@@thesongwritingstudio5783 Oh my goodness yes, yes it is. I’m so sorry it didn’t seem that way, I could’ve written that way better. I’m saying you seem and sound like a very friendly, open and nice person.
This gave me SUCH great clarity, on what next steps to break down into, in order to start mixing and mastering some of my recent tracks, which can then be applied as I expand into more music that I experiment on this stuff with. Thank you so much for this!
This video was perfect! Thank you so much for this! I never really knew what the differences were when people talked to me about mixing and mastering. Then after watching this I realized I do all of this myself anyways lol however, now I know what the phases truly mean!
This is the best time to me understand mixing and mastering in easy way especially visually. Thank you so much Dean. Can we mastering our song on Garageband or only Logic pro x?
For the first time I knew clearly the difference between mixing and mastering. I have been mixing for quite while for my amateur project; but didn’t quite know what is mastering. This clarifies that question. Thank you.
Hey man, this was really helpful. I am a drummer and I also starting singing very recently! I've always been a bit intimidated with these two terms "mixing" & "mastering", but as much as I am doing it more and more for my videos every week, I think I am getting a bit better. BUT!! Now that I've watched your video, it really gives me a clear picture of what I am supposed to do. Thanks! Informative video. Plus I love the way you included your patreons too. So cool! Subscribing right away!!
Dean, I have just come back to this and I am embarrassed that I didn't say BRAVO ref your track before. So, here goes: BRAVO mate, that is one slice of sunshine right there! So radio-friendly it hurts!!!! 🌞🏆
Religion aside... You should be commended for publishing this. As a recording artist, it is PARAMOUNT to understand that your goal in mixing is to really hone in on exactly what you want your song to be. Too many hucksters out there are trying to rip people off, having them think, "...yeah, you know how to mix, but you need me to master for you, otherwise you're not gonna have that competitive "professional" sound..." You hit the nail on the head when you described the subtlety of mastering as "micro". If you have finished your mixing, and you feel that what you've got is a mess, don't expect a mastering engineer to perform miracles for you. Your goal is really to mix such that you almost feel you don't need mastering at all!!
having to turn your headphones down for the mastered process but still not compromising the quality shows that the masting engineer is a vital part of a great production.
I watched a few videos on this topic, but I was left kinda still unsure of what is really the difference. Like he said, they all say Mastering is more like polishing the end product, but it was very hard to really understand without a real world example. This video helped to clarify what exactly Mastering is and why it's important. Thank you for giving an answer with substance. I'm sure I'm not the only person who appreciated this.
THANK YOU ,,, Sure is refreshing to see ONE musician that is not covered in ink and rings,,, I don't understand why most in the music industry try to look like something from a carnival side show. Thank You for this video sir !
Thank you so much for your work! I got a lot of good tips from your videos for mixing of my songs on Garageband, and this video also clearly explains the difference between mixing and mastering. Also, I love your song!! Great lyrics too!
Nice explanation, made my understanding about the difference a bit clearer. I often did a bit of "mastering" on the Stereo Out track according to this. :)
REALLY digging your videos. It's challenging to find paid, much less free, video that have excellent teaching. You've achieved that and thank you so much!
Little advice. Landr is not bad, but if you get the iZotope Ozone plug in, you can get litterly the same Result with the Assistant. But you do not have to pay for each track but just one time. Plus you can use that as a starting point to do your own mastering out of that
This is why the internet sometimes is jus ta beautiful beautiful thing. Thanks so much for explaining. I was totally into your video and then I heard the lyrics and felt a need to subscribe. I havent come across any logic tutorials with a christian host. Thank you! I didn't even know that what I was doing was mixing.
This video made me realize that I've forgotten a major step in the past before releasing my songs. A lil embarrassing, but it totally makes sense why they don't sound that bad, but stand out in a Playlist with other songs from other artist... But hey who says you can't re-release and remix your own songs. 😂
I used to write and record in Ableton and Mix and Master in Logic. I would get so confused and slowed down by the transition between DAW. Now I mix in Ableton - and only master the bounce in Logic. (Just out of habit) I enjoy having this change of scenery every now and then.
4:18 - I see it the other way around: mixing is ‘micro’ to me as it has micro-control over every working part of the work…the ability to tweak every small detail. Thus mastering to me is ‘macro’ - where ones control over the work is somewhat minor by comparison…thus the tweaking of mastering is far more subtle. If you have a great mixing engineer then the less the mastering engineer needs to do. Does it often happen that the mastering engineer has nothing to do?
