BAD mastering vs GOOD mastering?

[@sevsmith2476]

thank you

[@InariSoju]

Thanks for creating thiss video! I was looking for examples of a good master vs a bad one, but thinking of it as art makes me realize that it's a little more complicated than that.

[@J_Costa15]

Chris! so glad you're doing consistent content now! I would love to see a tutorial/walkthrough of your approach for mastering. just sent my mix in to get a free trial!

[@DylanBlackmanMusic]

Great video Chris, cheers.

[@dannycancino3614]

You worked on my band’s album back in the day. Bennylipp and The DCB!

[@yannik246]

I think the main problem is that people try to make it louder in the first place

[@jaybracewell1904]

It'd make so much sense for the music industry to have a global reset of default dB standards instead of contributing to the loudness war

[@joesage2950]

Love it! Killer video :)

[@Edgeface]

EXACTLY! A song allows people to live somewhere else for a little while. I love that, and I’ve always had the same thought. And yes, I heard a quote one time that you never finish your song, you give up and release it. I see the wisdom in stopping when it has reached greatness and not giving papercuts to the music.

[@TheHirade]

For me, if a song never seems to be satisfying, it is a "bad" song or it's the wrong time for it. Lay it back and go on with other songs.

[@stoptryingd3]

This was helpful

[@peterbull3955]

Yay! Mastering!

[@TheHirade]

We always trie to have the mix so good, that mastering is left only for loudness, as you can optimize a song at the master bus in the mixing process. No reason to EQ or compression on mastering. What do you think? Any reason to EQ or compressing AFTER the mix?

[@Karishin32]

If you master as well as you recorded this video... I don't trust your advice.

[@neutralfog]

The video keeps lagging. What a pain to watch.