This tutorial should be an example for RUclips. Most RUclips beginner tutorial lack the ability to teach at a granular level. They teach as if the new user already have prior knowledge. It's so frustrating. This tutorial is granular, simple, concise and complete.
And you started recording the video at 03:00 am and completed at 03:39 am people who disliked your tutorial must realise how much effort you have put into it to educate us. 🙏🙏🙏
@@TheRealAudioProfessor can u please make a another tutorial on how to master EDM and get that loudness and that feel, vibe!!! Please do it It'll help alot🙏
4 Years on and your knowledge is still helping people all around the world. Thank you for making such an easy to understand and follow video. I now have a better understanding of how things work. Brilliant tutorial.
Really loved this video, not least for 'The Big Lebowski' reference. The clearest and most coherent introduction to mastering in Ableton that I've yet seen. Excellent stuff,
Thanks so much! I've been there. If you're getting stuck finishing, check out Dennis DeSantis' book "Making Music: 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers". It'll up your game, for sure.
Dude. You are dope. You're Fresh. You're cool. Your intelligence is so evident in that you are able to make things so clear. This was the list of Everything I wanted know. Awesome presentation. You're the kind of mind that defines what a teacher should be. There are so few of you in this world. Thank you.
This is the greatest thing about RUclips. Once in a while you get to be taught by someone you'd never meet otherwise. We need to take down the campuses and create global learning resources where the best teachers, like you, rise to the top. Then the correct salaries will be awarded. 5% of teachers are great and deserve to be paid hundreds of thousands if not more. Unfortunately, bricks and mortar model is what is destroying teacher salaries, turning teaching positions into side gigs, which is a crime. Can't wait for the changes to come. Keep this up. With appreciation ~ Pete
Thanks so much for the very kind words! They really made my day. I'm inspired to post more as soon as I get a chance. I have probably 100 lectures or more that I can post, so stay tuned. They'll be up as soon as I get a break from my regular job of teaching, which is at least a bit ironic.
@@TheRealAudioProfessor The future is bright and the reach is now far and wide beyond the lecture hall. This is the best time to be an experienced teacher - who has the ability. Twenty years from now, you'll be able to say "Well, my dear nephew, I got into the teaching game early. That's how I made my fortune and all you see around you. Now, Higgins! Fetch me my robe. I wish to spa before my lecture. Higgins! Look lively now! Chop Chop!" ;-)
this tutorial is a bit old but just came across it and it has saved me so much time losing my head trying to find the right audio effects, thank you so much
even though my track belongs to the completely different genre, following along with this, skipping few steps with brightening and so, now it's finally sounds somewhow descent, night and day difference! can't thank you enough for this video!
Before this, I never knew how to combine all tracks into one (dragging the file into a new one, or whatever you did at the beginning), you sir, are a genius, thank you!
Beautiful tutorial, thank you so much. I've made a few songs in the past few weeks and want to release them, but don't know much about mastering. This helped a ton!
You have such a wonderful coaching style - this video was perfect from end-to-end; thank you for being so prescriptive and thoughtful with your approach.
Mastering has always befuddled me. People act like it’s this dark art so I didn’t bother thinking I could do it even though I have mixed a fair amount. After this tutorial I feel confident I can master my own records. Thanks for uploading!
I must thank you for this video. Mastering was one of those things I always wanted to do, but found too daunting. I have used this video as a guide for mastering a few of my tracks and while I still have great deal to learn on the subject, it has put me on the start my journey. It’s a truly valuable resource.
I'm really happy to find thistutorial as a begginer producer, but with some previous technical knowledge. It's important to properly use native plugins for later using more advance ones. Thank you so much Professor. Get going with the content, I would recomend you to focus on videos like "What is LUFS?" ;D.
You are a hero and a cool teacher. As a Ableton noob, with experience of a few months, this helps me a lot. Can´t thank you enough! Keep up the good work. Really good editted aswell
Fantastic video. I'm not sure how it will apply to a rock track using Neural DSP plugins but I'm just starting out so this is a great start 🤘🏻 cheers dude!