Wow. When you played your song, I was like, here we go again, another so called girl chaser. But when I heard Jesus Chirst, you got me smiling. 😂 God bless you man😊. Subscribed!
Thank you, Dean, for another very helpful video. You're a great tutor in so many ways - nice pace, clear diction and, perhaps best of all, you never 'assume knowledge' on the part of your students and risk losing them in a maze of technical babble as do some other trainers (they shall remain shameless : ) Thank you.
Hey man just wanted to say this is a great explanation - I've found it very helpful starting out in songwriting, very well explained and simple which is the ultimate goal of engineering and teaching. Great job and thank you!:) - Brad Kingdom.
So the purpose of mastering is to brickwall the music to make it stop sounding like music anymore? Perhaps that’s why there are 3 good sounding albums released each year nowadays
Thx for this vid bro! Being a LANDR artist who randomly found this, it helped me decide to use the mastering tool and not hire a mastering engineer just yet 🤣
I’ve been told that my songs are quiet because of the bad mixing. Does it need -6dB of headroom for master after putting compression and saturation or before ?
Hey Kendru! I typically leave several db's of clean headroom which gives room for the mastering engineer/engine to add volume/dynamics to the mix without it clipping. I do the same and leave loudness for mastering not for mixing. Mixing for me is about volume balance, mastering is about raising the volume (simplified, of course). -Dean
Amazing video bro! Some producers recommend that even if you can master your track on your own, you should consider sending it to a master engineer as he would have fresh ears for your track, do you agree with this? Greetings from Egypt
Hey Atwa! I agree with it IF you have the budget$ for it AND IF you have been doing it a while and are at a more advanced stage in your producing/mixing. If you're just getting started I don't think you need to spend the money on getting a top dollar master when you could get one from Landr.com or another place for not that much! -Dean
Your entire vibe is “the nicest guy you will ever meet”
ha I don't know if that's a compliment or not but I'll take it as one I guess :P
@@thesongwritingstudio5783 Oh my goodness yes, yes it is. I’m so sorry it didn’t seem that way, I could’ve written that way better. I’m saying you seem and sound like a very friendly, open and nice person.
@@NicCorbett It's all good Nic! ha well I appreciate the compliment and I'm sure you're a friendly person yourself as it "takes one to know one"!
@@thesongwritingstudio5783 On the outside yeah. Thank you for putting out videos like this, they are very helpful
@@NicCorbett no problem!
nothing could have prepared me for those Christian vocals 💀
DEADASS WHAT I WAS THINKING
why was I vibing tho 😂
LMAO that moment is exactly when i scrolled down to look at the comments
@@wadball it went from the 1975 to sunday morning at church
HAHAHAHA SAME LOL
That's the reason why mixing is more important than mastering...
This is literally the exact video I have needed for a while now! Thanks man 🙌🏻
Love hearing that Reuben, glad it was helpful! --Dean
Thanks Dean, you are the best.
Oooh, I like the explanation video but I LOVE the sneak peek of your music! Thanks for sharing!
You strategy to explaining by providing a practical example was well done. Thank you!
This gave me SUCH great clarity, on what next steps to break down into, in order to start mixing and mastering some of my recent tracks, which can then be applied as I expand into more music that I experiment on this stuff with.
Thank you so much for this!
Dean, your videos are the best, for real. thank you for sharing all of your knowledge
Thanks Steve, that means a lot! So glad the content is helpful! -Dean
Thank you very much for explaining such a complex process so simple! I am searching for this kind of answer for years! Respect!
ALWAYS LOVE YOUR VIDEOS DEAN VERY EDUCATIONAL THANKS MAN !!!!!
Thanks WAPTOPIA! -Dean
This video was perfect! Thank you so much for this! I never really knew what the differences were when people talked to me about mixing and mastering. Then after watching this I realized I do all of this myself anyways lol however, now I know what the phases truly mean!
Nice and easy to understand.
Appreciate the video. Great song too, praise Jesus!
This video was everything I needed, I think I finally got it!!! Thank you.
Love that Babs, so glad it was helpful! -Dean
This is the best time to me understand mixing and mastering in easy way especially visually. Thank you so much Dean. Can we mastering our song on Garageband or only Logic pro x?
Hey there! You can indeed master in GarageBand but you would need some 3rd party tools like a meter plugin or something like Ozone... -Dean
How do we add the mixing plug in to GarageBand? I seem to struggle with adding any plug-ins that aren't downloaded through the software
For the first time I knew clearly the difference between mixing and mastering. I have been mixing for quite while for my amateur project; but didn’t quite know what is mastering. This clarifies that question. Thank you.
