How To Do Your Own Audio Mastering

Ever wonder how to do your own audio mastering? In this video, Bobby Owsinski (author of The Audio Mastering Handbook and Mixing And Master With T-RackS: The Official Guide) shows you the mastering tips that the pros use.

You'll learn about T-Racks mastering software, CD mastering tricks, the mastering signal chain, and everything you need to know to master yourself.

For more info, go to http://bobbyowsinski.com. Read some excerpts from the book at http://bobbyowsinski.com/The_Audio_Mastering_Handook.html

Check out Bobby's production blog at http://bobbyowsinski.blogspot.com

Distributed by Tubemogul.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• mastering audio
• cd tips
• mastering software
• T-RackS
• audio mastering

[polymedia]

Most mixers do both, but not every track in a mix needs processing. This isn't mastering though. It's just the mixing process.

[deltamode8]

@TheRealBlackRefleX it isn't actually. it's a pre-recorded software loop from garageband, rihanna sampled that beat and slowed it down

[TheRealBlackRefleX]

the intro music is from umbrella (rihanna) :D

[Michael55443]

@deltamode8 Rihanna didn't sample anything. Her song writers did. Rihanna has no talent, she's just nice to look at, which is all that's required today. Sad.

[2009korte]

good tips

[lonzenator]

@lonzenator another continue. I hope this cleared up the difference. I will say this, the less you decide to "fix problems in the mix" the easier mixing will be. The most dynamic your final mix (should be -3 db on every channel, every plugin and the main output channel) the easier the mastering will be. If you have any clipping anywhere in your mix then you are killing yourself from the start. Allow yourself time to breathe and back up often. Make one change at a time. take breaks... have fun.

[lonzenator]

@lonzenator continuing from my prev post. then you will open up on the master channel a series of plugins. In Logic... I use a parametric EQ plugin, followed by a sum/minus plugin, followed by an multipressor (multiband compressor) followed by a brick wall limiter, then I have a meter/ analyzer (this does not affect the over all sound, but allows you to see your sound as well as being able to hear it. Remember, spacial effects are added at mix down to individual tracks, not so much during master

[lonzenator]

@Tacadoband Mixing is the process of adjusting each individual track in a song relative to the other tracks in that song. It is where you have the ability to individually address issues within each track. The final mix is then bounced to an aiff or wav file (preferably 24/48 or higher). Then take a few days off from that final mix of the song. COme back with a fresh set of ears and depending on your software open the wave file in a template designed for mastering .

[offthewallstudio]

@Tacadoband the differance is using these effects in a very strategic way on an over all mix.

[offthewallstudio]

@polymedia sometimes its bad for the same studio to do both for 2 reasons. most studios only specialize in either recording or mastering as the gear can be very different and very expensive. 2, bias situations can occur. such as the engineer is friends with the drummer and eq's the drummer to sound better than everybody else, or the mixer just knows all the flaws in the mix and tries to fix them in the master... it is much better to have a different person mix and master the audio. not cheaper.

[Tacadoband]

I'm confused when he says, if you have to add too much eq you are better off remixing, isn't mixing eq aswell? what's the difference between mixing and mastering?

[pbooker557]

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[twsafarn]

Fuck, I love that man... I read the mixing engineering handbook and it's awesome and very helpfull