I personally do. Sub frequencies are less directional, so having them in stereo is mostly pointless. Speakers wind up being more efficient if they’re pushing the exact same low-frequencies. It makes for a tighter low-end. It’s certainly a subtle difference, but mastering is all about subtle differences.
Thank you so much for this, I was literally following along and adjusting as necessary for my own track...it helped having you basically coach me as I go, thank you Prof 🙏🏾
Wait do you have the video of the mixing of that track? Did you use the master track in the mix project before exporting to do this master part? Im confused 😅😂 Do i do this directly in my mix or do i export my mix and do it in a new project like you do here?
I have another questions... :) What's the max volume of the unmastered track? How much headroom? And why powr3 dither?? ^^ Thanks a lot for that great video!
That’s a really great question. In reality, most anything that’s not too quiet is fine. I think around -3db to -5 or 6 gives a good headroom for when you start EQing to prevent clipping.
@@TheRealAudioProfessor Ok that's what I was thinking! :) Please could you answer my other questions... Why powr3 dither? And how can I get the same result of the Bass Mono function of Utility when I don't have Live 10...? (I have Live 9) In the easiest way as possible...! Thanks again!
I’m looking up options for the Bass Mono. For POW-R 3 dither, it’s designed for the most complex material, like a full song, while 1 and 2 are designed for single or minimal instruments. In reality, the type of dither doesn’t matter much at all, despite what others may say. As long as you have it, and it’s set to match the output of your bit rate
Hi, thanks for the tutorial. One question regarding the EQing of the sidechain compression: isn’t it necessary to activate the sidechain-button and select the source to get the effect working?
In this case the sidechain is the internal (audio) signal. He's removing the low end frequencies from the compressor detection circuit so that it's only compressing audio above that frequency.
Can you do a version for ableton live LITE? If that's possible. You teach soooo well, I was following every single step and really understanding, only hold back was that I wasn't able to follow most because of the difference in suite and lite plug-ins available and I'm not sure if I can substitute some such as the EQ 8 and Glue Compressor either of which I am not seeing avaliable in the lite version.
I know I wrote a comment.... I can't find it... IDK Great tutorial! I have been Using this on all my new tracks. Also was wondering what track you were playing in the tutorial and if i can get it?? Thx Jason Rios!
Thanks, Jason! That’s actually a song of mine that I haven’t quite finished yet. I try to use my own stuff to avoid copyright notices. I’m aiming to finish it up in the next couple of weeks and make a tutorial on mixing in Ableton Live with it. I’ll let you know.
@@TheRealAudioProfessor Awesome man! I am almost done with one I am working on. I'll send it to you so you can see how your students are doing! Haha. You are a great teacher! Keep it up!
@@TheRealAudioProfessor I could not change the audio in youtube. It is mixed pretty well but not mastered. This is a copy of the mastered version. sorry it is on soundcloud... soundcloud.com/jason-rios-825963596/fly-with-me
Can I fix the LUFs to be as low as yours mine are 14 - 20 . and also my dbs start at 20-40 then immediately jump to 1.2 for the rest of the song is that okay to export???? with the LUFS high and The dbs jumping at the very beggining? it stays a constent 1.2 through the song but the lufs are high?
Thanks so much for this. I have an additional question, how would you adjust the LUFS louder or softer to get it closer to -12? Would this be done in the mixing state? You went over adjusting the true peak with the limiter, but how do adjust the LUFS?
Good question. I could have been a bit clearer, but the LUFS control for this track is done with the Limiter. For example: if the LUFS were -14, I would raise the gain on the Limiter 2db. Hopefully this answers your question.
Hi! Thank you for this amazing tutorial. Before I master should I create a 1 track layout for entire song? Or can I use this tutorial with a multitrack? I have 14 tracks at the moment for song... would it be easier to have it on 1 audio track?
