Mastering with Universal Audio's Precision Series Plug-Ins

[boogiesob]

Out Now:

Precision Decision™ 1.0

Give your brain a break! Precision Decision™ 1.0 will make any of your decisions!

It`s cross platform! Use it on all your mixes! It automatically leaves away bad vocal tracks or disturbing ghost notes on drum tracks. Dull minor guitar chords will be converted to shining major chords on the fly! :)

[elePHATmastering]

How many times the word "Precision" was heard?

[KrisN96]

Precision, Precision, and Precision. Precision my ass!

[imDonDiestro]

can i use this with FL - studio or as a program on its own?

[MrDFLIGHT]

Great video and introduction to the plugins!!! I think most people miss the point of how important plugin's like these are!!! Most people are tone deaf, frequency deaf, and don't want to put in the money for a great result!!!.........DFLIGHT

[flash001USA]

Thanks! You went at this with a common sense approach and you did answer a few questions for me! In the end, it comes down to basically two things. 1. Does it sound good to your own ears, 2. Does the clarity stay consistent when it is played in different systems like a car stereo vs home stereo or even in ear buds?

[SolosWithStyle]

The precision enhancer is clipping... 

[docfraktal]

The Lord of the Master"cock"ring

[gageandcrackers]

Fuck Compression.

[PattyWhomperOFFICIAL]

have a dj remix these lamers, then master that... 0.o

[TheDedMic]

Did it died the frequency?

[santiago458]

That's amazing!

[razorhanny]

Next time you do that diabled/enabled bulsshit, equal the levels bytc h!

[razorhanny]

WTF, that's the worst song ever, It sounds like deadly phantoms playing beach boys

[alienconnection03]

Thank you

[kazunanakama]

You've got to have TTS after that, keep crankin' that "pro" stuff..

[BESTUNDRATEDEUCER]

I wanna have sex with all u people!!!!!!!!!!

[markscudder]

This song is awful.

[justmusicify]

im challenging those who claims to be music tutors, to start doing the real mixing and mastering, to drop legit knowledge about this gig.all i have seen is pre mixed and mastered material, where music nerd's are just showing you knobs.it doesn't matter what kind of music,and what kind of software you use.make sure its a full track,with vocals!then make an epic life on youtube, do not pre-mix/master & then show us the results,we want to see you obtain those results, and talk through the vid.

[BludStatic123]

Do you know where we can get a demo of this

[pranza]

don't sweep! :)

[BludStatic123]

@pranza Could you even hear differences from the plugins

[Djpatbass]

Awesome :) Thanks for this awesome tut ,, **Stars**

[triclops8]

What´s the title of the song?

[djveto]

ALL

[ONEyeMarco]

that was a good demonstration

[cast390]

Nothing beats Waves....NOTHING

[DjayDmo]

really great video. made clear of the mastering process and basic overview of vst's used.

Just wondering on you thoughts about the stereo enhancer.....i produce and master my own trance and house music, i hear that its bad to use stereo enhancement cos it muddles the low frequencies when played over a large system? is this true?

[ERICINMYPOCKET]

How can i get the trial verson

[dabeatsfactory]

beyond the plug in, i like this track someone can tell me what's the name of the band?

[evilmurderproduction]

awsome, thank you for sharing this info. It will come in very handy.

[djveto]

I use these plugins daily at Black Diamond Studios in Oregon

[Malmsteen1990]

i can't avoid think in Stratovarius when i see the words "Black Diamond"

[bkguitar1]

contact our studio if have these plugins and are

really great at using them.. i can;t seem to get my adres posted here properly  but you can see what it is below.

jazzidame at ahoo dotcom

[bkguitar1]

hi, if you own these pluggins and limiter and are really great at using them ..contact our studio.

i posted my email adress on the uad forum site

and also at gearslutz.

thnx, jazzidame

[bkguitar1]

hi why can't i post anything here, own to uad mic preamps ......... thanx

[marcuswudz]

wouldve liked to see this demoed on a more modern/electronic sounding song, more dynamics, more pounding drums n bass etc. somewthing more to work with for the plugins. this didnt make me go and buy it

[majormixer]

Nice presentation. Simple to the point.

[guitargamery]

is a shame that a great plugin demo like this wasnt made in a decent computer that can process the leds at realtime( 8:00 ) you can see it clearly, i had bought this package of plugins with a pci card and was quit a bit($) and im very happy with it, in my pc runs so nice(intel core2quad Q9650-3.0ghz but is overclocked to 3.8ghz) how a multimilionair industry like universal audio(uad's) dont have a good pc for this demontration??hehe lol hummm quit strange, cheers and by the way nice video

[djwondermike]

Nice, but the 2 maximisers .ucked up the sound a bit, less sometimes is more.

