FM's guide to mastering: Working with Metropolis's Mazen Murad
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- Опубликовано: 25 апр 2013
- Metropolis's Mastering engineer Mazen Murad masters the track Vanishing Point using mid/side EQ, notch EQ and limiting.
Track: Lukas Lyrestam -- Vanishing Point
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expecting more videos like these based on mastering from engineers like these,..very informative & easy to understand ,great job FMM...
Fantastic video. Great explanations by Mazen Murad of what mastering is and how to work with this final stage of the engineering process. More producers should watch this. / Felix AKA FLX
He seems like a really nice guy!
I couldn´t agree more!! :)
Thanks, Mazen. Good to see the process in steps like this. Great job!
great vid. its always nice to see how the pros work.
I like the fact that he has a croissant just hanging in his desk.
Mastering really is a science....i give guys that REALLY KNOW frequencies props!
The only thing I noticed was that annoying attack on the kick that pierced my ears from the start. I knew that was going to get treatment. The dry mix itself was balanced but lacking.
I was also expecting some multiband limiting as Mazen did later in the video, but how he managed to pinpoint those problem-frequency ranges to raise/dip, that takes skill and years of experience.
He sweetened the mix up pretty awesomely.
Very informative and well presented.
Track ID: Lukas Lyrestam -- Vanishing Point
Nice.... Would love to see a series of these over-the-shoulder on-the-job videos :)
Cheers. Thanks for that.
I so enjoy watching this
the track ID is in the descriptions and if you follow the link in the video you can find out more info on the artist and here the before and after
everyone should listen to the before and after, he made it sound so much better. It was a great track un-mastered, Mazen took it to the next level!!!!!!
Great to see! Do more of this!! (:
Enjoyed watching this, always good to hear someone else at work :) Should do a master using that ATR in the background ;) ;) DOOO ITTTT hahaha :D
I like this guy. Great video
I started to like the song after mastering. GJ!
wow !
love the talent and ears!
Great upload, I wish I could see this done in the box.
TC Electronic System 6000, and this is the Icon remote with touchscreen and motorized faders, an amazing piece of gear :)
excelent video!!!!
great video! Thx.
he uses a mid/side eq. the kick only belongs into the middle, not into the sides. with that kind of eq you can cut the bass only in the sides without affecting it in the middle where it belongs. as he said, too much bass in the sides will blur your bass when not played in a 2 speaker setup but in a multi-speaker setup like in a club. I hope I could answer your question :)
this dude seems awesome. thanks :)
Wow, just amazing. I really want to be like him.
This was very cool, ty
This is very good! Thanks! :D
The MB Comp
I dont think that ist available to buy - his soundcloud details are in the description
make more of those mastering tutorials! its very good! thx
this guy knows what he is doing :respect:
he has some golden ears. i didn't hear that 510 at all. or maybe it was the freq analyzer. good vid, thank you.
Fantastic video!
Would you recommend hardware mastering or software mastering?
Thanks for the great video!
well, it's a perfect mix to begin with
You can use any stereo imaging plugin for that. Change the stereo width to 0% on the low frequencies (100% means unchanged).
I love it. On my K+H monitors it's just right.
Guys i love this stuff, can you do more on mastering houses please!! thanks Joe
Great video! Are there any more with Mazen Murad or someone else doing the same on other types of music? e.g. orchestral
Great!!
(In the soundcloud master version) I notice some distortion here. In the video I noticed that is Db meter was peaking. It may not sound that way when playing it back with your analogue volume knob turned down causing the illusion of great head room but when you compress it to MP3 to soundcloud, your head room dramatically declines thus causing distortion.
Yeah, was actually surprised he did the comparison with the master obviously louder. Of course the louder one will sound better.
27K is inaudible, yet it's presence affects the shape of the rest of the sounds. It adds a subtle effect to the treble.
he is a master!
nice! thank you.
technology all I can say frm piano to this amazing
Pretty common mastering trickery. That Maselec MEA-2 uses the bottom of the curve to boost the highest end of the audible bit.
