What is Mastering?? (And how to do it with FL Studio Plugins)

[@AsherPostmanMusic]

I finally made an ADVANCED mastering tutorial! Watch here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/javClKGEfLioisksi=MsriC0QZRLwTq6-f

[@dawg205]

I accidently added the hardcore plugin instead of maximus.... I am still in hospital.....

[@BigBadibou]

I swear this plugin is dangerous as fuck, it should come with no Distortion or a Gain Reduction at least, this shit clipped everything and sounded like straight white noise when I added it on accident - I was shook for the rest of the session

[@makethisabeat]

Truth

[@hoelcaullery-kempf1484]

😂😂😂

[@ayharshmusic]

Get well soon bro XDXD

[@noobmaster1231]

Legend says he's still in hospital...

[@syedwasiqbukhari]

remember when you exported your first track directly without doing mastering & mixing, yes you, the one who's reading,

[@sambe99]

:)))

[@KumbayaNZ]

damn this hit too hard fr

[@cIiffe]

i still do :)

[@awesomegmer86]

:(

[@limascl1027]

Pew pew got me

[@acebelen8818]

Kids use Equalizers Men use Sausage Fattener Legends use Soundgoodizer

[@マシュードーラン]

AceMakesContent 😂 Exactly

[@moeketsigedionmotsitsi5629]

GENIUSES WILL USE ALL THREE😊

[@shironhun]

This ⬆️ 😂

[@Marquploads]

what does equalizers has to do with comp and boost?

[@irvandwiprasetyo2769]

Geniuses uses OTT

[@prab231]

Step 1: Add sausage fattner to the master track Step 2: Turn color all the way up and voila (Results may vary)

[@tridentremixes5449]

Or Step 1: Add Soundgoodizer to the master track Step 2: Go on preset A Step 3: Set it to max

[@Sillylemon]

I prefer adding 6 soundgoodizers and a sausage fattener

[@tridentremixes5449]

Sillylemon Yeah but don't forget to Fruity Reeverb 2 and set wet, size and bass to max

[@daephx]

rip those who don't understand enough to recognize the sarcasm

[@baruch7527]

DaemonPhoenix42 thank you for this comment i thought they were being serious

[@famousmax2652]

AFTER SMOKING 1 GRAM OF WEED I DID FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT TO DO THANK YOU SENSEI

[@crapcrap]

Bro. New level shi

[@ThatOnePizzaMan]

1 gram

[@Kamex]

Short, sweet and to the point on everything! Definitely gave me a better idea of what mastering is. Thanks so much for making this!

[@MrFree-vj8qj]

20min to say Its nothing basically. Loudness and some eq to taste. Mastering isnt really a thing since physical supports died and powerful softwares took over.

[@christopherbusby7067]

I literally just figured out what saturating Actually does after videos of people talking about using saturation, and then I come across your video and you explain it completely and so easily. Why is this information so hard to come across? Thanks for sharing this! I definitely thought mastering was some kind of secret trick when I started.

[@マシュードーラン]

Christopher Busby A little EQ, some light compression and limiting to taste. The mix is 90% :)

[@ftaloYT]

Him: "between negative 8, negative 6 somewhere" Me: seven

[@kenninger4267]

not necessarily, most knobs are tuned to 2 decimal places. things like reverb and delay tweaks can make colossal changes, especially delay which is .1 by default.

[@safiulalamantar7287]

😂

[@simonaigilo4178]

Bro I'm subscribing when I heard that vocal chops.. It's unreal

[@__lastletter]

That was a dope chop tho.

[@boortbeatz9024]

Its ight.....

[@donmerguez6014]

I agree def my style

[@AXOLOTLKINQ]

i need to know how he did it

[@normanlove222]

@@AXOLOTLKINQ he has a video where he shows how he did it on his channel. Its tight.

[@jacob31burgess]

@ 12:00-12:30 was the most helpful to me, like a switch flipped it all comes together now. Everything I needed to know and was missing explained in 30 sec. thanks man, you probably just made me a future celebrity!

[@AsherPostmanMusic]

So glad to hear that! Yeah that was a big one for me too when I found out.

