Mastering with Waves Plugins Like A Pro

[@joeyhenson5166]

im seeing comments that are like "pffttt REAL mastering engineers do way more but cool".....bro im listening to this and the regular person listening to your music isnt going to give a shit. youre song is either fire or it isnt. this mastering chain right here is good enough for me.

[@SheikRonMC]

Facts

[@MichaelHernandezi]

The IMPusher is the best pluggin to master wow it give it a touch to the beat

[@rubyluger.]

I can't tell you how much ground this video has covered for me personally. I have spent hours upon hours watching videos on how to make a cleaner mix etc and this video with help of these plug ins has produced by far my best mix to date. HONESTLY! Before they were muddy and I was kidding myself into believing they'll do but they never did and I have wasted so much time tweaking plug ins which never made a difference but in fact took me further away from a defined mix. Thank you for your time and effort

[@SeanDivine]

Appreciate the feedback, glad to help 😊

[@direxta]

The track I just mixed I thought it couldn't sound any better .. then here I am trying everything you taught me in 5 mins, genius my song sounds 10x better!

[@AidenBradley95]

The Puigtec is an absolute monster. I've used it on every mix I've done since I've got it.

[@eddieburke3816]

May I hear one of your best mixes using the Puigtec, Aiden?

[@syn8394]

8k push so iimpressive the vocals, for me the best way to push bus vocal a little bit in the mix < 3

[@gkiss2030]

Is it on the quality level of UAD version (Pultec Passive EQ)?

[@noeltorres438]

UAD es mejor calidad para mí parecer que Waves. También puede ser un ligero cambio tonal simplemente. Los dos son buenos pluguins. UAD suena increíble y para mí gusto mejor que Waves. Saludos desde España Cádiz

[@sincerelymace]

This was crazy!! Love that mono bus 🔥

[@KaitavSapreMusic]

This is a gem of a video. Thank you for this informative tutorial, Sean! :)

[@SeanDivine]

sure thing Kaitav, glad to hear it!

[@bikesnbeerz]

That track is just dope. You've got an outstanding teaching technique, very good ears for talent and frequencies. You are seriously blessed hommie.

[@SeanDivine]

thanks Bob :)

[@jamesgarlimah9067]

Thank you!

[@new2dayuser151]

Great moment in time we live in. You can sit in your own home or studio and master a song!! I love what's out here nowadays musically!!! I find that if your already there with your mix, take a break and go right into your master!! Do it yourself!! Then have several people listen and then go from there!!! I find that out of all the plugins I keep going to the same ones!! Let's face it, they work perfectly all the time. I call it a relationship, some plugins make the project sound good and some don't. You have to find the right plugins that work well with each other!! Mastering I thought at one time was real hard. I was wrong. It's very easy if you listen very carefully as your working !! As they say time and time again , use your ears, trust your ears, if it sounds good or great it probely is. If it sounds bad or horrible then start all over again!!

[@tylersherman9541]

Never thought of implementing a compressed mono signal via bus within the stereo mix; I will have to try this out. Super rad tutorial brutha!

[@SeanDivine]

ayyy 🙌

[@honourifetogun7517]

Can I have you mix a song for me?

[@DreadPitt]

That IMPusher plugin is a beast!

[@SeanDivine]

yep, love it!

[@henryapostoleris5552]

Do you have to do something to turn the IMpusher on everytime i add into the mix it mutes everything

[@PharaohLawLess1]

I slept on the IM Pusher until I demo it at 1:30am last night and My GOD! That plugin kicks ass! It's the punchiest plugin I own. It's even punchier than the Weiss mkII from Soft Tube. And for $29 it was a steal. I feel like I'm the Utah Jazz and just drafted Donovan Mitchell as a steal. That's how this plugin makes me feel

[@DreadPitt]

Still a beast, however I do find it shapes the sound quite noticably, especially the kick. Sometimes it's nice, sometimes it's not so nice.

