How I Master My Songs

[@DrOziOfficial]

NEXT: should we talk more about buss processing?

[@jojo-mv9vy]

Yess daddy

[@scrd.mp3]

Compression would be nice too if you haven't covered that :p

[@gurs6714]

Yess

[@razvanrusan9319]

YESS!

[@cybeartune4999]

Definitely

[@DrOziOfficial]

Also, i was really sceptic and self-conscious to post this. so please talk with knowledge and positivity. I don't want no mastering engineer to come here and be a keyboard warrior.

[@anomalymusic1]

Hello, I am currently a Icon Collective student. Before that I went to another school in Utah, where current famous bass producer is working at. I learned from an OG sound engineer on mastering - but was taught the abbreviated version. I enjoyed this vid. I believe Infekt has a more accurate representation of how to Master - but again I was taught from the Abbreviated version. What I learned overall tho is, there is no "Right Way" As long as your frequencies aren't competing and your overall sound has color to it, you're doin A Okay in my book. Shit I saw a vid of another KZbin try to tell me to just use a Saturator on the master...smh... Anyway I appreciate this vid! I know the fear of wanting to post somrething like this. I just thank you for being accurate.

[@isetpeoplaflame5936]

@@anomalymusic1 voltra will sometimes use a saturator's soft clip on the master instead of a limiter and her shit rules

[@anomalymusic1]

@@isetpeoplaflame5936 Yes, saturator has a great soft clip. What I was referring to was someone using ONLY saturator on their master

[@isetpeoplaflame5936]

@@anomalymusic1 fair :)

[@isetpeoplaflame5936]

@@anomalymusic1 I personally feel u but I'm pretty sure voltra either puts nothing on her master or a saturator lmao, I don't understand how

[@wubwubwubwubwubwubwubwub]

1:29 your preference is our rule, mr ozi

[@kokai213]

Hey dr, here's a fan who's become a student :D tbh your tutorials are the best I've seen on KZbin so far. Much better than all these big music production channels. Thanks for your work

[@Awertnex]

19:49 for me this is the most important thing I've learned in this video, even tho I already knew that but hearing it put this way totally changed my mindset, made me realize I spend more time and energy wondering how mastering is done and not enough time going with what I already know and treat this video as a different technique from mine and not "the correct technique", thank you for this video!

[@nonesome3580]

brother I remember listening to your stuff a few years ago and now I come across this gem!thanks for the tips!

[@rebirth4119]

If people are confused why he's limiting multiple times it is because you avoid unnecessary distortion by limiting in sequence. It also is a way to control audio going into volume based effects like saturation(this way nothing is getting oversaturated than other parts).

[@himothyjah]

thanks so much man your tutorials are a breath of fresh air

[@cyborganic]

dude thanks for sharing your way with us! looking forward to more!

[@scrd.mp3]

How UUUUU master...

[@samuelivascu7633]

Ozi. Friendly reminder. Highcutting doesnt increase headroom. Low cutting does

[@DrOziOfficial]

Thanks.

[@alexandermcveigh3182]

Yes it very well can. Cutting synths in the highest frequencies can give room for the highest stuff to breathe like hihats and white noise

[@samuelivascu7633]

@@alexandermcveigh3182 man. I meant ultrasound. Post 20khz. Like he did in the video

[@blair6383]

ayo could you explain why it doesnt?

[@samuelivascu7633]

@@blair6383 because thr only thing there in case of distortion, saturation or any coloring plugin is aliasing effects, which you can eliminate with oversampling without changing the phase as an EQ would. Generally you should use as little EQ on a master bus as possible. In this case iversampling is just a better means to increase headroom with as little phase change as possible. Just use oversampling on every plugin that colors the sound like distortion, compression, clipping, limiting (ehich is essentially 1:infinite ratio compression), rtc.

[@CJMattias]

I'm sure you know what to do, but I'd imagine all those eq's and multibands cause phasing. Also, I personally like clipping more than limiting for the last peak check. Thanks for sharing your process, seems solid!

[@CosminPerisan]

So basicaly with mastering you only amplify what your mix already sounds like, right?

[@Slavestep]

honestly that was fucking brilliant. Thanks for sharing man :)

[@FluffyTalks1]

i just don't understand how your snare doesn't get destroyed through all that?

[@mouthfulacoque3580]

understanding is bad for the writing process. welcome the yes

[@DrOziOfficial]

Like i said, Mixing is 100000000000000000000000000000000000x more important than mastering.

[@anomalymusic1]

Pro tip, EQ, EQ, EQ.- Don't over EQ, but understand where your frequencies are sitting - for ex. Look at the main freq of where your snare is hitting - than EQ out the freq of your basses (or where you think things start competing) usually around 500 kHz. So you can EQ that area out on the Bass grouping. you can also create a ghost side chain and place the Kick transient over the Snare - I do this all the time so everything is sidechaining my Kick and Snare without having to layer my kicks over the snare. Hope that makes sense. good luck to you!

