MASTERING like a Pro with Free Plugins Only in Ableton Live

[@aminoacids13]

By FAR the best mastering tutorial with ableton stock plugins. Straight to the point and clear.

[@jl9205]

This gives me a bit more confidence that I can create a decent master at my current skill level. Thanks for the tips.

[@emmanumusic]

I struggle with mastering so this is a life saver for me and for a lot of bedroom producer also! Thank you so much. This is pure gold!

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

Take your time and have plenty of breaks in-between. Try and listen to music that's different to reset your ear's, and lower the volume or you just keep pushing it back up. Play your music and listen to it from out side the room is a good tip because you can hear what's cutting through. but keep going mate, the more you do.

[@KibatsuMusic]

By far the best mastering tutorial on YT. Love your philosophy on mastering as well. You have a ton of knowledge and properly explained what each step does unlike other tutorials.

[@miguelsandremusic]

This is a message for ableton to add a LUDS meter 😊 Great video.

[@hermannloens1868]

Hugely informative, thank you! Took away some side points as e.g. "use anorher Limiter than the stock one", and the Idea with a plain parametric channel eq (vs. EQ8) I took away as well, great stuff, thanks a ton!

[@robinviovy]

Man, i just wanted to say thanks for this great tutorial ! It's so helpful !

[@marcadonna_beats]

Thank you for sharing the process 👍🏻 It gives me a better understanding, what should be fixed in the Master. And of course what should be fixed before in the mix 😅🙂

[@Khronum]

By far the best tutorial I've seen before, truly amazing!

[@Andrew_Dude]

Great tutorial. Thank you for taking the time to put this video together.

[@adeofbass]

Excellent video. I did indeed swap that EQ8 out for an SSL EQ and it made this chain work even better. As a novice to mastering, this is a terrific starting point. Thanks again!

[@Schallkoma_Rockenberg]

fantastic video. i learned a lot new stuff and old stuff new ;) thx

[@DrCook45]

Great stuff Jules, makes me feel a bit better, as you said this can get quite complex but you explain it very simply here, cheers man :)

[@Efm56]

I use spectrum instead of span, maybe is not the same but does its job. great video, thanks for doin it for us, ableton users as we don't find a lot of valid tutorials online

[@nembutsu1045]

now that I know what LUFs are I have a clear way and reference point how to improve my music, thanks, I was a bit lost at the moment

[@nembutsu1045]

came here for tips on how to master, accidentally learned how 'Freq, Width and Depth' in the saturator work. thanks man

[@joseluismendoza374]

Appreciate it!! I learned a a lot with your video and I got great results with the track I mastered

[@cstanleyhns]

Very helpful thanks

[@D3ft0ne]

man 8 band EQ saved my ass... couldnt tame the damn kick no matter what i was trying to do , wouldnt go below 12LUFs without breaking up, cutting overall EQ did wonders.

[@X_Spence]

Do you combine all the tracks into one before you master it or do you do the master steps on each individual track?

[@bsteph5200]

Really helpful! Straight to the point!

[@tezal]

Thanks my mix is sounding nice now

[@Phantom_Communique]

Very helpful tutorial, thank you! And sick track for whatever it’s worth 🤘🏻

[@dbdbdb12345]

thank you for these tips !

[@JugglerSantos]

thanks for the awesome video! how do you get both SPAN windows open at the same time?

[@dmitrytomko5343]

Thank you so much. Really helpful and practical!

[@codetowin]

Thank you very m,uch!!!!

[@mikehynz]

Great vid again, thanks.

[@dj_kik]

Merci pour le tuto :)

[@AngeloSposato]

Nice video, thank you!

[@oustadjamal9660]

very good👍👍👍 thank for tuto

[@FurkanTopal]

What is this intro song btw?

[@mr.shelton9632]

It was super useful , thanks a lot !

[@dundeedolphin]

Thanks

[@jamesbishop8630]

I'm mixing/mastering on Mackie HR824's with ableton glue compressor.. following your tips.....kinda bedroom studio but should I take into account the nearfield flat responce or trust what I hear will work elsewhere? I guess I'm asking are my monitors good enough. they sound awesome but on other systems my mixes have mixed results. I'm doing Rap on Trap and Drill styles but messing with Classical influences, also popping out a bit with 5/4 and 7/8.

[@microstar81]

This is a really great tutorial. But when you're listening to the references aren't they going thru the master? So adding effects? So ur you're not comparing like for like ?

[@gorgonpuke4147]

His other tracks/busses are set on master and reference is external, so not affected by master chain

[@rubenrojano78]

Very helpful

[@hs0008]

Good vid

[@dannye7612]

If you don't like the EQ8 then which EQ would sound good?

