I was paying landr to master my tracks but after watching your vids I just mastered my first one on my own and it came out amazing. I'm def subscribing...Appreciate you vids bro. Loyal sub right here from this moment on.
This helped me so much. My beats sound 10x better. Nothing to loud. Nothing to quiet. No distorting. Just a clean and clear mix all the way through. Thank you for taking out the time to help🙏
Sean, I'm a musician first engineer 2nd and your videos have helped me improve my sound and understand the science behind mastering. Thanks a ton! Keep it up!
You don't know how much inappreciate your tutorials.. You explain everything we need to know and also you sound and look very confident in your seshes. Good shit mane keep at it
Thanks for this Sean. Started producing 3 months ago and this has saved me time and I’ve literally followed your method step by step and it works. Thanks once more man. I really appreciate it
I didn't think this work work out well, but it did - well done. I was especially surprised at how transparent the limiter sounded with quite a bit of gain reduction
thanks man, used this for my hiphop beat and honestly the most blessed piece now. first beat i made and now sounds 10x better because of this, appreciate it dude!
I may have deleted the comment you replied to, but thank you so much for replying to my comment on your 7yo video. I had the concern about getting the limiter gain to boost my rms dbs. Of course you were right and my plugin chain was out of order. Fortunately, someone on reddit helped me with that too. This mastering technique of yours is truly amazing. Mastering was the one element that I haven't been able to wrap my head around for 15 years, no joke, but this video and your explanations made so much sense and helped so much. Once I got my plugins properly ordered, I finally have a track that sounds good and loud after all these years. Thanks again, you're a legend.
Im learning so much and loving your channel. Many thanks for posting this stuff for free. So many mix/master engineers are reluctant to share tips and understandably so - it's their living. I just hope the channel generates you an increased amount of paid work!
bro your the best audio engineer ..nice how you explain ...got you i was having problems with my master but now thanks to you i know more about it take care broky
What’s up Sean. I got a bunch of questions from this vid if you have a min to go through them. I’ll separate them to keep it neat 1)why use a limiter? Why not just raise all the track volumes together? 2)do you always set the ceiling on the gain plugin at 0.1? If so why? 3)can you get away with just using rms and not use lufs just for simplicity sake? It would be one less thing to worry about. If so, did you say it’s just good practice to keep it at -8 for the whole track? 4)is this video applicable to any genre for the most part? How may it differ? 5)what is mandatory in the mastering process? I know everything is highly subjective with music but what would you say is objective? I assume one thing would be that the music needs to be at a certain dB to compete. I assume theres some other things as well. Could you break it down? Hope you can answer these when you’re free. No rush. Whatever you have time for is appreciated.
I appreciate you so much bro. huge help. any videos on beat mixing/mastering with stock plugins? the production side of this would be greatly appreciated
hey man love the info on this video so far i’ll definitely sit down with it better soon! do you have a video on how you got to this point? (noob here) like before bouncing my track, whereabouts should my db be at? and what format would be best? thank you
I have quite a few mixing videos on the channel that cover this - essentially, you want at least 6dB of headroom prior to mastering and the best format is the highest sample rate / bit rate that preserves the original quality of your recording. I typically use 44K / 48K 24 bit depending on the files I receive.
Sean, I completely understand how to master now and what RMS we should be aiming for etc. I'm just a bit confused with what we try to aim for in the mixing stage. Throughout all your videos you push the mix all the way to 0db so where does the headroom come from? Thanks mate, loving these videos! G
much appreciated bro I'm new and pretty much on a budget when it comes to making music and this video is going to be of great help. Do u have a video on mixing, same type of music but with stock plugins?
Dope tutorial I subbed, but was wondering if its better to master the vocals and beat together rather than export them together as a full song then master them, like you did in the tutorial?
Hi! Ur videos are amazin man, thank u for sharin ur knowledge. Please tell me, should I use multi band compressor on my masters on instrumentals ? Salute :)
no problem :) multi band compression is great for that last bit of "glue" on the master. That said, I would be careful to use it very lightly so you don't destroy the transients and dynamics for the beat.
Hey, Sean! :D Great tutorial, going to check out the template! Just wondering, do we have to master on the .wav file or could we do all of this on the master output? Thanks!
hey De' you could master on the stereo output but it does take more CPU if you already have a lot going in your mixing session. Otherwise, it's personal preference :)
Hey Sean, I'm mobile a lot so I end up starting and working on alot of mixes away from a studio with monitors. Do you have suggestions for decent headphones for mixing? I think I remember you mentioning this before but I just don't remember what video it was in. Thanks as always for another great video with good information.