JRUX These effects you can do all on the master mix bus, if you want. You just won’t be able to fade or trim this final mix easily. I personally prefer to have a separate Live set for mixing and mastering, but you can do either.
Hey @theaudioprofessor, thanks for this video. I'v noticed a lot of ableton 10 tutorials recomending 32 bit with no dither. Is 16bit with dither better? what if i intend on sending my mastered instrumental track out to vocalist ?
Thank you so much for this tutorial! Helped me A LOT! Such a bummer that the glue compressor doesn’t come with Ableton 10, at least not with the intro version 🥀
Are there implications with doing this on the master (with the stems available) or should this process be applied with a wav like this? Thanks for sharing this.
You can do it either way. I like doing it on the wav file in a separate session. It makes it better to trim the beginning and end as well as apply any fade at the end. Whatever workflow works best for you.
This tutorial should be an example for RUclips. Most RUclips beginner tutorial lack the ability to teach at a granular level. They teach as if the new user already have prior knowledge. It's so frustrating. This tutorial is granular, simple, concise and complete.
And you started recording the video at 03:00 am and completed at 03:39 am people who disliked your tutorial must realise how much effort you have put into it to educate us. 🙏🙏🙏
And still 15000 e-mails to answer! 😂👍🏻👍🏻💪🏻
@@NickWendelsGuitarLessons 🤣🤣🤣
no one disliked the video
@@samuelbitran1890 really? Who are those 11?
"Really ties the room together". Best quote ever
It's a nod to the movie 'The Big Lebowski'
Classic.. :)
Finally i got a perfect step by step mastering tutorial ❤️🙏love u dude👍
Thanks so much for the kind words. I’m glad that it helped out!
@@TheRealAudioProfessor can u please make a another tutorial on how to master EDM and get that loudness and that feel, vibe!!!
Please do it
It'll help alot🙏
4 Years on and your knowledge is still helping people all around the world. Thank you for making such an easy to understand and follow video. I now have a better understanding of how things work. Brilliant tutorial.
Really loved this video, not least for 'The Big Lebowski' reference. The clearest and most coherent introduction to mastering in Ableton that I've yet seen. Excellent stuff,
Great tutorial. Thank you! I will use this the day I finally finish a track.
Thanks so much! I've been there. If you're getting stuck finishing, check out Dennis DeSantis' book "Making Music: 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers". It'll up your game, for sure.
@@TheRealAudioProfessor Interesting! Thanks!
@@TheRealAudioProfessor I second this. If you are reading this comment, go and check out the book right now. You will be glad that you did it :)
I built me an Audio Mastering rack with these tools. They work really well and I'm grateful that I found this video!
Best mastering tutorial I've seen so far!
Dude. You are dope. You're Fresh. You're cool. Your intelligence is so evident in that you are able to make things so clear. This was the list of Everything I wanted know. Awesome presentation. You're the kind of mind that defines what a teacher should be. There are so few of you in this world. Thank you.
This is the greatest thing about RUclips. Once in a while you get to be taught by someone you'd never meet otherwise. We need to take down the campuses and create global learning resources where the best teachers, like you, rise to the top. Then the correct salaries will be awarded. 5% of teachers are great and deserve to be paid hundreds of thousands if not more. Unfortunately, bricks and mortar model is what is destroying teacher salaries, turning teaching positions into side gigs, which is a crime. Can't wait for the changes to come. Keep this up. With appreciation ~ Pete
Thanks so much for the very kind words! They really made my day. I'm inspired to post more as soon as I get a chance. I have probably 100 lectures or more that I can post, so stay tuned. They'll be up as soon as I get a break from my regular job of teaching, which is at least a bit ironic.
@@TheRealAudioProfessor The future is bright and the reach is now far and wide beyond the lecture hall. This is the best time to be an experienced teacher - who has the ability. Twenty years from now, you'll be able to say "Well, my dear nephew, I got into the teaching game early. That's how I made my fortune and all you see around you. Now, Higgins! Fetch me my robe. I wish to spa before my lecture. Higgins! Look lively now! Chop Chop!" ;-)
this tutorial is a bit old but just came across it and it has saved me so much time losing my head trying to find the right audio effects, thank you so much
even though my track belongs to the completely different genre, following along with this, skipping few steps with brightening and so, now it's finally sounds somewhow descent, night and day difference!
can't thank you enough for this video!