[@JuhoSprite]

I simply dont have eq8. so I use tdr nova its probably even better than eq8 from what I've heard

[@Fylo.]

this may be a stupid question (i'm kinda new to mixing and mastering) but why don't the volume signal in SPAN go down when i lower the volume of each track/ and or the master channel? because i wanted to start mastering ( i thought i mixed it alright, everything is in balance, and volume nowhere higher than -6db), but according to SPAN on the master i'm already clipping a bit. I'm confused

[@vipininthemix]

🙏🙏

[@osea-later5692]

Hey nice tutorial. Im confused though, most of the tracks I use as a reference are way too loud, they all clip on the master, these are tracks bought from iTunes for example. Do I need to turn the volume down of the reference tracks? but at the end they will have different dbs if I turn their volume down. cheers

[@pr0metherion]

I have same question

[@aleqxndr]

You have to set the channel output of the reference track to "Ext. Out" instead of "Master". Otherwise you process the already mastered to 0db reference track with your mastering chain!

[@giuseppefrancaviglia5404]

perfect 😎

[@lucasmills8416]

Did he ever release this song:3? What is it called?

[@lamarthe_headcrab7687]

Is the actual LUFS read out value blocked by the cam footage? I am seeing it going up to around -10 -9... but not seeing actual value number.

[@LouixIskander]

I struggle to reference because nothing really sounds like what I’m producing?

[@LukeIcardMusic]

Thats a deeper issue. You should start out producing your favorite artists. Once you learn the rules you can break them

[@LouixIskander]

@ so true. Thanks

[@dogukartal]

Great tutorial

[@VentureNW]

I really like Ozone Pro and Smart Limit... but, like you said, for like the last 5%. If I have mixed stuff properly, there should not be much of a difference between running these 2 program's AI and what I already have. Often I find myself going and readjusting what the AI did and sometimes even turning off Ozone or Smart Limit a few times before I get it where I want it. Usually don't push it out after a round at it, either though.

[@inbo7057]

i got SPAN, but theres no option for LUFS-SL... Help?

[@sidekickbeats_the_official]

Hey, good video !! My Span doesn't show the LUFS option in the drop down. Where did you get your version of Span ? Thank you !!

[@harryjacob2004]

Did you find solution to this?

[@sidekickbeats_the_official]

@@harryjacob2004 Not yet. You ?

[@XRROW_]

The muddiness in the low mids is killing me!!! It's such an easy fix too😭

[@brandotchi]

I don't have LUFS option in my Span. How do I enable it?

[@harryjacob2004]

Did you find how to fix this mate having same issue?

[@hs0008]

Get YouLean Volume Meter

[@David-hs1bu]

And right now we are going to talk about it which we will see later as it is something important that could do things which we can talk about in another videos, I'm also going to do things and match it then I use this then I use that. 20 minutes

[@goodwillhawk]

Npc

[@johnqpublic4662]

The problem I find is that the industry standard mastering software, Izotope Ozone, in an effort to win the loudness wars, produces an excessively clipped, distorted and boomy master.

[@JamesPatricioMusic]

NOOB QUESTION how do i get both Spans up at same time?

[@Escobar_Calle90]

Gotta go to settings , then in the Plug-ins menu check the box that says multiple plug-ins on the screen to enable this option, ableton comes with this option disabled, 🎼

[@danielesdanielchik]

yezzurrr

[@BenjaminKoloi]

This is what i always do in FL studio

[@cpfrancis26]

Nice

[@PessimismusPrime]

I love how Matthew McConaughey explaining me how to master a track...thank you ;*

[@C-MAGs]

Please someone, cheer this guy up. He seriously bummed me out. Sounded absolutely bored. Oh, and the reverb was a mess. Still sounded muddy in the end.

[@Mainaa2]

👍👍

[@1800KLIENFELD]

Totally forgot how good span was.

[@Ultrainstinto791]

Dude talkin trash on eq8, tipical over confident dude who went to expensive school, acting like a diva

[@JuhoSprite]

sadly intro users are left out here...

[@marcello4258]

A good the title is wrong.. I don’t want some obscure “free” malware plugins .. I was hoping you are using stock instead of free plugins. Still on Cubase 8.5 but maybe replacing lots of my legacy software with suite 11 .. which looks like a massive big box with almost all tools you can ask for thanks bro

[@JohnJohnCrusher]

Dude. Nearly every pro level producer uses SPAN. It's that good. Far from obscure, as you'll find out as you continue through life. I'd recommend you get over it, and just get it. Low CPU, easy install, free, safe and incredibly useful. But hey...

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

​@@JohnJohnCrushermate don't dictate what he should be using. I wouldn't strap on a bomb just because other people are doing it. You do you okay?✌️

[@clonekillerz]

😂

[@Davidroylee]

Another bad tutorial

[@Khaajzar]

Thanks for the tips, really helpful!

[@Ninjjadog]

Thanks for the video ☺️