelnikov on the master:

  • @KosmoDeuz
    @KosmoDeuz 2 года назад

    Very Nice and Deep music in this video

  • @rivagesfm5018
    @rivagesfm5018 6 месяцев назад

    I really would like to know the name of this song you were working on here. Sounds great.

  • @patbreacadh
    @patbreacadh 2 года назад

    That was amazing. Thks!

  • @peterelfman
    @peterelfman 2 года назад

    Excellent video!

  • @vidarhjal
    @vidarhjal 2 года назад

    There is a great video by Dan Worrall on dithering (trigger warning: very technical).

  • @ulph69swe
    @ulph69swe Год назад

    Nice!

  • @futur_sunds
    @futur_sunds 2 года назад +2

    So I noticed that you didn’t bounce the project out into a single WAV file, is there a reason for that? Dose it matter either way? A lot of other tutorials, people have already bounced the track.

    • @stephenroldan5107
      @stephenroldan5107 2 года назад

      Guessing his computer can take all the tasks. Without bouncing

    • @VenusTheory
      @VenusTheory  2 года назад +1

      Not really other than it just didn't seem necessary. Some folks may bounce to a single file beforehand if it's too CPU intensive to do otherwise, or when mastering a full album and needing all the full tracks in a single session.

  • @tyabrahamse2461
    @tyabrahamse2461 Год назад

    I'm a bit late to the video but I loved it

  • @eaglestars
    @eaglestars 2 года назад

    Thanks so much for this

  • @DJRob4Real
    @DJRob4Real Год назад

    With frontier. Why was the initial output dropped to that level? Thanks

  • @2009jazzman
    @2009jazzman Год назад

    Dam dude, you are good...keep up the Greattttt work...👋👍

  • @noahrathje8976
    @noahrathje8976 2 года назад

    @0.26 LMFAAAAOOOO!! :D

    • @MuzixMaker
      @MuzixMaker 13 дней назад

      How do you deal with dynamic music styles with traditional instruments and complex arrangements? You can’t just set everything for one spot on the track.

  • @TimOost
    @TimOost Год назад

    Thanks!

  • @Fyuesiy
    @Fyuesiy 7 месяцев назад

    Love how dry your humor is ahaha

  • @KevinJohnsrude
    @KevinJohnsrude Год назад

    What's the freaky video tool for 0:29?

  • @xandacab4285
    @xandacab4285 Год назад

    great plug-in recs here. i wish more folks would make dedicated freeware videos like this. super helpful for beginners who want to learn before they invest money and also anyone who wants to avoid authenticator hell lol
    do u recommend any limiting at the start of the master chain?

  • @debarjo
    @debarjo 10 месяцев назад

    Which DAW are you working on?

  • @jonatanjankowski4244
    @jonatanjankowski4244 Год назад

    why is it so hard for me to hear most of the changes that he makes ? is it something to do with youtube compression ?. i do mixing my self and i know that i should hear something but i usually didn't 🤔

  • @MadMusicologist
    @MadMusicologist Год назад

    A little question perhaps: I often make classical tracks, huge orchestra and things. So I have an extremely wide range in dynamics. I often ran into issues when teying to apply dynamic equalizing: if the orchestra plays loudly and there are percussive sounds ( e.g. timpany), they would almost disappear with dynamic eq running. Now on the other side I love to apply dynamic eq when the sounds are soft, as I can make them "bloom". So what can I do to have the timpany strong, and soft sounds blooming?

  • @ruffusduarte
    @ruffusduarte 10 месяцев назад

    Hey man! i have a question: If the samples you use on your projects are in 44100hz and 16bit it's beneficial after finishing the track render it in 48000hz and 24bit?

  • @MoeThermodynamics
    @MoeThermodynamics Год назад

    Hey man, just a quick question: Is there any reason why you don't use or recommend Melda's free MCompressor for mastering on this video? It's included in a free pack with the MEqualizer plugin and it seems to have very good features, excluding oversampling which you have to pay for. Just wondering in case you could mention some benefits of the other compressors. Thanks

  • @jimmylennon3088
    @jimmylennon3088 Год назад

    super.thank.you.so.verymutch

  • @575motocross4
    @575motocross4 Год назад

    All these plugins worked great except for the A1 Stereo Widener, i couldnt for the life of me get it to load into Mixcraft after installing. If anyone has any tips or insight id appreciate it!

  • @Chris-cf2kp
    @Chris-cf2kp Год назад

    This track makes me feel like Solid Snake infiltrating Metal Gear