[@arisandra]

Quick Tip: If you are adding heaps to the master, you probably have not mixed your track very well. Go back, and make tweaks there. You can ADD things, but once bounced out, you cannot REMOVE them. lovin your stuff ash

[@AsherPostmanMusic]

+AriIsSleeping good tips. And thanks ❤️

[@arisandra]

❤️

[@projektmanagementeinfacher9940]

sorry, I'm not native, what do you mean with heaps?

[@arisandra]

heaps = a lot of. in this context, this would mean "if you are adding a lot of plugins to your master..."

[@projektmanagementeinfacher9940]

AriIsSleeping okay thanks

[@MAGEBEATS]

Dude this literally helped me finally understand mastering wtf. Been producing for 4 years now and never totally understood till now. Thank u

[@ajturgeon8719]

Asher we need a 2020 version of this vid!

[@SH4D40]

Yeah right

[@misterbigwigmusic]

Yeah

[@misterbigwigmusic]

2021

[@nickreyes3088]

When he squashes it down with a limiter as example of what not to do but it still sounds better than my one track I mastered for 6 hrs

[@neoticmusic]

PERFECT!!

[@ferrysmd]

I studied this mastering here, and I get it as an early benchmark, because I've been stressful how to mastering me with a beginner's condition. thank you for sharing. I really appreciate this.

[@ericalynnjoseph]

I've used plugins in the mixer before but am just learning how to master a track because I like that "full" sound. To add a high pass in Fruity Parametric EQ 2 like in the video, it looks like you can right click on the number 1 in the purple circle and select High Pass under the Type category in the menu that pops up.

[@ceeazy1833]

This is what I believe to be my door-opener to the mixing/mastering world and I still find myself using this way of workflow to this day. Thank you!

[@ebav9526]

For sometime now, i was frustrated how my tracks sounds. What missing, i know mastering is the answer, but don't know how to use it up until now. Thnx man u taught me the basics. Now just a little tweaks and im good. Thnx again, more power Godblz.

[@eanestscribe]

Straight and to the point. No endless plugins for a simple concept. Thank you.

[@zilent9276]

This tutorial is a life saver!!! Old but Gold!!! thanks man!!!

[@Nexecy]

Quarantine got me watching mixing and mastering videos 24/7.

[@cloudscape5996]

Loved that stereo enhancement tip.. Really make a big difference..

[@zisforzesty2968]

Finally I can be proud of the way my music sounds. I absolutely loved the tutorial and those vocal chops are awesome.

[@BasNunnikhoven]

I always recommend to have your mix not above - 6db...

[@IvaadenFebbs]

I watched this 5 years ago and man it helped me a lot since even now. Moved on from the basics and actually dealing with advanced stuff now!

[@AsherPostmanMusic]

that’s so great to hear!!

[@briochebill3386]

Keep coming back to this video whenever I need to master. It's so simple and easy to follow. Thanks a lot, it really helped. 🙏

[@avidd8506]

Thank you so much bro! I live in Korea so i don't understand English well.But I could understand your language well because you were so calm.Thanks to you, I learned the mastering.thank you so much!!

[@xrecords6329]

Oh my days!!! My days of serching for mastering tutorial has finally come too an end... I'm all emotional... Thanks bruh!

[@One_of_Many750]

Incredible!!!! All of These Mastering Tutorials, Don’t Hold A Candle To How Concise This Video Was. Well Done!!!

[@riceboy857]

me: *not knowing how to master but slaps a legendary soundgoodizer in the master track*

[@CosmixKid]

💀

[@alexanderalvarado5879]

Or a couple

[@Jaykaverse]

Thats what I do lmao im trying to learn how to master but my gosh

[@Agodofkings]

2020 and this video still doing numbers, and for good reason. Great breakdown, I just mastered my first song and cant wait to upload it.

[@King1CurtisLOLZBros]

Please do a mixing tutorial! Thank you!

[@KipNasty27]

If I become ANYTHING in life....its you that Im shouting out every time. Been trying to figure this simple shizz out for years.

[@ArcticWolfOfficial]

2:37 Look at that CPU Usage!!!! My computer would have flipped upside down and thrown itself out the window if it were that high.

[@maybespaceyy9292]

thank you for someone who explains n teaches about mastering thank you very helpful!!

