Mastering your music - which plugins to use and how

[popsticksproductions]

Dear DJMartijnKuilema,

i would like to thank you for your great and helpful tutorial

i looked for many tutorials about "Mastering" and i found that yours was the best for me.

it's nice of you to share your knowledge with others and i thank you for that.

wishing you only the best keep up the good work.

your friend

tal

[TimeControler]

nice ;-) you and roos are still doing a great job, i found this by coincidence when i was checking youtube... thnx for the info as always ;-)

[DadoOfficial]

or you can just put dada life sausage fattener on your 2bus

[DJMartijnKuilema]

@DadoOfficial or you don't ;-)

[DadoOfficial]

@DJMartijnKuilema true but you do save £$ ;)

[BluesJoints]

Hello, what is the tune on the video, sounds like one of my mixes ? If youd like to hear it let me know '

[DJMartijnKuilema]

@BluesJoints I just put 3 loops from sample cds together, it's not a tune ;-)

[BluesJoints]

@DJMartijnKuilema Cool , I'll send you my tune that sounds like the tune you are playing if you send me a email address ~

[DJMartijnKuilema]

@BluesJoints Could you go to my channel and press the Mail Me button on the top right in the menu bar, to send me the link to the track? Thanks ;-)

[serhiy06]

route your mic into ableton and record sound there. So, it is real to glue this sounds w/video

[DJMartijnKuilema]

@serhiy06 Thanks, but I got it covered with a better screen recorder for Mac ;-)

[DJMartijnKuilema]

To all: In the near future I will record an update of this video, cause in the meantime a lot has changed, and the video will be in a better quality ;-) Stay tuned!

[bprince9]

Great video and thanks for sharing! People are so rude saying things like next time use better quality? Why not be thankful for the free lesson? You people are so ungrateful some of you! You know who you are! Just remember common courtesy goes along way! Just remember he took time out of his busy schedule to share this wealth of knowledge with us. Try to show a little more appreciation. If you don't like what he posted or feel you can do a better video than do it! Peace!

[pablix809]

do you think this master chain is good for every style of sectronic music?

thanks!

[DJMartijnKuilema]

@pablix809 Yeah sure, the idea behind it is pretty much the same in all styles of electronic music.

[DeeJaySki22]

Great video..next time use better sound quality though

thanks alot

[DJMartijnKuilema]

@DeeJaySki22 It's been taking care of in the meantime. Thanks :-)

[2bornot2b1984]

@DeeJaySki22

When you play the unprocessed loop in the beginning, the peaks are a few decibels under zero. Next time normalize the track first so peaks are at digital zero. Then we will be able to better hear the before and after difference.

Also. Starting with an electronic loop like that is confusing. For example, a sample kick drum used in a loop was sampled from a finished master recording, and does not need anything done to it.

Same can be said for some synth sounds.

[DJMartijnKuilema]

@2bornot2b1984 You're right. I'll do it better next time ;-) Thanks

[MurphyProductions87]

Hey Great video, is this good for Dancehall or reggae music? Do you do mastering? will love to send over some work to you

[DJMartijnKuilema]

@MurphyProductions87 Yes sure, you can use this kind of chain on a lot of styles, yours included. Yes I do mixing/mastering services. Please go to my website (link under the video) and just email me about this ;-) Thanks.

[serhiy06]

huh man. Please record the sound from your soundcard directly next time. I hear nothing

[DJMartijnKuilema]

@serhiy06 It has been taking care of. This wasn't possible with Camtasia for Mac (strange). I switched to a better screen recorder.

[grzankomuzykant]

Hi DjMartijnKuilema I really have learned from YOur video thank You for that. What would You change in this chain for hip hop music? should I put less bass on EQ?

[DJMartijnKuilema]

@grzankomuzykant: To be honest I don't have any experience with HipHop, but I can imagine that the settings aren't that different from Dance music. Maybe HipHop has more lowend bass then Dance, below the 50Hz, so indeed the EQ settings can be different. And also these are main settings which normally need to be tweaked a little for each track. Good luck!

[tchekitout]

Why use plug ins?? Ableton has all the softwre you need.

[DJMartijnKuilema]

@tchekitout quality ;-)

[rainbowbowserpow9999]

Going for loudest song possible is leading to the terrible loudness war IT MUST STOP!

[DJMartijnKuilema]

@rainbowbowserpow9999 I must say.. I agree. But nobody has the guts to be the first to release a song which is quiter (with more dynamics) then the rest. And this I can understand.

[markkessels]

Kijk, laten we dat eens gaat proberen:)

Danku Martijn!

[analyzingfunny]

Really, what you did was only mix correctly. After this, then you would add the final compression, EQ and reverb. But this requires a higher quality that was is available on the digital realm. This is first fed into a tape machine, which makes it bigger, then through the effect, then onto tape again, Then back to digital. 20,000 rolls of mastering tape is *still* sold each year. There is a reason for this. Tape is still the state of the art, and dont forget it.

[HeniconWoW]

Geabboneerd :)

[DJMartijnKuilema]

@HeniconWoW dank u ;-)

[mordsgaudimachen]

Thanks that was informative. Im trying to learn about mastering, do your settings generally work for all styles of music, or are they style specific?

[DJMartijnKuilema]

@mordsgaudimachen It will probably work on any style, but only tried it on Dance music.

[911madza]

massive knowledge, mate ;)

[BobbyDreadd]

Hey GreAT ViD...Was wondering iF thiS iS also applicable To Vocals?

[nonogroove]

nice vid bro ! tks

[supaflyindo]

WOW COOL CHAIN BRO!!! never seen your chain in particular.. thanks for all your hard work!!

Also, the track your using really has no bass (or is it just poor audio quality i'm hearing?). If so, is that why you didn't compress the low end on your multiband? Again thanks for your work bro!!

[pussyfresher]

hi dude nice video but which effect can i use to replace the oxford i only got waves and t racks

[DJMartijnKuilema]

@pussyfresher Hi, The Oxford Dynamics is only used to give your music a little more warmth. Maybe you can search for a free warmer-making vst on the KVR site.

[peppe877]

@DJMartijnKuilema I guess tou could use a tube preamp emulator, there is a good one made by a company called voxengo (Free download from their site)

[Eumusic1]

Great video very helpfull. What are good vst's for tech-trance music? Could you tell me an opinion about the plugins below: TrackPlug 5 wavearts(dot)com DCompressor II fluxhome (dot)com TB EZCompressor toneboosters (dot) com TBK 1 filter ,MaxLimit sonalksis (dot) com For what type of plugin there should be spend the most money? What's the best way to test plugins for certain type of music? those kind of like ikmultimedia nomadfactory (dot) com ursplugins (dot)com Please reply.

[TrashBrothersBest]

very helpfull. thanx buddy

[BadBassBoy]

next time rec the sound of master please ;) , thanks!

[BadBassBoy]

NICE CHAIN , THE SOUND IS REALLY GOOD

[0rquesm]

yooo Martijn tnxs for da great video's. realy helped me