When I tried to use the limiter my RMS wouldn't change no matter how much I raised the DB level. The track got louder and would start distorting but my meter was no help at all. Can you help me with this Sean ?
What do you think about the Slate fgX for mastering? And also do you leave about -6db headroom for mastering? And does that mean -6 on all tracks or -6 on peak levels on the volume output? Thanks
I own and like the FGX. It has a unique character - not as transparent as say the Ozone Maximizer, but still good. -6 is referring to the peak output level. Depending on the situation (especially if you're sending to another engineer for mastering) you want to have at least 3-4dB of headroom.
Great video, I do have one question though. Before i begin mastering I should always bounce the entire project into one region and then just master on a bus track? Would I not get the same effect if I mastered on the original project master bus without bouncing all regions into one?
If we weren't using stock plugins. What would you have used for the stereo spread and multi band compression? I'm having a hard time getting this particular mix to RMS - 5 without getting some glitches
should I add an adaptive limiter on my rap vocal track or should I just have it on my stereo out track? I compressed my vocals using the logic stock platinum digital compressor plug in and adjusted it to where it sounds very crisp but I want it a bit more punchy . Should I turn up my make up gain on the compressor or the output gain on the bottom right corner of the compressor? Or am I better off just adding some gain on the adaptive limiter? Please help, you're videos have gotten me so far!
I would try a combination of reducing the amount of attenuation on the compressor and then add an adaptive limiter as the last plugin on the chain. If you're looking for "punchy" then you don't want to over-compress your vocal and you can get a touch of extra volume with the limiter.
I was paying landr to master my tracks but after watching your vids I just mastered my first one on my own and it came out amazing. I'm def subscribing...Appreciate you vids bro. Loyal sub right here from this moment on.
glad to hear that Lamar!
this is the beat I mastered let me know what you think ruclips.net/video/Mh4fkkZFmhY/видео.html
sounds clean! Nice bass line :)
hey bro when i reach the part to use the adaptive limiter the level meter isn't changing its still at -14
what should i do
Yeah I find that LANDR is totally squashing my mix nowadays. It basically ruins my kicks.
01:50 is before
17:24 is after
This helped me so much. My beats sound 10x better. Nothing to loud. Nothing to quiet. No distorting. Just a clean and clear mix all the way through. Thank you for taking out the time to help🙏
:) awesome
After getting the waves bundle, MY GOD it is such a HUGE difference in production quality if you are thinking about getting it GET IT!
Anton Beats wonder what you’d say about UA stuff
BoJack Horseman lmao 🤫
im in my last year in college and you're better than my tutor AMAZING
Relate hahaha college was a joke (Just seen this comment is 3 years old but fuck it)
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i’m in school for sound production and i learn more from youtube. but i get access to like 5 studios for free and a bunch of equipment
Sean, I'm a musician first engineer 2nd and your videos have helped me improve my sound and understand the science behind mastering. Thanks a ton! Keep it up!
Best tutorial engineer online! If you could please make a tutorial on a full mixdown for a hip/rap song with mastering after would be PERFECT 😩🙏🏽
You don't know how much inappreciate your tutorials.. You explain everything we need to know and also you sound and look very confident in your seshes. Good shit mane keep at it
just wanna say thank YOU! i own krk rokit5 for about 2 years. and i finally get the sound i wanted ! Im happy
I use FL studio but even so these tutorials have helped improved the quality of my mixing and mastering so much.
that's awesome Nerf, excited to hear it!
Thanks for this Sean. Started producing 3 months ago and this has saved me time and I’ve literally followed your method step by step and it works. Thanks once more man. I really appreciate it
Great to hear Prince! 🙌
I didn't think this work work out well, but it did - well done. I was especially surprised at how transparent the limiter sounded with quite a bit of gain reduction
glad to hear it man!
thanks man, used this for my hiphop beat and honestly the most blessed piece now. first beat i made and now sounds 10x better because of this, appreciate it dude!
I may have deleted the comment you replied to, but thank you so much for replying to my comment on your 7yo video. I had the concern about getting the limiter gain to boost my rms dbs. Of course you were right and my plugin chain was out of order. Fortunately, someone on reddit helped me with that too. This mastering technique of yours is truly amazing. Mastering was the one element that I haven't been able to wrap my head around for 15 years, no joke, but this video and your explanations made so much sense and helped so much. Once I got my plugins properly ordered, I finally have a track that sounds good and loud after all these years. Thanks again, you're a legend.
Man, I’m just glad to hear it’s still helpful! 🙏🙌
SEAN! Ur a freaking genious!!! Thanks for listening to me bro. Appreciate it.