Before this, I never knew how to combine all tracks into one (dragging the file into a new one, or whatever you did at the beginning), you sir, are a genius, thank you!
Beautiful tutorial, thank you so much. I've made a few songs in the past few weeks and want to release them, but don't know much about mastering. This helped a ton!
Thanks so much for the kind words! Best wishes for your health and your songs!
You have such a wonderful coaching style - this video was perfect from end-to-end; thank you for being so prescriptive and thoughtful with your approach.
Thank you so much for the wonderful words. They really made my day. I'll hopefully have some more good content in the upcoming weeks.
Thank you so much! Great tutorial
This has been immensely helpful! I've had to watch it several times, because there is a great deal of info there. Thank you.
This is should be essential learning for everyone new to mastering. Wish you great success with the channel.
Mastering has always befuddled me. People act like it’s this dark art so I didn’t bother thinking I could do it even though I have mixed a fair amount.
After this tutorial I feel confident I can master my own records.
Thanks for uploading!
Thanks so much! Hope it works out for you.
I feel the same way.
Brilliant tutorial, especially with the advice on streaming services, thank you :)
Thank you so much for the kind words.
Awesome tutorial!!! Many of the previous comments go for me too. Thanks man...
I must thank you for this video. Mastering was one of those things I always wanted to do, but found too daunting. I have used this video as a guide for mastering a few of my tracks and while I still have great deal to learn on the subject, it has put me on the start my journey. It’s a truly valuable resource.
Amazing and your short cuts are great, I just learned the ctrl shift W move.
You can enable oversampling on the glue compressor by right-clicking on the title bar 🙂👍 And "high quality" mode with some other stock plugins.
Great, finally the Master chain I was looking for! Thx :)
Thanks for this video and all the help! You are great :)
Thanks so much for the kind words!
I finally managed to master with the help of true Master Lorne Bregitzer... and I am over the moon. A Million Thanks.
Thank you so much for the kind words! Glad it helped out!
@@TheRealAudioProfessor U R welcome. 💪💪💪
really nice video, helped me to master my first song today
Loved the tutorial. Very easy to follow through even though the song as example was brutal lol
Thank you Sir
Amazing! This is the best tutorial I've ever seen. Thank you so much and btw are you on Instagram?
Thanks so much! You can track me down on there, @lbregitzer and @theaudioprofessor
Amazing tutorial. Explained clearly and super useful process you have that easily results in loud and more colorful sound!
Many thanks from Brazil!!!!
I'm really happy to find thistutorial as a begginer producer, but with some previous technical knowledge. It's important to properly use native plugins for later using more advance ones. Thank you so much Professor. Get going with the content, I would recomend you to focus on videos like "What is LUFS?" ;D.
Thanks so much for the feedback. I’ll definitely do more videos of that style. I make them as a result of questions brought up in my classes
Simple, yet helpful. THanks!
Thank you so much for sharing! This helped me to complete my projects. 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks so much Lorne, all questions answered.
Great video man. Really helped me understand what the steps of mastering really are!!
Awesome, thank you!
God bless you cat!
Great work!
SOLI DEO GLORIA
(To The Glory Of God Alone)
Father, Son & Holy Spirit
-Ronnie
Thanks pal, very helpful and useful
This video was so helpful! Great tutorial that helped me get started and understanding the mastering process. Now a happy subscriber :)
Awesome, thank you!
You are a hero and a cool teacher. As a Ableton noob, with experience of a few months, this helps me a lot. Can´t thank you enough! Keep up the good work. Really good editted aswell
this lesson gave me a lot of useful tools.thank you
Awesome! Glad it helped out.
