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Mastering is probably the most overlooked step in production, yet sometimes the most important. Mastering can be easy and repetitive once you have perfected the skill. Mastering should (in my opinion) always be done by someone other than the mixing engineer. A fresh pair of ears can hear the song in a different light and maybe catch some thing the mixer may have overlooked.In the following tutorial I'll show you how to master your songs and get a perfectly loud track that is acceptable to the human population before you send off the demo or post your mix to the internet. Let's face it. No one want to listen to something thats really quiet. We want it loud and in our faces! With that said, this tutorial is by no mean a way to get a super high quality master. This tutorial is meant for the time you need a quick master before uploading your music to the internet or sending a mixtape off to labels.
Some key things to remember before the mastering stage:
Make sure you gain staged your mix correctly, you should have a good amount of head room on your master output. The mix should be sitting between -6dB and -12dB at it’s loudest moments). Never peak higher than -3dB.
If you were to take a mix that peaks around -6dB, you'd find the song is quiet in comparison to other finished music. To fix this, let's get to mastering!
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[@SassyMakeup]

A great teacher explains complex ideas in simple ways

[@deontefentress8095]

No cap I chose yo video cus I seen the length of it was 7:11😂💯

[@prodby2blessed]

facts lmao

[@nekow1785]

Facts!😂😂

[@sihansi7]

it's 7:10 lmao?

[@TONY35196]

Pretty much 😂

[@11thBlockParty]

We're all here for this reason!

[@dannymolns3573]

Would loveeee to see a current version of this! You have come a long way in 7 years and i would love to learn anything extra you have picked up along the way! You rock! 🔥

[@nathanstatham]

Dude, it worked really well. I slightly adjusted a couple elements to fit the song. (its a metal track) and it worked out perfectly without being too quiet or too loud and distorted.

[@Leonard49482]

First mastering tutorial/video that actually does work. Thanks!

[@HeyZues83]

Most things on the internet / anything that converts into mp3 will cut off EVERYTHING above -1.5db. If you're limiting to -0.1db you're about to have some information clipped off. This happens for pretty much anything now that deals with streaming mp3s & even soundcloud. Just a quick note. I made this mistake when I was learning. (by no means am I a master but it's something I wish I would have known when I was younger.)

[@xuanyizhu8945]

What is the solution then? Should I limit to -1.5dB?

[@captainvoluntaryistthestat3207]

@@xuanyizhu8945 no no -0.3

[@Andy-km1xp]

Captain Voluntaryist, The Statist Slayer why not -1.5db?

[@sweetgoose]

this is a game changer for bedroom producers and music maker. You just helped me breath life into a track ive been working on for months. Thank you!

[@conleyguitar]

Thanks for the video. This works great for acoustic guitar tracks as well. Keeping the stereo out low and using the limiter to boost really brought back the life to the guitars. Quick, dirty, genius.

[@floridaboyfishing2231]

Awesome bro

[@beamygod5176]

my favorite way to master is putting distortion on the whole output

[@slowitdownroc8946]

FAX

[@dazdavison1]

Chris Lindsey straight up???

[@dazdavison1]

Is this a joke??

[@desGT3]

TRUTH

[@KalinJonesMusic]

LOL !!!!

[@ayonamusic5029]

Hello bro, I know you were trying to be humble by not praising your job, which is good but you know what?, your setting is actually the only setting that has given me the best output so far. No long story or feeling too big, you are real. Thanks a lot and keep doing the good work.. I will share the link soon 🙏

[@iComplexity_]

This helped so much! I CAN'T even believe it!!!!! Even though it's not perfect it is light years better than what I was doing!!!

[@aaronodonnell_music]

Nothing dirty about it, perfectly good method for mastering, particularly for beginners 👍👍

[@jarueparr]

Thanks alot Adam.. You are probably the best source for info regarding Logic, hands down!!!

[@ShantKmusic]

that adaptive limiter is the best. thank you so much, it helped alot for my music. Thank god im about to upload new music and learned this lol. you rock!

[@christofers3848]

One of the most helpful videos I've stumble upon. Thank you!

[@ianaspages]

omg you are my superhero!!! I just did all of it and the track sound amazing!! Thank you!!!

[@AlekPlaysMinecraft]

It's better to shoot for -12-15 dB. You get a ton of headroom and you can use the adaptive limiter to it's fullest potential without getting any distortion. I found that it is also better sounding if you bounce in real time, although that is inefficient for longer works.

[@HotBoyRob1105]

It's better to shoot for 12-15 dB in what plugin or over all master output channel?

[@unlockyoursound]

If the gain isn't hitting the ceiling of the limiter, then no compression is happening and thus is no different to using a gain utility.

[@superwassou]

even better if you hit only -18 -20.

[@arjunvml]

You have changed the way my music sounds. Thank you so much! :')

[@lukaszibaitis3853]

I also found the compressor and limiter from izotope to be real good for this stuff, amazing video! really great trick, using it for all my demos

[@joshuasmith1594]

Thank you I tried it because I’m garage guy new to Logic Pro appreciate you help and honesty.