Sean you save my life man ... Bless you , this ist the greatest mastering tutorial ever !!!
That trick you did with the Gain plugin was dopeeeeeee!! Super helpful.
Only just found this video. Legit saved me. Great tutorial!
I love your videos and your humble attitude sir. Therapeutic voice you have👏👏👏🙏
Thank you kindly :)
Im learning so much and loving your channel. Many thanks for posting this stuff for free. So many mix/master engineers are reluctant to share tips and understandably so - it's their living. I just hope the channel generates you an increased amount of paid work!
glad to hear it's helpful!
Sean Divine...Big Thank for everything !!!
welcome :)
Where is RMS window bro ? Where is Expanded ? I have different window design
This channel is the best i have come across on RUclips. All the videos are so informative. If i am ever in doubt about anything i know where to come!
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Excellent video Sean.. Outstanding work.
Most helpful video I’ve found online to date. Thanks sean
glad to hear it!
bro your the best audio
engineer ..nice how you explain ...got you i was having problems with my master but now thanks to you i know more about it take care broky
glad to hear it!
legend
Thank u for your in sight
sure thing!
That tune was harrdddf
You are my new go-to channel to expand my game in sound design. Thanks for all the content, cannot say it enough.
glad to hear it Keagan!
This video was very informative and made my amateur mastering sound way better and closer to professional.
glad to hear it!
Awesome video Sean. 👏 👏
🙏
respect for this. plz make more videos with stock plug-ins
Broooo you are the best !! Really ! Very helpfully. Thx a lot ! RESPECT FROM GREECE!
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bro this was a life saver game changer. your the man
Landr ain’t getting paid from me no more..thanks bro
Thank you so much
sure thing :)
yooo I just whitelisted you on my ad block, don't what I would do without you bro.
Thank you, Sean.
sure thing
I'm loyal to your vids bro bless ! ,
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Yeah me to
What’s up Sean. I got a bunch of questions from this vid if you have a min to go through them. I’ll separate them to keep it neat
1)why use a limiter? Why not just raise all the track volumes together?
2)do you always set the ceiling on the gain plugin at 0.1? If so why?
3)can you get away with just using rms and not use lufs just for simplicity sake? It would be one less thing to worry about. If so, did you say it’s just good practice to keep it at -8 for the whole track?
4)is this video applicable to any genre for the most part? How may it differ?
5)what is mandatory in the mastering process? I know everything is highly subjective with music but what would you say is objective? I assume one thing would be that the music needs to be at a certain dB to compete. I assume theres some other things as well. Could you break it down?
Hope you can answer these when you’re free. No rush. Whatever you have time for is appreciated.
incredibly helpful. thank you
Aye this is awesome, thank you for this
Your vids are sick
thanks
Great stuff man, helped my production so much!
awesome man!
I appreciate you so much bro. huge help. any videos on beat mixing/mastering with stock plugins? the production side of this would be greatly appreciated
will see if I can get something up for you in the future!
Sean Divine 🙏🏾appreciate it!
Great info!! Thanks for posting this!
I just wish I found your channel sooner! Can't wait to learn more from you, thanks for sharing your skills 🤙🏼
welcome to the channel :)
Awesome video!
Hello bro you can only make a video as you rap complete with wave plugins mix? And hook the sing many thanks would be very much connected to you
Thank you
Sure thing!
Nice video, thank you!
thanks.
hey man love the info on this video so far i’ll definitely sit down with it better soon! do you have a video on how you got to this point? (noob here) like before bouncing my track, whereabouts should my db be at? and what format would be best? thank you
I have quite a few mixing videos on the channel that cover this - essentially, you want at least 6dB of headroom prior to mastering and the best format is the highest sample rate / bit rate that preserves the original quality of your recording. I typically use 44K / 48K 24 bit depending on the files I receive.
awesome content man thanks so much for your help
Sean, I completely understand how to master now and what RMS we should be aiming for etc. I'm just a bit confused with what we try to aim for in the mixing stage. Throughout all your videos you push the mix all the way to 0db so where does the headroom come from? Thanks mate, loving these videos! G
hey George, I have a video which explains this coming soon :)
taught me alot! Thanks Sean
you the best bro!!!!
Dope track
Thank you man !
Thank you for the vid man!
sure thing :)
THANK YOU
Thx for tutorial. btw the song is dope
thanks!
much appreciated bro I'm new and pretty much on a budget when it comes to making music and this video is going to be of great help. Do u have a video on mixing, same type of music but with stock plugins?
check his channel out he has everything you need to about stock plugins
This vid helped me a lot, BIG UPS!!! 🙏
glad to hear it Jonnie!