Excelente wow
damn right, man!
he seems like a precise surgean hes working
how do you blend stereo bass into the mono? i understand cutting the bass from the stereo, but how would you blend the stereo bass with the mono and what does it do to the sound?
Thanks :)
I was wondering if the track has ridiculously loud chorus or solos, and also very low parts, would it be possible to have 2 different setting for different parts of the track?
treating it like 2 different tracks, because in essence that is what it is 2 very different vibes and energy levels,
A. That's the point. And you should be able to hear how tight and clean the mix post master is.
like the track
So if its recorded too loud the Radios limiters will push it back and kill dynamics thus making it sound quiter ???
perfect
Is this the same Metropolis that puts out FLA(Front Line Assembly) and the Metropolis compilations for synthpop and electro, and industrial?
dope i would love to get a track mastered by you.
It had me at 23 seconds. Good stuff.
so master track checklist: wideband eq, compression, m/s eq, multi-band compression, limiters, reverb perhaps.. anything else he did? i'm trying to incorporate all options to consider for future reference
he certainly knows, what hes doing
Hey how much u charge a track. How can i get in contact. Your work sounds great.
Recommending you guys to hear Raz Klinghoffer's mixes... amazing
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more like this FM
Fantastic! Though I would like a level-match before evaluating the difference between unmastered and mastered.
9mmMetal it was level matched at source.
Hello, This is an interesting video and very professional. I'm wondering how much cost for mastering a single track?
Thank you have good day!
Diego
He's Eq'n for the cats!!
Excellent, less talk more action.
question: how did he apply the eq just to the difference without affecting the bass ? he said he will apply a low cut at 60 hz which is passing by the bass freq.
last question: isnt the artist of the track already filtered out the low freq of drums and other instrument that are in stereo/difference why would the master engineer reapplies a low cut then? thank you
worked on me!
is he controlling vst's from that little consol with the 6 faders and the screen?
I recommend the Brainworx EQ plugin.
You have to train your ears to listen for the subtle differences in frequency balances to width.
More mastering tutorials!
Can someone tell me what Mastering does to change how a track sounds?
Experience. But you make a good point... you should always gain stage your outputs to match the original so you aren't faking yourself out. Once you've been doing it for enough years, you can skip this on occasion and be alright.
Where can i buy this spectrum analyzer? Damn i want it!!
Rezo Beatz most spectrum analysers come with whichever DAW you use i think
he added an eq boost at 27,000 hz to add air? what does that mean???
He did add some 27k to give it some air in the top end.
Wow
Mastering in under 20 minutes, what a don
Big difference in the mastered..even with it being a bit louder.
The setup in this video is the "Hardware version" of ozone....Which sounds better and more natural.
How to make the bass in mono ?
This guy looks really uncomfortable in front of the camera but Jesus he knows his stuff!
How can I can't act you , I need a single masterd
you can still hear it, the mastered is much tighter
What no Ozone 5 plugin to just do it all?
what song is that?
What DAW are you using?
bcz the video is for beginners to impress them
Move videos please, possibly a rock track ,thank you
but he said for the air, and air is 15k and above I think.
But Normally you would cut everything from 20k and above because no human can hear it.
Check this M/S EQ Plugin from Brainworx and watch the video we have on the website. bx_digital_v2 via Plugin Alliance.
M/S is a great way to EQ "mid" and "side" information of your mixes rather than L/R.
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You can't, always when comparing, level matching is essential, but some guys just know it sounds better anyways without comparing, haha. "Presets" in their head maybe.
Its strange though.. I heard 27k too.. But I don't really think that is even a bandwidth in a relevant range. 20k is pretty much the max audible threshold. Unless he is literally adding air. lol
Unfortunately no way to compare between before and after: to much difference in level
AW SHIT.....Yeah