Great video! Hello from the colorado college music dept :)
Fantastic video. I'm not sure how it will apply to a rock track using Neural DSP plugins but I'm just starting out so this is a great start 🤘🏻 cheers dude!
Liked and subscribed! This is a great tutorial man! 🤟🏻
Thanks so much! I’ve got a lot more Ableton content coming out over the next month.
Very good tutorial!
QUESTION! Do you leave your Bass Mono button on the utility on after finishing? And can someone explain to me the purpose of that? Thanks!!
I personally do. Sub frequencies are less directional, so having them in stereo is mostly pointless. Speakers wind up being more efficient if they’re pushing the exact same low-frequencies. It makes for a tighter low-end. It’s certainly a subtle difference, but mastering is all about subtle differences.
Thank you so much. I love your tutorials, keep up the good work!
Thanks a lot! I would like to know, wether I can adapt this things on a vocal integrated master or not. Regards and Blessings
Thanks for video .I looking to get the wave form more straight and not up and down on it .
Thank you so much for this, I was literally following along and adjusting as necessary for my own track...it helped having you basically coach me as I go, thank you Prof 🙏🏾
most helpful tutorial thanks
Nice! now i can make my mastering sounds better.
His dudeness abides this video
Thank you man, this was extremely helpful! Subscribing right away
Thanks so much!
Thank you so much. Yar... and also
could you please share your preference settings
i tried this method and i loved it ... i could probably do my own mastering here on :) thank you
Awesome! Great to hear. Go for it!
What a good tutorial thanks!!
any 2023 mastering update for ableton ? :) any eq changes you would make now ?
I appreciate this! Really gets me wanting to go master some of my bands earlier work
Thanks ! realy helpful and very clear explained.
Great tutorial. I only miss the differences of the Dither Options.
is this tutorial suitable for a master with vocals integrated?
you are a great professor, i learned a lot!
Thank you for this! Straight to the point with the explanations I need :)
Wait do you have the video of the mixing of that track?
Did you use the master track in the mix project before exporting to do this master part?
Im confused 😅😂
Do i do this directly in my mix or do i export my mix and do it in a new project like you do here?
I have another questions... :) What's the max volume of the unmastered track? How much headroom? And why powr3 dither?? ^^
Thanks a lot for that great video!
That’s a really great question. In reality, most anything that’s not too quiet is fine. I think around -3db to -5 or 6 gives a good headroom for when you start EQing to prevent clipping.
@@TheRealAudioProfessor Ok that's what I was thinking! :) Please could you answer my other questions... Why powr3 dither? And how can I get the same result of the Bass Mono function of Utility when I don't have Live 10...? (I have Live 9) In the easiest way as possible...! Thanks again!
I’m looking up options for the Bass Mono. For POW-R 3 dither, it’s designed for the most complex material, like a full song, while 1 and 2 are designed for single or minimal instruments. In reality, the type of dither doesn’t matter much at all, despite what others may say. As long as you have it, and it’s set to match the output of your bit rate
@@TheRealAudioProfessor Ok that's still confuse to me to understand what dither to apply... And if it's really essential to apply any dither!...
Thanks for the tutorial, master Obi-Wan!
thank you so much this is really helpful!
thanks man, great tutorial
Great tutorial! Thank you! But how about if theres a vocal in it? i dont really get at mastering
Great video 👍 thank you
"Chorus goes on forever." That really cracked me up.
excellent thank you for this video !
Thank you! this was extremely helpful
Awesome! Glad to hear it, thanks!
Hi, thanks for the tutorial. One question regarding the EQing of the sidechain compression: isn’t it necessary to activate the sidechain-button and select the source to get the effect working?
Yea I think he just ment eqing it not sidechaining
In this case the sidechain is the internal (audio) signal. He's removing the low end frequencies from the compressor detection circuit so that it's only compressing audio above that frequency.
So helpful. Thanks!
Thanks for the video. I made notes.
