Let's Master Some Tracks Together, OK?

[@strangersun7721]

This is great. So far my "mastering" has been pushing the track up against a limiter until some stuff saturates slightly and then sitting back and going, "Okay I'd get drunk listening to that."

[@RedMeansRecording]

honestly, the "i'd get drunk listening to that" is a legit test.

[@chateautemp]

​@@RedMeansRecording Tequila!

[@BackspinZX]

Jeremy, mastering my track: "So this track is a little *too* center-focused..." Me, remembering that all three synths that were used to make it were mono-synths: "...oh yeah. Forgot that stereo imaging is a thing you usually wanna do. Whoops!" (Seriously, I'm amazed at the amount of stuff you can tweak in Ozone. I need my own copy at this point.) Great video overall. Lots of useful insight in here! :D

[@1db1db1db]

"my face is the front of shop" OMG i wouldnt expect a sophie reference from you

[@tristanawild380]

Probably Not Cereal gay furry synthesists love SOPHIE tho!

[@gruforevs]

you say this isn't a great tutorial but I learnt a lot more from this than I have from a lot of different mastering tutorials

[@wcg663]

I am absolutely vibing to these tracks, straight having a good time. Ty artists and beremy jonk

[@joshtae7285]

I am completely with you in mixing and mastering to make the listener feel like they are inside the music. Really makes listening to music more of an experience than an activity!

[@StormBurnX]

It's always lovely to watch how other people master things, but mastering a fully-exported track has always been terrifying to me. I do so much work pre-mastering as I go through my production workflow, and the idea of taking someone else's track and trying to master it, without stems... you're a brave soul.

[@AJBuckleybutnottheonefromcsi]

I wish I had money for a friend.

[@chumprock]

I'm only $10 with a $10 mail-in rebate. So I'll be your friend for the price of a stamp.

[@tcfween]

Another great video, Jeremy. What you've inspired me to do is use the stuff I've got in better ways. While I don't have Ozone, I do have all the nice mastery stuff that came with the DAW I use and a great deal of what I saw here will translate to that. Basically you inspired me to care more. Cheers.

[@AD-Dom]

When you break down the Ozone part I felt like something opened in my mind. Thanks for opening mind doors, friend.

[@BoBeats]

a constant source of inspiration.

[@daveid99able]

Ozone 8 Elements is free on Plugin Boutique

[@bca5251]

Jeremyyyyyy ... I'm sad that I'm late to the comment party but THANK YOU FOR THIS AWESOME VIDEO, this is a video I've wished and hoped for, I picked up a copy of ozone 8 on sale dirt cheap and this is such a great jumping off point for me! Thank you as always for all the time and effort you put into these videos.

[@iamrip]

This was really helpful. I had a conversation about the Imager (and that I never used it) the other day and here it is. Now I know how and when to use it in my workflow. Thank you!

[@dinmentor]

You had me at Tequila Hangover...

[@contrastbeats6443]

This was the most helpful mastering video I have ever seen. Thank you so much.

[@JTMusicbox]

No artist I’d rather learn magic from.

[@polarisnvega]

*Sees Fullmetal tattoo* I see you are a man of culture.

[@mikewhiteman23]

Really enjoy your mastering!!! Like how your songs sound so stereo big!

[@424Recording]

The video I always wanted but didn't know I needed 😂

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Excellent video Jake. Love your vibe and music! That's some serious wideness at 17:27! The analyzer of Neutron often sound quite weird so I never use it. But the plugin is quite helpful for doing dynamic compression and sweetening. Subtle saturation on the master can sometimes be helpful. What sounds nice is nice. Did you ever try the mastering part of Studio One? It's cool they got a specific workplace for mastering. Great work on this mastering video! 😋

[@RedMeansRecording]

i've never used Studio One, so unfortunately I have not tried the mastering part, but that sounds cool.