[vynum]

If you notice in the title of this video the word, "Mastering". Mastering is a process that is to be considered a major part of "Final Mix Down". These plug-ins seem to accomplish goals at this production stage. As cool as technology is today, You can also use these in presetting situations as well.

"Suddle" signal changes to give more headroom without destroying the final take. Excellent!!!!

[danihobinsen]

Too sibilant for my taste.

[Sweetassour]

LMFAO look at all his plugins you can only run one maximizer and it maxes out the DSP, different story with the uad 2 but some of us don't make money we're just hobbyists.

[AnchoriteProductions]

Nice demo! -Derek

[daredevillive]

cpu goes to 100% with all plugs on, is it normal?

[Bluedrake42]

yeah, if your computer sucks

[smackdee]

Uad does not run off the comp(Ram),they run off the UAD cards you put in the the comp.And yes to run all that you would need a few or the quad card!!!!!!

[samboskull]

Yeah, it just means your computer isn't powerful enough,

OR

your computer doesn't have enough CPU power to give.

Seriously digital mastering eats CPU, you're talking 4 GB of RAM and a high end dual core processor (Standard off-the-shelf "high end "computer) and you'll still be slapping 100%

[daredevillive]

when I master it can go up to 20-30 %, with only 2gigs of ram. I use chains of 5 or more plugs. Waves, ozone etc.

[NathanLee0921]

how do I buy these? Can't find a buy button on your website.

[BlogAudioLoco]

great video added to ProAudioTV[.]com with other audio related video tutorials. enjoy!

[thegetawayplan9]

To bad if you run all these plugins on a single UAD-1 card it shuts a plugin off.

[brylner]

I don't meen to complain but couldn't they have choosed another song. This is quite boring I think. It's not fair to the plug-ins.

[goodvibrato]

i like the song. part of the reason i stuck around to watch the video.

[brylner]

Yeah well not so dynamic. Would be more interesting to see the plugins work with a song with more dynamic range. However taste is different thank god.

[tensago]

yeah, sounds like foo fighters when they started in 1990's

[b2a1a1]

my latest home record (I recorded a nu-meal band) reaches around -7.5 or -7.4 RMS, which is quite good for now and quality is nice too... I haven't tried the UA Precision plugins yet, so I'm going to get them ASAP. Mostly I use SSL 4000 Channel, Eq and Comp from Waves Diamond Package and L3 UltraMaximizer also from Waves.

Do anyone used SSL4000 Eq yet? Did anyone find an Eq that could be better? I tried Oxford Eq but I'm not so impressed.

Cheerz

[MaTr1x2051]

There are times you may process post-compression... but that will always be followed by another compression or limiter (a form of compression). However, to make sure your comps are reacting the right way, you usually will do most processing pre-comp, not after.

[SandBox86]

men!! holy sheet!! check death magnetic from metallica, loudest parts reach -6 dB RMS...

[MaTr1x2051]

Ya, that whole album was clipped before mastering even happened. Its disgusting... There is no reason for tracks to need to be that 'loud'. If you want to listen to them louder, turn the damn volume up. In my opinion, things really don't need to be louder than -15 bd RMS... sadly the loudness wars are dictating otherwise :-(

[goffy44]

@MaTr1x2051 wtf at -15 db you might just want to wisper your song you need to look closer at what a compressor really does

[MaTr1x2051]

@goffy44 - your comment actually shows that you have no idea what a compressor does. Whisper or scream it - won't matter cause playback volume determines listening volume. If your stereo doesn't have a volume knob, I suggest you invest in a new one made post 1940. Compressors were never and still aren't built to remove dynamics. They are built to CONTROL them. Same with limiters. They aren't made to kill transients, they are made to CONTROL them.

[goffy44]

@MaTr1x2051 your comment actually shows that you have no idea what a compressor does. Whisper or scream it - won't matter cause playback volume determines listening volume. If your stereo doesn't have a volume knob, I suggest you invest in a new one made post 1940. Compressors were never and still aren't built to remove dynamics. They are built to CONTROL them. Same with limiters. They aren't made to kill transients, they are made to CONTROL them. 1 week ago

[T74G]

@MaTr1x2051

AMEN!!

[cirusMEDIA]

@MaTr1x2051 WELL SAID!!!

[thombone]

He keeps tweaking and processing AFTER compression? Compression has to be the last in the chain, because all headroom has been lost. Also, he's going in the red in the output, and thus destroying (clipping) the audio.

Nice try.