[@no-yj2cf]

IMPusher might be my new favorite plug. Gonna cop it for sure for sure

[@azj02]

Hi, I do'nt know English so much. . But you train so well that I understand all the content of the video easily. Thanks for your thanks. I am an Iranian and there is not much information here . With your help I learned very well the steps of mixing and mastering . thank you❤️🙏

[@SeanDivine]

Ata ZH so glad to hear it Ata! 🙌 merci

[@momtaz9265]

Ata ZH خدا قوت جوون 😊

[@hassanzia1477]

سلام شمارہ نمبر پلیز ؟

[@thelinkofperfectioncharity9469]

Your english is flawless

[@நான்]

I'm தமிழன் 😁

[@nanskimusicofficial]

Thank you so much for showing this, I also watched the vocals video too. You get straight to the point, and I understood everything.

[@Snugglebear34]

As usual, Sean, you enlightened me again! Thank you for answering my questions WITHOUT me even asking!!! Keep up the outstanding tuts!!!

[@SeanDivine]

glad to hear it Frank 🙌

[@MickPedaja]

Thanks for the help and for sharing your knowings about mastering.

[@SeanDivine]

My pleasure :)

[@DreErdna]

As soon I heard the mix I’m like “yo that sounds amazing!” Master is great too man. Thanks for the video!!!

[@VA1ENTINX]

Luv you Sean 💞 Ty for all the knowledge

[@championot3624]

I never regretted watching this

[@JasonXBeats]

You are officially my new favorite music production channel!

[@SeanDivine]

🙌🙏

[@JasonXBeats]

Sean Divine I bought two products from you a few week ago. Love them!

[@SeanDivine]

glad to hear that, thank you!

[@JasonXBeats]

your welcome!

[@PIVET]

your master is so good man ... NICE

[@SeanDivine]

thanks!

[@sreyneang-chen]

Thank you for this video❤💕

[@hannespi2886]

Gonna have to check out 7:24 again, freaking brilliant result displayed here (SSL G-Master Buss Compressor)

[@jonathancrowell4805]

That track is so good. And that tubetech is SUCH a good eq. So much flavor.

[@NOA-producer]

Dope AF.. on your way to 100k subs ! Nice greetings from 🇩🇪

[@Pi2Music]

Another fire video!

[@SeanDivine]

🙏

[@Maradnus]

Great Video, Nicely demonstrated! Clear & concise information! Well done!

[@SadboyFroggy]

Always love your videos man

[@SeanDivine]

🙏

[@cisqodamme672]

sean i have to say. you are a thrue legend. i'm learning more and more everyday and i'm gonna be a mixing engineer in the Netherlands soon. thank you.

[@SeanDivine]

🙌 doooo it!

[@jamesgarlimah9067]

Thank you Sean!

[@djGreenALERT]

I have been mastering now for several years, but I'm not too proud to admit when I learn something new. This is not the type of music I usually master, but boosting the fundamental is a very nice touch, Thanks Sean

[@saschasale2093]

OG in The BEatmaking/Producer Life !!!!!!!!!!!! .. Livin Legend !!!! SEANDIVINE INN DAAA HOUSEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SeanDivine]

🙏

[@dastadapatla6316]

awesome ..thank u so much dear brother

[@austinlambdin]

Best channel on tutorials so far

[@SeanDivine]

🙏

What I normally do is to copy the original track without any plug-in and bring down the level of the mastered track as low as the original one. Otherwise it's impossible to hear any difference due to the loudness difference. But with same levels you can really start to hear what each plug-in does. Would be nice if you could do the same in upcoming videos. Either way, awesome video! Thanks! :-)

[@Paweland]

Hello Sean and thank You for this amazing lesson, I have one question for You, did You puy limiter on mix before go to mastering ? because mix started exactly with 0 db before mastering, sorry for my english, greetings !

[@Shawneverette]

Thanks for doing this. It was very informative.

