2 Golden Rules of Mastering EQ

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2 ай бұрын

When mastering, two golden rules to follow are using narrow cuts and broad boosts in your EQ settings. This approach is significant for a few reasons.
Firstly, narrow cuts allow you to surgically remove problematic frequencies without affecting the rest of the mix.
This precision is crucial in mastering, where the goal is to enhance the overall sound without drastically altering the mix’s balance.
On the other hand, broad boosts help to gently enhance desirable frequencies.
The broad nature of these boosts means they’re less likely to cause harshness or unnatural tonal shifts, making them ideal for the subtle enhancements needed in mastering.
This approach differs from mixing, where you might use more aggressive EQ settings to sculpt individual elements of a track. In mastering, the focus is on the final, overall sound, so subtlety and precision are key.
For example, you might make a narrow cut around 3 kHz to remove some harshness from a vocal, while applying a broad boost around 100 Hz to give the bass a bit of warmth.
The narrow cut ensures the vocal remains clear and natural-sounding, while the broad boost adds richness to the bass without making it sound boomy or muddy.
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@envisagefilmshouston 2 ай бұрын

Ain’t no rules in music, if it sounds good than it sounds good!!! ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️

@introspecti0 2 ай бұрын

To make the sound good, you need rules.

@envisagefilmshouston 2 ай бұрын

@@introspecti0 what? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 RE READ

@darkskinwhite 2 ай бұрын

yeah if you have a good reason to do something abnormal do it, but you were going to anyway (hopefully). if someone doesn't know how to make something that sounds good, then telling them there's no rules doesn't help lol

@envisagefilmshouston 2 ай бұрын

@@darkskinwhite who made the rules?

@dannydaniel8975 2 ай бұрын

@@envisagefilmshouston No one made any rules, that's why there aren't any.

@jonathasx 2 ай бұрын

i can see some sense in not boosting narrow stereo files, but cutting wide is totally ok sometimes

@LeChapeauMusic 2 ай бұрын

hey so i enabled the captions and i don't see anything extra here...

@sp22ce 2 ай бұрын

it's in the description

@LeChapeauMusic 2 ай бұрын

@@sp22ce can you help me with that too cause i never managed to find a description in KZbin shorts

@sp22ce 2 ай бұрын

@@LeChapeauMusicon PC: 3 dots button - description. On phone tap and hold the video while it's playing - description (not sure about ios)

@LeChapeauMusic 2 ай бұрын

@@sp22cethanks ever so much! appreciate it!

@LoserDub 2 ай бұрын

If im getting alot of artifacts from working on a sample where is the static cut best around

@BigWickVic 26 күн бұрын

TBH Ive been using wide cuts on my low-mids and it sounds better than narrow cuts

@alexveg3 2 ай бұрын

Wow

@calikokat100 2 ай бұрын

relationships too...

@SilentSynergyMusic 2 ай бұрын

If you need to make such a cut in mastering there is a problem with the mix.

@YungTMPO 2 ай бұрын

I think he means mastering how the EQ works, not EQing when Mastering

@who_is_dis 2 ай бұрын

@@YungTMPO Gotta admit, I thought he meant MASTERING as well. The way he says it makes me think that's what he means. It's a bit confusing.

@Joe_Vibez 2 ай бұрын

@@YungTMPONope. He's definitely talking about Mastering.

@Sample_Props_Official 2 ай бұрын

Is an Eq just before the limit?

@BaronBruce 2 ай бұрын

I thought he meant Mastering....Now I'm confused.😂

@jorgedelarco8851 2 ай бұрын

Biggest bullshit ever

@Streaky_com 2 ай бұрын

Why?

@Streaky_com 2 ай бұрын

Play a stereo track and do a broad cut…sound good ????

@Streaky_com 2 ай бұрын

Narrow cuts remove specific unwanted sounds without changing much else, keeping the music’s natural quality. Broad boosts gently improve the overall sound, making it warm and bright but still natural. This method keeps the music true to its original form while enhancing it.