Can you do a version for ableton live LITE? If that's possible. You teach soooo well, I was following every single step and really understanding, only hold back was that I wasn't able to follow most because of the difference in suite and lite plug-ins available and I'm not sure if I can substitute some such as the EQ 8 and Glue Compressor either of which I am not seeing avaliable in the lite version.
I know this is super late but you could use EQ three for mastering or you can get an EQ plug-in if lite supports VSTs. I recommend tdr nova.
What -db would you recommend the mix be before mastering , great video thanks.
-6 db is the usual recommended
PERFECT lesson!!!
I know I wrote a comment.... I can't find it... IDK Great tutorial! I have been Using this on all my new tracks. Also was wondering what track you were playing in the tutorial and if i can get it?? Thx Jason Rios!
Thanks, Jason! That’s actually a song of mine that I haven’t quite finished yet. I try to use my own stuff to avoid copyright notices. I’m aiming to finish it up in the next couple of weeks and make a tutorial on mixing in Ableton Live with it. I’ll let you know.
@@TheRealAudioProfessor Awesome man! I am almost done with one I am working on. I'll send it to you so you can see how your students are doing! Haha. You are a great teacher! Keep it up!
@@TheRealAudioProfessor I could not change the audio in youtube. It is mixed pretty well but not mastered. This is a copy of the mastered version. sorry it is on soundcloud... soundcloud.com/jason-rios-825963596/fly-with-me
I mastered with your tutorial
@@jasonrios1324 Listening to it now on my new monitors. Sounds killer. That kick hits nice and clean with great melodies. Keep it up!
great video
Hi,My master volume track is looking blue in color and sound not getting out
Can I fix the LUFs to be as low as yours mine are 14 - 20 . and also my dbs start at 20-40 then immediately jump to 1.2 for the rest of the song is that okay to export???? with the LUFS high and The dbs jumping at the very beggining? it stays a constent 1.2 through the song but the lufs are high?
Awesome !!!! Thanks man !!!!
You’re welcome! Thanks for the feedback.
@@TheRealAudioProfessor Your welcome mate!
you made me finished a track thank you so much 💕❤️
You’re welcome. Thanks for the kind words!
Thank you so much for this video!!!
Thank you so much you really help me :)
Thanks so much for this. I have an additional question, how would you adjust the LUFS louder or softer to get it closer to -12? Would this be done in the mixing state? You went over adjusting the true peak with the limiter, but how do adjust the LUFS?
Good question. I could have been a bit clearer, but the LUFS control for this track is done with the Limiter. For example: if the LUFS were -14, I would raise the gain on the Limiter 2db. Hopefully this answers your question.
Guys it really works, I checked
Hi! Thank you for this amazing tutorial. Before I master should I create a 1 track layout for entire song? Or can I use this tutorial with a multitrack? I have 14 tracks at the moment for song... would it be easier to have it on 1 audio track?
JRUX These effects you can do all on the master mix bus, if you want. You just won’t be able to fade or trim this final mix easily. I personally prefer to have a separate Live set for mixing and mastering, but you can do either.
You are the greatest!!! Thank you so much!!!
that was great man thank you
I have Live 9 and Utility don't have the Bass Mono function, sadly... What is the easiest way to do the same job? Thank you!
Hey @theaudioprofessor, thanks for this video. I'v noticed a lot of ableton 10 tutorials recomending 32 bit with no dither. Is 16bit with dither better? what if i intend on sending my mastered instrumental track out to vocalist ?
Thank you so much for this tutorial! Helped me A LOT! Such a bummer that the glue compressor doesn’t come with Ableton 10, at least not with the intro version 🥀
You can also use the regular compressor on the same settings should not differ to much
Are there implications with doing this on the master (with the stems available) or should this process be applied with a wav like this? Thanks for sharing this.
You can do it either way. I like doing it on the wav file in a separate session. It makes it better to trim the beginning and end as well as apply any fade at the end. Whatever workflow works best for you.
my utility does not have that bass mono option
I'm guessing you're using Live 9? The Bass Mono was added to the Utility in Live 10
Great ,Thank you so much for the Video !! ^^