Then he puts the limiter LAST in the chain, basically masking the fact that he already destroyed the audio in the beginning, processed AGAIN clipped, digitally distorted audio, then backs it back down when it's already too late and the damage has been done.

Sad.

[SandBox86]

NOOB

[thombone]

Hardly. I've been a mastering engineer for over 20 years.

[ivspeedway]

Seems to me like the end sound of the end product is more important than how you get there. But this video is about selling plugins anyway, not getting pristine sound.

[SandBox86]

well.. you said everything with that.. your mind is from 20 years ago, when 4 ch recordings and tapes were the greatest things.. poor boy.. NOOB

[thombone]

LOL not quite... although I can (and often do) master in 5.1 and 7.1 surround. So, do you feel good about yourself being a youtube flamer?

[SandBox86]

men.. I dont care if you "master" a 22.2 surround because you showed that you dont even know how to master a stereo track.. sorry men.. NOOB.. and hey!! look how angry you are hahahaha.. and remeber this words.. and noob can be forever. NOOB. lol.

[MaTr1x2051]

lol... wow. If the plug-ins are floating 32-bit then pushing them into 'clipping' doesn't actually clip them. It's nearly impossible to clip a 32-bit floating plug. Most DAWs these days allow the individual tracks to hit red without any distortion or degredation of audio. Although, if that over hits the Master, or leaves the DAW in any way, it will definitely clip.

But ya, never process after comp. When you get levels under control, just a little eq can send you over and cause cd rejects

[SandBox86]

as you say matrix you are in the right way.. going into positive digital values for dB scale doesn't mean you are destroying audio (of course not for rendering, bouncing, or going through analog outputs)

compressing is not the last process in the chain dude, if you have experience, you'll see mastered tracks nowadays rise even up to a range between -7 ~ -9 dB RMS in the loudest parts, so if you try to get a signal into such a level only with compression you'll have a very pushy mix.. so..

[MaTr1x2051]

Yes, but RMS and dbfs aren't the same. If your peaks hit 0dbfs, any change of processing will send you over, causing a digital clip and erorrs at cd pressing time. You can have 0dbfs with any RMS value, they aren't related.

I regularly make masters hiting the -8 and -7 db RMS values, but they can only hit a 0dbfs maximum. Thus to ensure you don't exceed that value, you need to limit as the last stage of the master bus... Anything done post-limiting will cause digital overs, even eq cuts.

[2007TypeR]

Don't see the point in UAD because these days plugins are available and CPU power is cheap. Hardware does not equal better sound either.

[guitarrodan104]

Those Processors are amazing!! I abso lutely loved the EQ, Multiband Compressor and the Limiter.

[boldequation]

This sounds like something off Built To Spill's first album

[zellymusic]

yea as for me untill I can get these plugs I use the SSL Bundle along with some plugs from KJAERHUS

[einsaplus]

Whats the title of this song?

[elef003]

Bad - This Song Is Really Bad (But We Used Hardware, So It's Automatically Good)

thats it

[henkie27272]

Awesome set of plugs for sure.Keep in mind that when you buy the card,you still need to purchase this particular set of mastering plug-ins seperately.And they're not cheap!You do get a couple of realy high end plugs thrown in.The Pultec eq for example is well worth the cost of the card alone

[LucidQuest]

Wait wait. that Precision array should need a single UAD DSP Card ?!

[daverehnstrom]

you can use it on pc too

[Mongoosh]

are this the effects you get when you buy a uad card ? then i realy think i have to start saving money 4 a mac and sutch a card. this tools look verry powerfull

[tiekumark]

they are not effects they are processes

[Mongoosh]

Read well. Are this the effects you get when you buy a uad card. I know the uad card is a proccesor. I know how fast it is . But i'm interested in the kind of effects you runn on the proccesor. And i think this clip is about the effects you run on the uad card

[tiekumark]

oh no sorry i think you have misunderstood me. what i was saying is that in compression, EQ, limiting and maximisation are not called effects weather on a computer or in outboard. they are called processes.

effects are reverbs delays etc.

as for your other question you do get these with the UAD card there are different packages you can get. but each plugin is pretty decent

[Mongoosh]

Correct they called effect proccesors. But you're right. But i'm sure I first wil get a mac. And they i'm going to put a UAD card in it. I love the procesing power and difrent sets of procesors you can get.

[guitarrodan104]

Actually, you made one TINY mistake in that last statement. Reverbs are not effects, they are actually considered processors too.

[zzmook]

The mastering suite does not come with any of the card packs, is $500 extra but money well spent. I highly recommend the Neveana pack if you do get a UAD.