[@imamusicmogul]

Happy to help 🙌

[@Guapelito]

Those of you saying you are getting distortion are likely pushing the gain on the limiter too much. What he has done here is indeed the basic steps you would take to master a track.

[@sasisupanrung3932]

Hey. Seriously. Thank you. I just downloaded soft and I can CLEARLY see why your vid was recomnded. You're an aweso intro into

[@TheChokolatee]

Ur the best!! Next video about how to mix!!

[@greyblenaut]

Hey thanks for making a quick and easy mastering video thats not annoying, seriously. I do not wanna fish through twenty minutes of rambling and dudes saying "yeah its straight fire" to find out one thing

[@propmaster101]

This is perfect. I’m not gonna pay a mastering engineer to master my 60 sec instagram audio😂

[@ChagaSol27]

I feel yah xD Exactly why im here

[@highsocietysongchannel]

Nice tutorial. Mastering should be left to the professionals, but at a cost. This video provides a functional alternative. Thanks, whoever you are."

[@Tootruetootrue]

July 5, 2022. THANK YOU Music Mogul!

[@Sandman6616]

there is nothing like profession in mastering...when your mix sounds good so will it sound great in the mastering stage analog or digitally.

[@paulya1269]

Thank you for this. As a hobbyist I don’t have the time, and probably the patience, to learn professional mastering. This tutorial was just what I was looking for. 👍👍

[@jmykey5]

Installed, everything works, thanks!

[@Knowledge01]

This was actually very helpful! Thanx!

[@victorrafaelsantos3993]

Really a highly rated work, sir.

[@grasshopper666]

As a noob this helped a lot, I did notice that the volume and fullness on KZbin is super low compared to all other source ra

[@birdsublime]

Thank you so much @imamusicmogul ❤ You have no idea how much you've helped me keep going! Each video you put up helps me get that much better. HUGE fan... I watch ALL your videos! so please keep doing your thang Appreciate you fr 🙋

[@imamusicmogul]

+Birdy Sings that awesome. Thank you so much for the support and kind words. That really means a lot. And thank you for watching the videos. 👏

[@gypsycat619]

Awesome...I am working on a tune and this really helps!!!!

[@thecajonkid.6876]

Great!. It Actually Worked man.Thanks Dude .

[@josezarate7x]

Honestly the best in the game right here

[@slicesofamerica]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! It seems so simple when you lay it out that way. Great super-quick sound boost.

[@maelgwni]

What a beautiful, jubilant song. And such a clear tutorial, thanks so much!

[@codstealth6192]

Very Informative, helpful and Educational video! Thx for the tutorial man!

[@akikiminki2824]

Great stuff! I have tried to find and make just like this "quick & dirty" ways to master my stuff and I think now I found it! Thanks!

[@sevdiyeilgar7927]

Respect to your good work, thanks a lot

[@ElijahDumlao]

Thank you for this helpful video!

[@bucketofnoises7810]

Thank you sir! That’s an excellent tutorial! It freaking works!

[@JLummin]

thanks for this. mastering has been an issue and this is a start. even after I still get the whole track peaking in the red but maybe thats just individual instruments that may need to be lowered but I still lower the master track volume a little bit to get out of the red

[@thereallegend4lyfe]

The track you made is beautiful!

[@dgroover5044]

Thank you for this video. Really helped me out. 👍🏻

[@JakeLadag]

Its very good! Working! Thanks.

[@andhenevercameback7117]

Dude this was very helpful thank you

[@Mazakoton]

Been looking for this... Nice n quick and it works pretty well actually

[@djbooz751]

I thought before you master it, you need to bounce and replace all tracks in to wave files ?

[@imamusicmogul]

not really. it does nothing to the track or quality if you do that. you only do that if you passing allow the session to another person to work on it. This way they have all your edits, sounds and effects in tact through the wav files.

[@DaDrankKang]

imamusicmogul look up the definition of wav and then of mp3 ... that statement is true in some aspects and false in many others.

[@50CalBeats]

Da Drank Kang lol bruh I know this is late but you dont have to bounce to any format to master. You can master with the direct signal output from the vsts, samples, sounds etc if you want. Or you can master with wav stems. He didn't say anything about mp3s haha

[@DaDrankKang]

50Cal Beats yeah its way late dude. I've found the correct way to do this. Thx though. 👍

[@mitrama11]

@@50CalBeats Can you please explain how you master with with direct signal output from the vsts. Thanks

[@patmcmahon7804]

Amazing - thank you... First vid I've watched that has really helped me get a basic understanding of the "dark art"! Very inspiring... Pat (UK)

[@judedonahue141]

I did this and i found myself having to turn the gain on the adaptive limiter down, and in the end the track was quieter than before i mastered.

[@joshuastclairmusic]

Thanks heaps for the video! Helped me master my first track, cheers!

[@TrustInTheUniverse]

What if you're peaking at -.01, but you have no gain reduction in the limiter plug-in?

[@pingpong7286]

bro i have been strugglnng for years thank u

[@Remixener]

Great vid, I noticed that at the end if you look at the levels he is clipping, isn't that something you want to avoid?