BRAVO Dean. Another straight to the point gem! Thank you 🏆🇬🇧
You are welcome Nigel, so glad it was helpful and I appreciate the kind feedback! -Dean
Hey man, this was really helpful. I am a drummer and I also starting singing very recently! I've always been a bit intimidated with these two terms "mixing" & "mastering", but as much as I am doing it more and more for my videos every week, I think I am getting a bit better. BUT!! Now that I've watched your video, it really gives me a clear picture of what I am supposed to do. Thanks! Informative video. Plus I love the way you included your patreons too. So cool! Subscribing right away!!
Dean, I have just come back to this and I am embarrassed that I didn't say BRAVO ref your track before.
So, here goes: BRAVO mate, that is one slice of sunshine right there!
So radio-friendly it hurts!!!! 🌞🏆
Religion aside... You should be commended for publishing this. As a recording artist, it is PARAMOUNT to understand that your goal in mixing is to really hone in on exactly what you want your song to be. Too many hucksters out there are trying to rip people off, having them think, "...yeah, you know how to mix, but you need me to master for you, otherwise you're not gonna have that competitive "professional" sound..." You hit the nail on the head when you described the subtlety of mastering as "micro". If you have finished your mixing, and you feel that what you've got is a mess, don't expect a mastering engineer to perform miracles for you. Your goal is really to mix such that you almost feel you don't need mastering at all!!
Simple. Clean. I loved it!
having to turn your headphones down for the mastered process but still not compromising the quality shows that the masting engineer is a vital part of a great production.
Great video by the way! Love the clear definition and Explanations
I watched a few videos on this topic, but I was left kinda still unsure of what is really the difference. Like he said, they all say Mastering is more like polishing the end product, but it was very hard to really understand without a real world example. This video helped to clarify what exactly Mastering is and why it's important. Thank you for giving an answer with substance. I'm sure I'm not the only person who appreciated this.
THANK YOU ,,, Sure is refreshing to see ONE musician that is not covered in ink and rings,,, I don't understand why most in the music industry try to look like something from a carnival side show. Thank You for this video sir !
Thanks so much.
I look forward to growing into this.
Bro thank you, you explained this so good
My brother in christ this is a fantastic video.
Thank you so much for your work! I got a lot of good tips from your videos for mixing of my songs on Garageband, and this video also clearly explains the difference between mixing and mastering. Also, I love your song!! Great lyrics too!
Yes sir!! another brother in christ that song is nice.
ha yes sir! And thanks Ronje! -Dean
Gems!!! more visuals like this
The music is beautiful!! God bless you!!
Nice explanation, made my understanding about the difference a bit clearer. I often did a bit of "mastering" on the Stereo Out track according to this. :)
REALLY digging your videos. It's challenging to find paid, much less free, video that have excellent teaching. You've achieved that and thank you so much!
This video was well detailed. Thank you so much
Exactly what I have been looking for,,thank you so much
So glad it was helpful anup! -Dean
Little advice. Landr is not bad, but if you get the iZotope Ozone plug in, you can get litterly the same Result with the Assistant. But you do not have to pay for each track but just one time. Plus you can use that as a starting point to do your own mastering out of that
This was super helpful, thanks Dean
Thank You Dean, very clear and crisp explanation. BTW, nice song!
Really good video, thank you!
This is why the internet sometimes is jus ta beautiful beautiful thing. Thanks so much for explaining. I was totally into your video and then I heard the lyrics and felt a need to subscribe. I havent come across any logic tutorials with a christian host. Thank you! I didn't even know that what I was doing was mixing.
Thank you Dean for this informative video! 😍😻🐶
Super helpful thank you!!
Jesus Christ you're beautiful, you're beautiful, you're beautiful... wow I love this.. God bless you brother!!
It was so nice to hear those Christian lyrics. Can't go wrong with it!
My name is Dean
noice! :P
thanks over 15 years experienced , i got the truth facts about Mixing and Mastering
So mixing is leveling all the volumes for individual elements of a song and mastering is making that exported song louder without distorting it!
This video made me realize that I've forgotten a major step in the past before releasing my songs. A lil embarrassing, but it totally makes sense why they don't sound that bad, but stand out in a Playlist with other songs from other artist... But hey who says you can't re-release and remix your own songs. 😂
Thanks you are answering the questions I have an it’s straight to the point 🙏
Very cool video Dean. Can I do the mastering on my music by increasing the compressor, high, EQ and bright in the automation of garage band?
Great video, never really understood the difference.