Thanks man this is soooo helpful.
Btw can you recommend any cool plugin to use instead of Spreader?
ruclips.net/video/PB4lCSSKQHU/видео.html :)
Congrats on 100k
thanks Sammy!
hey man I just watched this video I sub Right away thanks for the tips on mastering
Nice job man
thanks!
Thank you!!!
Dope tutorial I subbed, but was wondering if its better to master the vocals and beat together rather than export them together as a full song then master them, like you did in the tutorial?
you can get good results with different approaches - typically mastering is done with a single, mixed WAV (vocals and beat)
ok thanks ill try that and compare them
Yo Sean
At the end while using the adlimiter it was clipping on the channel. Is that not an issue ?
Amazing video and love learning from you !
it was technically right below 0 for the video... I would suggest setting the ceiling on the master limiter to closer to -1 TP to be safe
Thanks man!!! Really
sure thing :)
ITS REALLY WORKED LOL THANK YOU DUDE
Already sound good
thanks Willie!
So helpful thanks a lot!
glad to hear it Truce
Love da track
HUGE HELP!!
WOW THANK YOU !
Rly good info!! thanks
i love you seannn
Hi! Ur videos are amazin man, thank u for sharin ur knowledge. Please tell me, should I use multi band compressor on my masters on instrumentals ? Salute :)
no problem :) multi band compression is great for that last bit of "glue" on the master. That said, I would be careful to use it very lightly so you don't destroy the transients and dynamics for the beat.
Okay, I''l try it, thank u again!
Thank you so much this video is great!!!!
sure thing :)
thanks bro!
Hey, Sean! :D Great tutorial, going to check out the template! Just wondering, do we have to master on the .wav file or could we do all of this on the master output? Thanks!
hey De' you could master on the stereo output but it does take more CPU if you already have a lot going in your mixing session. Otherwise, it's personal preference :)
Sean Divine Okay,cool! Thanks!
thanks bro!!!
Hey Sean, I'm mobile a lot so I end up starting and working on alot of mixes away from a studio with monitors. Do you have suggestions for decent headphones for mixing? I think I remember you mentioning this before but I just don't remember what video it was in. Thanks as always for another great video with good information.
Lawrence Yancy I use the DT770 for mixing on the go. They translate very well for the most part.
Awesome thanks !
HOLY SHIT THANK YOU
When I tried to use the limiter my RMS wouldn't change no matter how much I raised the DB level. The track got louder and would start distorting but my meter was no help at all.
Can you help me with this Sean ?
thank you, & love you
Can you make mixing with Logic stock plugins?
I dont hear a difference whatsoever when he compares his subtle changes lol but great video def taught me a lot as i folowed along with my beat
thnx
What do you think about the Slate fgX for mastering? And also do you leave about -6db headroom for mastering? And does that mean -6 on all tracks or -6 on peak levels on the volume output? Thanks
I own and like the FGX. It has a unique character - not as transparent as say the Ozone Maximizer, but still good. -6 is referring to the peak output level. Depending on the situation (especially if you're sending to another engineer for mastering) you want to have at least 3-4dB of headroom.
Great video, I do have one question though. Before i begin mastering I should always bounce the entire project into one region and then just master on a bus track? Would I not get the same effect if I mastered on the original project master bus without bouncing all regions into one?
Hey Bailey, you can do it either way. The main benefit of bouncing to a mixed wav would be that you could use a separate project and free up CPU.
If we weren't using stock plugins. What would you have used for the stereo spread and multi band compression? I'm having a hard time getting this particular mix to RMS - 5 without getting some glitches
likely vitamin or ozone imager for spread and the c4 for multiband comp
should I add an adaptive limiter on my rap vocal track or should I just have it on my stereo out track? I compressed my vocals using the logic stock platinum digital compressor plug in and adjusted it to where it sounds very crisp but I want it a bit more punchy . Should I turn up my make up gain on the compressor or the output gain on the bottom right corner of the compressor? Or am I better off just adding some gain on the adaptive limiter? Please help, you're videos have gotten me so far!
I would try a combination of reducing the amount of attenuation on the compressor and then add an adaptive limiter as the last plugin on the chain. If you're looking for "punchy" then you don't want to over-compress your vocal and you can get a touch of extra volume with the limiter.
thanks! another question, would you recommend using an exciter on the stereo out track before or after the linear eq?
I don't generally use an exciter but I would place it after the EQ
Thanks man you've helped me mastered a great track!
Sean have my children !!
Quick question before you started Mastering, the track was only Mix right?
correct!