[@WasabiNoise]

This is the best tutorial I've seen because it has different tracks that require different "problem-solving". I'll want to rewatch this at home (don't tell my boss) and take notes, really interesting stuff! I noticed you didn't use Tonal Balance Control at all, right? (sorry If I missed it) I can't understand that thing, maybe it's for pop music.

[@RedMeansRecording]

Ah yeah I haven't used that thing yet. I need to learn it. Thanks for reminding me.

[@BosseCory]

I find Tonal Balance Control to be just another really handy reference tool when mixing. Especially after a long session when my ears are getting tired, it can better pinpoint the difference between my song and whatever reference song I'm using (you can use its built-in reference settings or put in any song as a reference). Its bass dynamics readout has shown me problems I couldn't hear in studio (when I ignored it and took the mix to my car, the bass was definitely overcompressed).

[@Barnes0420]

That Sophie Faceshopping reference was so tight lmao

[@dr.feelicks2051]

Disciplined Polish👍 Hats off to embarking Hungover🙏🏻

[@JeremyHalterman]

iZotope is giving away Ozone 8 Elements for free until the end of today, so if anyone is interested in the tech, now's a great time to grab it!

[@jpescalona]

Thanks Jeremy, great stuff!

[@AOC_dawlesspuzzle]

Thanks for inspiration and TUDD music ..

[@tolfpeck]

Thank you for this video, Ily

[@elifan2523]

I learned a lot

[@x-iso]

nice Sophie reference

[@DoktorKifTV]

Cheers! Q: Selig's Level plugin (on vocals, very happy, but I know little) - is ozone and the starting point you get from a reference mix (ignoring couple of selections maybe) achieving same thing but better result? Or is it by chance a sort of math thing or pultec-style passive eq 'trick'? Thx for the extra tips. New to Ozone, its taking time to get each tool/area, this vid and 2-parter help loads. +yep - fix pre-master!

[@alyxgonzales]

Dithering does NOT apply any sort of "smoothing" algorithm, it adds noise to mask quantization errors

[@UncleBenjs]

Lots of things in this video are incorrect, but then he can't even monitor between 40hz and 20hz which is super important. So I wouldn't expect correct info from someone mastering without a suitable monitoring system.

[@harmonicsdetroit]

Super informative, thanks Jeremy!

[@squashpsych7052]

This was a great video, thank you!

[@seanhannan8509]

I feel like I've just become comfortable enough with Ozone to run the assistant and make some small adjustments, so this was really helpful. Would you change anything about your approach for solely acoustic tracks?

[@RedMeansRecording]

Yeah. I would. I need to go over that.

[@7177YT]

That's my track! So awesome! You're right KZbin compression makes some of the stuff Silver Bullet does difficult to hear. (: If you want to compare what Jeremy did with it with to the raw original here's the link: soundcloud.com/agnetha/bispectral-density or kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJfdpGiqqt2Seqs As for the hangover: I'd take magnesium, vit C and gingko and noopept. That's my mornig after cocktail. Ah yes ....sleep that too. (: It works. If you can, support the man he's a saint! Hit subscribe, join his patreon.

[@bachelorgamer8001]

Thanks man great video

[@riverfx]

oh, ok.

[@Davnak]

Since you do your own mastering, how do you balance/decide on master buss processing/fx vs... well mastering separately? How much processing do you do on the master buss before you start mastering and what kind of processing do you like most? A lot of the techniques you went over in this video I find myself doing within the song project itself on my master buss (still keeping my peaks under -6) then I typically send it off to LANDR. Thank you for the very informative video, great as always man.

[@RedMeansRecording]

I have ozone on my master channel while I'm mixing with a super basic preset on. Then near the end I dial that in, save the preset, turn off ozone and export a premaster. I don't use any master bus effects on my premaster.

[@ThemeParkWalks]

that pop filter looks like it works well

[@dwilliams4142]

Thanks always for sharing. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@GrumpySergal]

mastering with c0w only?

[@clivemathieu9386]

Subscribed because of all the swearing. Keep it uo

[@amitbar6371]

Would you recomend i buy an op1 or an opz? Maybe even something else?