[@SeanDivine]

Glad to hear it Shawn 🙌

[@angelocolacicco9768]

@Sean Devine, great video. I am a producer and usually do a pretty tight mix on my beats and then hand them off to get polished. But I've been wanting to learn how to Master not having analog gear and I've viewed a ton of videos over the past 2 weeks and yours by far as been the most direct, clean and very insightful. Cannot wait to try this on some mixes that I am getting ready to send to one of my artists. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'm off to check out your other video on Loudness and how to make sure my songs are really polished.

[@bigpoppapill]

wuddup sean , nice mixing tips bro

[@xcusemee_]

THANK YOU! Needed This

[@SeanDivine]

sure thing!

[@chanevision1]

Thanks Sean! watching your videos has really helped me become better at engineering!

[@SeanDivine]

glad to hear it Kendall 🙌

[@janix.v]

You've won yourself a subscriber here

[@hierisrevo]

Very nice! I notice that the SSL comp is giving me a lot of white noise do. Any idea why?

[@SeanDivine]

if the analog option is enabled, it will add some white noise to the signal

[@keithdunwoody1302]

Thanks Sean. Good vid. I never heard of the para mono comp. Def gonna give that a try.

[@derkhedemann5606]

waves audio, has so many good plugins

[@RickyRussells]

Man, this is just the kind of video I've been looking for.. Thanks a bunch my man!

[@SeanDivine]

glad to hear it Ricky!

[@ebiyeh9489]

James Garlimah is DOPE.

[@jamesgarlimah9067]

Haha Your awesome thank you!

[@brettpatrickmueller]

great timing on this, was literally mastering a song with waves gold and this notification pops haha

[@SeanDivine]

glad to hear it Brett 🙌

[@RobRadleyMusic]

This is amazing!

[@HexBeatz]

great tutorial, do you think you could do a similar tutorial but for a beat thats just been composed

[@HexBeatz]

I would be happy to send over a free project to use as a reference if that is something that would help

[@andrewdroegemeier7723]

Thanks for the vid, It was a tremendous help. Wish the pusher could squash stereo field as well as add. There are a lot of haters of that plugin so i was happy to see how you use it with such great results. Cheers from AZ

[@ChampHarvey]

This is a great video, one question. How do you control phase in the mixing and mastering stage?

[@SeanDivine]

monitor periodically in mono

[@ChampHarvey]

@@SeanDivine Thank you for the response! Would u monitor every instrument that way and adjust accordingly or the mix as a whole to see what is causing the phase?

[@ChampHarvey]

@Kalen Scott I am, I'm currently going to full sail university to help my knowledge. I'm not deep in my degree program yet tho

[@fuamon8179]

That is a dope track !! Thank Sean .

[@SeanDivine]

sure thing!

[@PharaohLawLess1]

Me getting the IM Pusher for $29 makes me feel like the Utah Jazz drafting Donovan Mitchell with the 13 pick

[@bhostylebeats]

Love this mix bruh, Great mixes make great master! Thanks for the info.

[@SeanDivine]

B. Hostyle Beats thanks B! 🤜

[@ku______]

Thanks, Sean & congrats on 50K 👍

[@SeanDivine]

thanks!

[@LotrOnTheKeys]

I love your workflow! Thank you for sharing your mastering technique with us!

[@SeanDivine]

so welcome!

[@stvinedglvss]

Bro thanks for the mono sidechain compression tip I just so happened to have a mono compressor hooked up that I blended with the ssl comp and wow it was a nice touch

[@SeanDivine]

Glad I could help!

[@ivanvenot]

Congratulations nice job I have a curiosity you said that you have to be careful when working with the stereo image due to the fact of the anti phase but I see that something is filtered in the anti phase area it is not a problem to leave in the mix that little signal in the anti phase?

