2024 Mastering "Must-Knows" you can't miss

[@paulmisty8998]

You can tweak the "expert settings" in StandardClip to your taste, e.g. linear phase with 80% Nyquist, resulting in much more "analog" sound. I like it.

[@northseastudios]

What a year! Thanks for all the info you've shared!

[@MaxRayMusic]

In your oversampling section, what are you running your session at, 48k, 96k? Won't this make a difference with how much oversampling is needed?

[@talktokale]

Every single one of these was pure gold and I plan on getting your course sooner rather than later. Thank you!

[@TheBassissT]

Hello, in plugin doctor, there is no distortion in fabfilter pro l2 safe mode. I guess you probably noticed it =) please correct me if I'm wrong =)) thank you for your awesome videos..!

[@Dj_Leoguerrero]

48 mins for nerding , thanks bro !!

[@ozzy3ml]

Excellent content, so many nuggets! Language nazi tip: You might want to look into how aliasing is pronounced. Also, μs designates microseconds, not nanoseconds (which are 1/1000th of a microsecond). This is obviously (nano-)nitpicking though. love your videos and the open attitude to exploring and learning. Big ups

[@KevinSimpson031]

Great video, great Tips. I like making use of the Stnadard Clip Offline bounce on 32x while I listen on 4x. Your topic on the M/S EQ is quite interesting, I will be having a look into what the bx_digital is doing to my masters.

[@zillahgoodmaen6783]

Thank you for advance techniques. I got better at approaching mastering and practicing!

[@easyvelvet77]

Nice to have this amazing recap! The last ozone tip is mad...

[@this_is_jmdub]

So interesting!! First phase rotation seems like a magic trick but after all it’s just a form of compression: gives headroom, smears transients

[@TWEAKER01]

No magic bullet though. It can increase some peaks, lower others. Far more effective on solo parts such as spoken voice or anything naturally asymetrical.

[@tylerjackson7586]

Great tips here. Can anyone here give any tips when using midi instruments. I'm finding phase issues on the correlation meter when I'm checking the phase mainly keys /pianos midi.

[@TUNDERO]

Amazing video ❤

[@shakirjabo3787]

Real gold, thanks for sharing bro .

[@owenbulliss2378]

Wouldn't oversampling the clipper potentially add more distortion? Because it could add samples above the current maximum like you show with the limiter. The increased clipping there might change the sound more than a tiny bit of aliasing on a transient that's clipped by a couple db with no oversampling

[@everestwitman]

I think this is good if you are trying to respect a final TP value for your master. You want the TP overshoots to be clipped so that the TP limiter doesn't have to deal with them

[@TWEAKER01]

There is always a trade-off to be weighed up: the intermod distortion from aliasing (which is really what's meant when talking of aliasing) vs the filtering and peak change from oversampling (which does mitigate aliasing IMD). Decisions are made by... listening!

[@MR_Cellarpop]

Thanks! About oversampling or true peak on limiters, there are so many masterings engineers that say don't use true peak on limiters but use oversampling and others say vice versa :)- Best/Mathias

[@TWEAKER01]

Tip: *listen* to what suits best for the material.

[@cainomusic]

Your videos are extremely helpful and I am very grateful for all that you do 🙏🏼 I remember a video you did after a Drew Vespers video on oversampling. It demonstrated the overs that happen when oversampling. I think you said unless a lot of high end you would still oversample. Do you still balance the line between the overs and the aliasing? Or are you still mostly sticking to 4x-8x OS on StandardClip. I have tried both on masters and am still not locked in on which is better. What are your thoughts now that some time has gone by? Thank you in advance

[@ILOVEDRAGO]

8:17 about TP Limiting! - laetly i saw alot of tips for mixing/mastering with the advice to turn OFF TP, because the tracks will be louder on spotify, can you say something about that?

[@gau7t]

I have also heard the same, and that it can sometimes cause distortion too, I did a very rough A/B and to my ears it sounded worse with TP on! Would be interested to hear other peoples thoughts on this - if someone could do a deep dive into it, that would be excellent :))

[@TWEAKER01]

all else being equal, TP limiting is more limiting (than regular peak limiting). Listen and decide. Sp*tify playback depends on so many factors and could change at any moment.

[@kevinkearney3836]

Remind me how you were getting the delta signal in the oversampling test? Thx!!!!

[@HiLoMusic]

Love ur content man. Helped me loads

[@G_handle]

Maybe I missed it, but why are you testing at 14kHz?

[@louduzit]

Great content as usual. Have you ever used Voxengo Elephant for limiter? I’d love to see you maybe take a deep dive into it someday.

[@mill3370]

This is the stuff I play to fall asleep to

[@dom2555]

yes but go touch some grass friend, you need it. Health is wealth.

[@nietzscheth]

🫡

[@ewr34certxwertwer]

my PC laptop, an expensive MSI, beats any MAC to the ground. I CAN MIX WITH A FULL MASTERING CHAIN WITH ALMOST ALL PLUGINS AT 4X OR MORE (OVERSAMPLED WITH THE AMAZING REAPER DAW), THE FABFILTER L2 AT 32X, and lots and lots of tracks. IT HANDLES IT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM

[@vedr4n]

specs?

[@memeswillneverdie]

What laptop and you’re caps lock was on 😂

[@ewr34certxwertwer]

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[@CrazzyJokerr]

7:38

[@ewr34certxwertwer]

​@@CrazzyJokerroversampling is never high enough. Digital hardware units usually use 128x oversampling. This is why they sound so good