[@maxceelen2202]

I'm thinking about getting the avantone speakers for referencing. However, is having a stereo pair worth it? How is it better than just using a single one and do mono referencing only on it? cheers

[@RedMeansRecording]

I prefer to monitor in stereo but summing to mono and checking is a great idea too.

[@KidHellacious]

Thanks for this Jeremy, I’ve been meaning to ask you a mastering question. Your video about LUFS, you mentioned you should mix your tracks to -6db. Why is that? Is it to prep for mastering?

[@RedMeansRecording]

Headroom is important, so yes, it has to do with mastering. Mastering should be the stage where one gets the final volume boost for the intended medium.

[@KidHellacious]

Red Means Recording thank you, I love the art you make!

[@billy.wcl5]

Please do some of these for mixing too!

[@jasmeerlabeer4591]

The silver bullet is pretty great. Do you still use it?

[@RedMeansRecording]

i do not

[@WellsOliver]

whoa, back up, breathe, hang on, what is the editor we're seeing at 8:45

[@RedMeansRecording]

that's adobe audition!

[@jonwatte4293]

If I were to master that first techno track, I'd retrigger the kick drum and add some distinction to it...

[@RedMeansRecording]

That wasn't part of my job here. But I feel you.

[@jmmesaaudio]

Great!

[@zbsfm]

great tutorial but i'm definitely bummed my track didn't get its own section :(

[@MrPrdoring]

Have you dug in to the new deluge firmware yet?

[@babybabybabybaby12]

so, which vst plugin you would recommend that is similar to silver bullet? Can I replace it with any stereo widener?

[@RedMeansRecording]

Psp vintage warmer

[@babybabybabybaby12]

@@RedMeansRecording Thanks Jeremy. Will check it out.

[@Jimantronic]

Nice guide thankyou :) Have you looked at the FAC Bandit app on the iPad? It's an AUV3 effect plugin which seems to do similar to your Silver Bullet friend. Good for easily bringing out some sparkle and animation, especially good for electronic drums

[@prodbypluss1188]

Quick question: Do you have to hit the stereoize button on the imager to activate its effects?? Edit: I spoke too soon aha nvm

[@FaOut]

Cool =)

[@summarity]

Could use some NeatVideo on a few clips in this video, lotta noise in the dark parts of some images. Awesome video nonetheless!

[@RedMeansRecording]

*cries in 8 hour render times for a 30 minute video*

[@jiro4559]

Ok

[@normalizedaudio2481]

The KZbin (compression) is a real thing. (It's not really compression) Musicians need to think about it. DAW levels are not the same as KZbin levels. This also goes for iTunes, Spotify and others. The Loudness Wars are over. Use loudness penalty dot com to check your mix. It is a free online tool.

[@rentedthug]

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[@virgiletirard2295]

Am sorry, "bandaxall" eq ?

[@RedMeansRecording]

www.ovnilab.com/articles/eqtypes.shtml

[@virgiletirard2295]

@@RedMeansRecording My point is that "bandaxall" doesn't exist. It's Baxandall, named after Peter Baxandall. People get confused a lot.

[@bamy187]

im here fast

[@strig6483]

Great elevator music on the back ground.

[@Scubadog_]

honestly misread the thumbnail as something much more inappropriate

[@RedMeansRecording]

lol

[@vanessalouzon]

Great vid, very helpful, but why all the swearing?! You don't need that.

[@YouTubeSupportTeams]

apart from the fundamentals, mastering is subjective and seriously overhyped. every "engineer" has their own tastes and hear sound differently, have different opinions on how a mix should sound. learn the fundamentals and ANYBODY can master, i'm sick of this being treated like magic when it's not. good music not mastered will always sound good. bad music is just bad even when mastered.! If you can produce and mix, you can master your own track. Why have someone else claim they finished the sound of your track????

[@RedMeansRecording]

I don't disagree