What am I going to be including in this series?

Simplicity

Topics in this series

Image Editing

What can mastering do?

Choosing how to master an album

Where did we get these songs?

Creating and editing mastering metadata

Why WaveLab is perfect for mastering

Free Mastering PDF

Intro

What is mastering?

How do you want listeners to describe your music?

Aims of mastering

Mastering tools

How Mastering Can Enhance Your Mix

Multiband Plugins

Inside Functionality

Royalty Codes

DDP (Disc Description Protocol)

Introduction

Who is Daniel Rowland?

What is mastering?

RIAA EQ curve and corrective EQ

Is mastering necessary?

What does mastering actually do?

How is mastering different from mixing?

What decisions will a mastering engineer make?

Loudness

Should you master your own music?

How does online mastering work?

Intro

Mixing & Mastering defined

Challenge 1: I can't hear it!

Challenge 2: Muddy low end

Challenge 3: Bright top end

Challenge 4: Good balance, but tracks still jump out

Challenge 5: Dry vocals

Challenge 6: Client notes

Outro

MASTERING MONTH WEEK 1: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MASTERING

WHY IS MASTERING IMPORTANT?

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MIXING AND MASTERING?

TIPS FOR MASTERING

Introduction

Audio mastering basics

What is mastering?

Can you mix and master at the same time?

Level vs. loudness

How genre influences loudness

Are there rules in mastering?

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Intro to mastering

Listening to the song all the way through

Applying a limiter

Removing harsh frequencies

Removing low-end rumble

Compression

Adding a frequency shifter

Listening to the mastered track

Adding fades

Where to find Realistic Productions

The Home Display

Mid Button

How Do True Peaks Affect Music?

Mastering Presets

Left/Right Meter

Dynamic Range

Mastering Can Lower The Dynamic Range Of Your Track

Loudness Range Recommendations

Settings

Conclusion

Mastering for streaming services

Peak-normalized vs. loudness-normalized levels

How streaming services work

How to set levels for streaming services

How lossy codecs affect audio levels

How to reduce distortion in a lossy file

Loudness normalization and streaming services

Implications of loudness normalization

The conundrum of loudness normalization

Conclusion

What is mastering all about?

What does a mastering engineer do?

Working with dynamics

Importance of a mastering consultation

Intro

Why Ask the Question Why?

How this principle applies to life

My first recording gear

Why the original sounded better

BONUS Advice for Beginners

Introduction

What's mastering?

Environment

Mix Prep

References

Dynamics

Finishing Touches

Thoughts

WHAT THE HELL IS MASTERING?

Mastering "Makes it louder"

Mastering is essential

TAKEAWAY #2 Mixers should not master their tracks

Mastering engineers are adding processing that is affecting the entire mix

Never master while you mix

MIX BUS PROCESSING

Don't obsess over loudness

Leave loudness for the mastering engineer

The 7 steps to making radio-ready music at home

Intro

1. Mastering your own mixes

2. Use high fidelity references

3. Mastering where you mix

4. Evaluating speakers for mastering

5. Improve your listening environment

6. Benefits of digital room correction

7. What digital room correction can’t fix

8. Will listening environments always matter?

9. Don’t lose perspective

10. Knowing when you’re done

Outro

Examples of Mastering with Comparisons of the Original Mix the Finished Master

Has the Mastering Process Really Made the Sound Better

Example 2