Amazing voice as well!
So precise and informative..love your videos!!
These videos are sooooo good thankyou!!!!
Came for the content. Stayed for the smile. And the content.
Wonderful... Thanks Dean.
You're welcome Josel! -Dean
I used to write and record in Ableton and Mix and Master in Logic. I would get so confused and slowed down by the transition between DAW. Now I mix in Ableton - and only master the bounce in Logic. (Just out of habit) I enjoy having this change of scenery every now and then.
3:30 your version is better than mastered
I’m just a random fan who doesn’t anything about making music but this sounds like a luxury . I could tell no difference in the songs!
4:18 - I see it the other way around: mixing is ‘micro’ to me as it has micro-control over every working part of the work…the ability to tweak every small detail.
Thus mastering to me is ‘macro’ - where ones control over the work is somewhat minor by comparison…thus the tweaking of mastering is far more subtle.
If you have a great mixing engineer then the less the mastering engineer needs to do.
Does it often happen that the mastering engineer has nothing to do?
beautiful message!
Thank you brother... God bless you 🙏🏻
Glad to help, blessings! -Dean
Wow. When you played your song, I was like, here we go again, another so called girl chaser. But when I heard Jesus Chirst, you got me smiling. 😂 God bless you man😊. Subscribed!
Thank you so much for making this video
you're awesome. thank you so much for making these videos. they are very helpful.
I love the lyrics 🫡🔥
Thank you, Dean, for another very helpful video. You're a great tutor in so many ways - nice pace, clear diction and, perhaps best of all, you never 'assume knowledge' on the part of your students and risk losing them in a maze of technical babble as do some other trainers (they shall remain shameless : ) Thank you.
ha well thanks Papa Medecin, that means a lot! And so glad to hear the content has been useful and attainable! -Dean
Hey man just wanted to say this is a great explanation - I've found it very helpful starting out in songwriting, very well explained and simple which is the ultimate goal of engineering and teaching. Great job and thank you!:) - Brad Kingdom.
So glad it was helpful Brad and thanks for the encouragement! -Dean
Thanks I never considered mastering anything until now.
exactly what i wanted, great explanation thanks!
Loved the explanation, loved it even more that the song was about our Lord & savior Jesus Christ !
this video was really helpful. thanks for putting it up
This was great insight
Is that a Samick Greg Bennett FA 2 Telecaster I see behind you?
Wow, this is very helpful! Thanks so much!🤙
Thanks, Dean.
Such Helpful Video!!
Mixing: taking a clear picture.
Mastering: adding the filters.
😂👍🏻
When the hook came in 😍😍♥️🙌🏿❤️
beautiful jesus!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for this video brother,
Greetings from India.
So the purpose of mastering is to brickwall the music to make it stop sounding like music anymore? Perhaps that’s why there are 3 good sounding albums released each year nowadays
Great explanation, thank you
excellent explanation. love that you gave audio examples. thank you!
So glad it was helpful TheCheeryElement! -Dean
thanks for the Help ♥️
So glad it was helpful Arnold!
One Love 🙏🏿❤🙏🏻
EXCELLENT SONG & INFO!!!
You made a beautiful song!
Thanks Tricia! -Dean
THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!
Thx for this vid bro! Being a LANDR artist who randomly found this, it helped me decide to use the mastering tool and not hire a mastering engineer just yet 🤣
I’ve been told that my songs are quiet because of the bad mixing. Does it need -6dB of headroom for master after putting compression and saturation or before ?
Hey Kendru! I typically leave several db's of clean headroom which gives room for the mastering engineer/engine to add volume/dynamics to the mix without it clipping. I do the same and leave loudness for mastering not for mixing. Mixing for me is about volume balance, mastering is about raising the volume (simplified, of course). -Dean
Jesus is King
Great one, make more like these.
THANK YOU DEAN
You're welcome el atlas! -Dean
perfect video to understand easily thanks dear...
Your the 🐐
ha dunno about da goat but glad it was helpful Nbnflzick -Dean
Wow! This was really helpful. Great song too!!
Amazing video bro!
Some producers recommend that even if you can master your track on your own, you should consider sending it to a master engineer as he would have fresh ears for your track, do you agree with this?
Greetings from Egypt
Hey Atwa! I agree with it IF you have the budget$ for it AND IF you have been doing it a while and are at a more advanced stage in your producing/mixing. If you're just getting started I don't think you need to spend the money on getting a top dollar master when you could get one from Landr.com or another place for not that much! -Dean
That song you made was fire
Thanks man you helped out a lot. 🖤