[@anomalymusic1]

Also last comment - Mastering is just getting what you have as loud as possible without clipping. So in this video, Ozi probably already Mixed this track and had it ready for Mastering stage. Again, frequency is literally everything. It is Volume, it is shape, it is room, it is texture, it is color, IT IS THE Sound, so EQ, EQ, EQ :)

[@FluffyTalks1]

@@DrOziOfficial more than a year later but i finally understand lol. i come back to this vid all the time, thanks

[@sauravmusic278]

i really like the song, youre good

[@CursalMusic]

Pitchforks & Fire is dope

[@veelik8987]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@crossdubz.producer]

i messing around with the data in defyre society , and now i found this lol , i'll rewatch a couple times for understand , thanks alot don ozi

[@NAWN]

The tutorial is very good but I have a problem with your mic settings. Idk why but I think I can hear some harsh frequencies. Do you process your voice? If yes, I would do it differently because it sounds kinda overcompressed/harsh - at least with my Beyerdynamic 1990 pro headphones.

[@DrOziOfficial]

Really? Been trying to figure this out for so long.

[@diegooro8780]

Then, after the last Multiband Dynamics, do you put another gain stage? Something like a clipper and Pro-L2?

[@DoDoOfficial19]

thank you

[@Prohduct]

why limiting instead of soft-clipping? i've found that when i soft-clip i have much more control over the transients vs limiting and pushing them up against a threshold

[@anomalymusic1]

Personal preference in my opinion. Me personally I don't use limiters on my master. Utility, eq, mulitband, and glue :) - doesn't really matter tho. I was trained a different way than what I do now. Whatever you think sounds good!

[@Prohduct]

@@anomalymusic1 ive honestly gotten to the point where 'my mixes are my master', the only thing on my master is just a soft clip or saturator with sc turned on and maybe an EQ

[@anomalymusic1]

@@Prohduct Get rid of Saturator. never put that on your master. Here is a standard signal chain - EQ > Multiband (A turned on, start with the Low band first and move from mid to high, This is sound treating, Softening or Hardening) > Glue compressor with soft clip on > Adjust threshold and makeup. When it starts to clip and sound distorted pull back. Once this concept is down, you can start adding things like Ozone, and Fletcher-Munson EQ

[@abbie_asmr]

Wheres the compressor!?

[@khnr34]

What true peak db should i set before mastering?

[@manthomphenace]

good shit!❤‍🔥

[@PRFCTMANDEM]

Legend! Thank you! 👊

[@l3tho836]

thank you man

[@METVTRXN]

You know the homies corporate thugs? They are my bois!!!

[@dizzydavis6118]

i learned a lot from this!!

[@alexzehnmusik]

How to make racks/sauce? 🙏🙏🙏

[@invexedm]

-3 lufs is devious work😭

[@sauravmusic278]

you believe or not i have created that bass in the claim the night

[@maxbiery15]

god i wish i had ableton

[@beatsfonte3941]

thanks for nice video ! whats your export audio setting ?

[@BVSISofficial]

i subscribed when u said i just farted.

[@rashidjurgens9992]

lit master

[@bzyzz8687]

do you dither when exporting pls?

[@mfahlevi8062]

🔥🔥🔥

[@iam-ww3wj]

what name of ableton skin pls

[@RicHardAndHeavy]

wtf the end is mindff dont know why but ok i guess ^^

[@frankyz8015]

can I just pay you to master for me?

[@DrOziOfficial]

Hahaha nooooo….. I can teach you?

[@frankyz8015]

@@DrOziOfficial that would be cool too. It's just looking extremely confusing lol!

[@urigeheadmot1196]

lol

[@DrOziOfficial]

Lol

[@germanserrasantos276]

You go to fast man, I was totally lost in the part of multi bands dynamics 😅

[@MANIKENMANIKEN]

2

[@denizcanylmaz3747]

wtf ! -3 lufs ... r u skrillex?

[@dawsonhicks5929]

Some of Moody Good’s tracks are like -1 LUFS lmao

[@denizcanylmaz3747]

Bruh O.o People are crazy...

[@DrOziOfficial]

@@denizcanylmaz3747 Honestly as long as it's not audibly clipping and distorting I think it's okay in my books.

[@wubwubwubwubwubwubwubwub]

yesterday i hit -6 without clipping and still crying

[@denizcanylmaz3747]

You should see my meter when i hit - 6 :(

[@perc400mg]

my man, why are you yelling

[@CursalMusic]

L Master Chain

[@lusid_music_uk]

I can’t believe you use the Ableton stock limiter. That’s disgusting. But your results speak for themselves so who am I to argue

[@DrOziOfficial]

disgusting!? lol

[@lusid_music_uk]

@@DrOziOfficial it’s like spending hours cooking a beautiful steak dinner and then throwing it on the ground just before serving it 🥲

[@Cryptiiix]

@@lusid_music_uk its more the the best chef in the world cooking a low grade steak. Still tastes like shit

[@lusid_music_uk]

@@Cryptiiix it’s like setting a pristine world clash dish in front of you and then seasoning it with just a hit of dog poo

[@dawsonhicks5929]

Bruh how could it possibly Be that damaging to the mix? It’s just a limiter, not a damn comb filter. Worst case scenario you don’t like what it does to your transients

[@thebookofisaac]

bro why all of the talking man ,just work dude