[@HarishViswak]

Very useful, Thankyou for the video!

[@amb13nt59]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I realize I've been doing it so wrong; my mixes have been way too high. That's why mastering turns my project into garble.

[@thetimegypsies6548]

Probably a dumb question but can you also do this with vocals?

[@spikestarofficial9927]

Thanks so much man best mastering tutorial!

[@yonico11]

Thanks to the author of the video

[@1lovjoy]

Yo, that track is dope af bro!!❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@gypsycat619]

Using this Again! Many Thanks!

[@MrSkyTown]

what about a boost in the high end on the eq, a lot of these quick mastering tips seem to leave boosting some air and presence on the eq

[@DaDrankKang]

MrSkyTown SOMEBODY CAUGHT THAT... 👍 if we are talking "basic mastering" that EQ should have been somewhere in there. Gotta shine the track up some kinda way. Unless you just like all mid and bass ...

[@lucylu9483]

I am kind of bored with professionals. They make simple things complicated. This is cool, man.

[@LinaZinaOfficial]

helped A LOT! thank you

[@XuluXac]

I know that background music in the beginning, its a construction kit. I think you and other tut vids like this should just show how you recorded and mastered your voice for the tutorials because it seems to stand out (im sure that was intentional) more than anything.

[@nakul3272]

After looking this video it's very useful and I have subscribe your channel

[@scruffyTJ1234]

Great tutorial! I don't really need anything professional so this will work great! Thanks for the help :D

[@imamusicmogul]

+dreamshock edm your welcome - this will work perfectly to bring the volume of your mixes up to compete with the other stuff on the internet.

[@Rojozproduction]

This REALLY made a difference! Thanks man!!

[@nickbrooks4562]

Dude this is amazing! Nice video!

[@TDBGaming_]

Vibin to this track RN!! could barely pay attention cuz I just wanted to listen to the song

[@mtrianddjleecyt]

Thank you! This is very helpful. Peace & Blessings!

[@frizell10]

if my output is at -2dbs how do i bring it down to -6dbs? do i have to bring down all the individual tracks or can i just bring down the master track until the output is -6dbs? normally i just highlight all the tracks and bring them all down until they're at -6dbs but i have automation on some tracks so they will drag down but once i pause and play the song again they shoot back up to where i have them automated to. is there a simple fix for bringing down the automated tracks? id rather not retainer with them.

[@djbounceberlin]

Select all tracks and bring it down. If you have Bus Effects, than send all your Tracks to an bus and bring it down.

[@bobbyburrows724]

Good video Mogul. Thanks

[@raysings4u]

Thanks Man! Made my tracks stand out!

[@imamusicmogul]

Awesome. I use this all the time to quickly get my beats nice and loud and ready to go

[@cicerogomes1568]

Great stuff thanks!

[@ShredFactory-Gitarre]

Awesome!! Thank you so much - this was exactly what I was looking for :-)

[@nwkmike]

This really helped because I was struggling lol my music still was fire

[@el616]

HELL YEA YOU BETTER KNOW YOUR SHIT IS FIRE!!!!!!!!!!

[@blackcavemanv247]

You better be your biggest fan🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@tiggerman7322]

Very very helpful for a noob!!!

[@phamtrunghieu1255]

Goshh, this help so much, thanks a lot!

[@djbounceberlin]

Very helpful - Thanks man!

[@mogollonsalcedo]

Thanks dude!

[@MonsieurVersatile]

Confused how you're using the Multipressor here. You're not getting any gain reduction so are you just using it as an eq in effect?

[@ingeniouswild]

noticed the same thing, it's not doing any compression in this example :) but it's normal to use a multiband somewhere there.

[@menzy3313]

it works, thanks!

[@femij75]

Thanks it really helped

[@mrgibson]

thanks a lot, really helpful video!

[@NineToes821]

This is fantastic! Thank you!

[@NPAFamilia]

Excellent video bro I learned a lot from this thanks for uploading, the sounds are perfectly leveled BUT after exporting it or sharing it to iTunes the sound quality is very low, you will need to max the volume up to hear the quality... is there any way to improve that?

[@mrbeats3330]

Nice tutorial .. Thanks man ..

[@MujahidToler]

You Are The GOAT.

[@gpac200]

Great vid man!

[@solosounds6971]

Can I see how you leveled the volume of each track ? I tried this but I had to turn every sound like below 20

[@ThorstenLochmann]

I don't like to cut everything below 30Hz as the 808s and kick loose their power. I EQ every instrument individually.

[@outplayj1224]

Bro I thought i was the only one!

[@fercomposer]

Hi! How could I start mastering my proyect once I have every track finished? I really liked this quick way but I didn't hear you telling us how to start once you just finished recording the tracks... Would you please comment on that? Thank you!

[@nh9148]

Great video

[@abukamara96]

best video ever

[@mariotapia4426]

Thank you for this quick tutorial Adam! Also that track in the beginning and ending yours?

[@brentmfosterii]

THANK YOU