[@SeanDivine]

a little bit of visual feedback there isn't necessarily an issue... more important to use your ears and identify any major phase issues you could be introducing kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXuZe5qkablrkNk

[@ivanvenot]

@@SeanDivine Thank you so much for the kindness of answering me I keep it like a treasure your advice congratulations again for your work

[@HorizunTheAlien]

You're the GOAT Sean. Saved my mixes and mastering and have been levelling up ever since. Always learn a crazy amount when I touch your channel. Hope your year has been amazing. I'd love to know what you think about my record I finished yesterday with your Mastering tips. Mind if I send it through?

[@SeanDivine]

Happy to help! Sure I'll take a listen :)

[@HorizunTheAlien]

​@@SeanDivine Dope! Didn't even realize you hit me back brotha, haha - Here's my record. All me from the production to vocals & writing, using your engineering tips. Appreciate you infinitely. horizunthealien.bandcamp.com/releases

[@husam4089]

Mixing Like a pro by waves ! ♥️🔥

[@Sdbbffsd]

Are you using pre fader send when paralleling

[@forawhileful]

Awesome video! One small remark tho - the eqp1a has a range of 18 db for the 12 positions of the knob. So if you boost by 1 on the scale you are actually boosting a bit more than 1 db.

[@billyhughes9776]

Great vid, lots of useful info -- like the song too.

[@SeanDivine]

thanks Billy 🙌

[@drexbeats]

This is tremendously helpful

[@SeanDivine]

glad to hear it Tajudeen!

[@husam4089]

I'm wondering what does the word tremendously mean

[@mtk4539]

@@husam4089 don’t worry be happy and smile 😃

[@oscarroman3574]

I have no words to thank you man! this lesson was no just amazing! but right on time for me, thanks a lot Sean!

[@SeanDivine]

so glad to hear it Oscar!

[@donut_sax]

That's so helpful, thank you! I wonder: does this plugin combo work for acoustic recordings too? I love electronic music but as a musician I like acoustic music as well, such as jazz. Thank you!

[@SeanDivine]

absolutely! of course, every session is different so you'll want to make tweaks and do what's best for the song. The fundamental concepts of mixing / mastering will be very similar across all styles 👍

[@donut_sax]

@@SeanDivine thank you! I will make experiments. So helpful! I subscribed for more 😃 see u soon!

[@Pedromartinsx]

You should try Api 2500 instead of the SSL comp, it sounds more warm and vintage

[@SeanDivine]

will check it out!

[@allexfenty]

Api 2500 is one of the best compressors for sure. It just goes with everything.

[@new2dayuser151]

Pedro+ api all the way

[@LeoGMaster]

Man I was waiting for this auch a long time! Great video as usual, you are helping me tremendously in my work! Greets and many thanks from Germany and keep up the great grind 💪

[@trapp2290]

I def want a mix and master course from you!

[@demykemble8953]

Very helpful tutorial! The mix sounds so clean and smooth. I really want to know how you mixed this track!

[@callmemainey]

Hey man, I used this tutorial to master my entire first project last year. And I’m here again to remember how I did it. Question though, what was the original wav bounced out to? -6db?

[@SeanDivine]

Yes, if I remember correctly, right around -6!

[@Danyals_]

Thank you so much bro! you are the best.

[@blackmusicbhojpuri]

thanks

[@40thblack]

Thank you getting that rumble in my Masters I desired so much

[@GRequinBlanc]

nicely done. you are a good teacher. great voice

[@SeanDivine]

Thank you kindly!

[@talaya.music99]

Love this tutorial. You’re amazing thank you.

[@zama449]

that mono bus thing blew my mind!

[@CJBeatzProductions]

Hey bro, congrats on 50k!!

[@SeanDivine]

CJ Beatz thanks CJ :)

[@AJONEZ602]

this is the best mastering tutorial on YT

[@SeanDivine]

🙏

[@exieloficialll9973]

Is perfect brother 🔥

[@PharaohLawLess1]

That IM Pusher is the punchiest plugin in the universe! If you want that Dr Dre and Hi-Tec punchy tone and sound get that IM Pusher!

