Creating an EDM Mastering Chain in 10 Steps

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[@thomairkevinryan4170]

THOSE GUYS LISTEN TO THIER AUDIENCE! Thank you Sage Audio, I've been requesting this for some time. I'm not disappointed

[@sageaudio]

That's great to hear! Glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for the patience :] SageAudio.com

[@djwip]

Really happy to see some content spesifically towards edm. Fantastic video and really helpfull :)

[@sageaudio]

Great to hear you liked the video! Thanks for watching! SageAudio.com

[@GloveBunniesVideos]

Love the new graphics! Amazing how much SplitEQ affects the mix width with very subtle adjustments. Thanks!

[@sageaudio]

Thanks glad you like them! I was surprised too, it makes a big impact especially when introducing m/s panning. SageAudio.com

[@samueldainthomas]

You've got a Godly wealth of knowledge. Thank You sir!

[@sageaudio]

Thank you Samuel! Hope the video was helpful. SageAudio.com

[@G.Faustini]

The magic of Ominipressor. Muito Obrigado!!!🙌🙌🙌

[@sageaudio]

It's good! Thanks for watching! SageAudio.com

[@flaviozarza1735]

Great Job! I like this chain when we have to sound with considerable levels of loudness. Thanx for sharing! Enjoy the day! 🤘🏼

[@daviddaniels7124]

Nice chain bro!!!

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[@thamilanban]

Thank you

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[@BibleQuotesandMotivation]

Finally EDM (The Boss Of Top Ch🤙👏👊😎 Your The Best, Keep it Up Man....🖤🤍

[@deaftra]

Great tutorial, thank you Sage audio ! but Could you elaborate why you are using two limiters at the end of the chain ? why you don't just use clipper for that, the limiters are set to fast attack and release times so basically they are clipping signal also or ? thank you for your time

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching! I like to combine them to get difference sounds from each. For example, the Oxford limiter has a very different sound than the L2 - true they work similarly to a clipper, but how they approach attenuating the transients differs. Also, the enhance function of the Oxford limiter amplifies low-level signal, while the dynamic function of the L2 introduces mild expansion. So it's just a combo I really like, but of course there are other options and preferences. SageAudio.com

[@deaftra]

@@sageaudio thank you ! , it make sense to me right now.

[@SachinSSS]

Great tutorials

[@sageaudio]

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[@Cmssmc1960]

Love your tutorials, just asking for a tutorial of mastering ROCK MUSIC with Stock logic plugins? I don’t see any on KZbin.

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching! We created a chain recently about mastering rock music, but not with stock plugins. Hope it's helpful nonetheless! SageAudio.com

[@staynsingh]

which is best system configuration for music production and I am using ABLETON SUITE 11 and window 10

[@frankbohle755]

you don't care about TP at the 2nd limiting stage ...?

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching Frank! No I'd avoid it to be honest. It'll cause the transients to be less detailed. SageAudio.com

[@CenkEroge]

how can we make this sonnox's enhance (xfader) with another plugin? any suggestions?

[@sageaudio]

The inflator works somewhat similarly - so does Waves MV2. OTT is a good free option if you keep the depth around 5% and turn off downward processing.

[@CenkEroge]

@@sageaudio thank you!

[@vicneve1169]

❤

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[@deuinspc]

👍🏻

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[@lun4rkid]

Doesn't work much for dubstep, hybrid trap

[@Magic_carpet666]

Good content but -6 LUFs sounds just squashed as hell

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching! It's really aggressive for sure, but seems to be the norm for EDM. SageAudio.com

[@naughtyducky6325]

-6LUFs is still a little on the quiet side for a lot of edm. -5,-4 is competitive. -6 is prob about right for this genre tho

[@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858]

Excellent at mastering. Not a good taste of music, however!!!

[@sageaudio]

Lol thanks for watching!