[@Maradnus]

IM made it so they have something fast to slap on a track they were working on to bring up up to a finalised state for testing in their live sets. its bloody brilliant!

[@keyboardsathya]

Hey sean.. i am sathya from india, a indian classical musician.. Thanks for choosing such a lovely track to do this.. loved your working style as well as the lovely track of james.. do let me know how to connect to take your services

[@osvaldoschiavoni3321]

Muy bien explicado, felicitaciones, saludos desde Argentina.

[@SeanDivine]

gracias! 🙌

[@arnez208]

Hi Sean ,I just want to say thanks for this video it has helped me so much on how to master a track and i have also checked out your video on mixing vocals it was a great help for me as well.Once again thanks.

[@SeanDivine]

Great to hear!

[@Itsallawesome]

You definitely should have at least -6 dB of headroom before going to mastering. It will allow the mastering engineer to do multiple levels of gain staging, and they'll be able to get as much juice out of their (hopefully) high-end equipment and into your track as possible.

[@vibra1592]

Many thanks from Brazil !

[@SeanDivine]

Welcome!!

[@zenith_journey]

i like this guy's vibes

[@steffmusic89]

sean, you are really the sympathic and best producer! watching your videos are impressive!! n.g from berlin!

[@SeanDivine]

thank you Carl!

[@pumbabeats420]

Amazing tutorial. Improved my mix/master alot

[@SeanDivine]

glad to hear that Tim!

[@BlackenedNL]

The end result sounds incredible man!

[@SeanDivine]

thanks man

[@TheBlackJewelz]

Do you know if the Pusher clip is hard or soft? And do you have any thoughts on utilizing a soft clipper before a limiter in a mastering chain?

[@239manman]

Thank you! This help me out! Life saver 🙏🏾

[@sergeidesmond1503]

Excellent video. Straight to the point

[@ODDMANOUTMUSIC]

YOUNG AND FREE DOPE!!! NICE waves set-up. Keep blessing us. You have touched a lot of hits. CONGRATS brother!!! Keep the faith. Your bro - ODDMANOUTMUSIC

[@SeanDivine]

appreciate it Oddman! 🙌

[@jamesgarlimah9067]

Thank you!

[@ODDMANOUTMUSIC]

Sean Divine great vid

[@MaticBMobley]

Hey Sean. Great video as usual. I'm new to the whole logic world. I'm having a hard time figuring out how to group track. Sending them aux (don't if I'm describing it correctly) but my cpu is taking a huge hit! I just want to use less plugins and still get A1 quality. Any suggestions?

[@SeanDivine]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIDTm2RuZ9ZqY5o

[@canoncalloway3705]

hey, if you want the waves bundle i can hook it up for $50.

[@thechemistsapprentices4260]

Nice tutorial, I'm using your suggestions. Thanks!

[@SeanDivine]

Glad it was helpful!

[@thechemistsapprentices4260]

@@SeanDivine Sure, I'm a new user of waves diamonds (I've upgraded from Gold+Reinessance) and one of the two free plugins that I've taken is Infected Mushroom Pusher after that I've seen your tutorial.

[@ibemxn]

For those of you who just have waves gold you can substitute multiple plugins to get the same effects as the SSL and the IMPusher it's a little bit of a hassle but hmu if you want to know how I got mine to work without those two plugins

[@wtry]

Please share (: looking into getting diamond

[@saintcelebrity_band]

Hey man how do I do parralell compression on the stereo out in the session? Cheers ❤

[@Fabio_Augusto]

You’re a monster! Awesome!

[@SeanDivine]

Thanks!

[@MrBeeza05]

This video helped massively! Thanks bro!

[@SeanDivine]

🙌

[@honourifetogun7517]

Can I have you mix a song for me??