[@JoeyLuckyBoyNato]

Hero

[@glynkeegan306]

Hey Joey Nata. You're a killer producer man. Love ya

[@sohe_.l]

:)

[@Jjmcwashere]

this is the first video i found after months of looking that actually helps

[@joshsmith7812]

It's not hard but you have to know what you're doing, you can easily ruin your song with bad mastering, it's recommended to send it to a mastering engineer, it's not as expensive as you'd believe, or learn mastering properly yourself, and take breaks and use reference tracks to refresh your ears. I'm a student mastering engineer, mastering isn't this crazy dark art, it's simple yet complicated at the same time and usually less is more. There's a lot of false mastering info on KZbin, be careful not to fall into it, such as mastering to only 14 LUFS argument. Be really careful when eq'ing when mastering, you want to enhance what's already there and bring out the best of the track and maybe do a tiny amount of corrective eq if need be, but if you're trying to correct too many things it means the mix more than likely needs work. Get an idea in your head of how you want your track to sound, don't just boost and cut things because you feel like you should, and if something is already good, don't be afraid to leave it alone, you're doing what's best for the track, just because you're mastering it doesen't mean you need to touch every single frequency band or use heavy limiting.

[@cheekyboy4467]

"such as mastering to only 14 LUFS argument" - Can you elaborate on this part because I've seen it recommended to set to around these levels due to the streaming platforms and if you have something interesting or informative explaining further it could help?

[@nicholassapphire2022]

@@cheekyboy4467 Ya I got the same question. I like having my music on major streaming platforms

[@OfficialMarcShaw]

Yeah explain

[@PeeJumZ]

Very nice tutorial, it was "to the point" where others lack explaining Mix+Master

[@XRAY81]

You're Legend

[@luccaradhuany]

he is

[@Anaperius]

I thought he was Asher postman

[@benq994]

Yep he's pretty real.

[@XRAY81]

Hakim Can YILMAZ ne işin var burda reis :D burayı ele geçirdim

[@guckinfames]

Anaperius r/dadjokes

[@gandhichoron1365]

Finally understood what mastering is ... Thank u very much Asher 👍👍

[@KiboDesuYo]

i needed this, thanks bby

[@elliot5008]

I did all the things you showed us in the video already, but now I know why I do. Thanks

[@aaroh6531]

Asher please do a "How I made Fuel My Love" video or any other of your remixes/originals. Absolutely love all your music

[@dylanacton699]

this was really helpful like fr i have no clue what im doing but this made my song sound so clear!!

[@QuadDamage3]

"I'm going to explain" > explains nothing. What do knobs do? What do curves do that you adjusted? What anything does to a signal? You adjusted volume curve at places where volume peak even didn't reach. Why? Still, at least the process and steps are seen. Thanks.

[@AnimalzyNL]

To be fair, all those things are specific to your track. If you k ow the process, its basically a matter of preference. Just experiment and see what works with your track.

[@mili42069]

I think most of the viewers are not that of beginners that they don't know what any of the knobs do. Check out some other tutorials like from this channel called 'in the mix'. But I reccomend playing around with the knobs yourself and find out what they do

[@deanpadgett6424]

I agree with u man

[@stupid__aminal]

I like how he shows the before and after, before and after the tutorial

[@brothersaspect3010]

Rip I used to use Logic Pro x on my old Mac I spent a stupid amount of money on but it was stolen when I was robbed while at work. I miss my old music stuff so much but ig some people are unlucky and gotta start from the bottom again. Just had to vent tbh

[@dardyunna3700]

that fucking sucks my dude, only giving you positive vibes from now !

[@adrianalvarez4847]

Brothers Aspect So sorry about that same thing happened to me

[@aliansonkharpan8667]

thanks asher . .now i can finally understand what mastering is. .most of the tutorials i've watched before they're making it very complicated to understand. .till now i finally understand the meaning of mastering. .

[@jloren5662]

Mastering is called that for a reason. Slapping a compressor on something is fine for most. Hell, youtube works, right? If you want to hear a masterer vs a complex AI trying to do the same, look into LANDR vs even a low rated masterer.

[@davidmatthew7470]

You look like Steve Harrington from Stranger Things. Thanks for the Tutorial!

[@AsherPostmanMusic]

+David Matthew lol that’s what one of my friends said 😆

[@LeoRezendemusic]

Can't unsee

[@FLPClub]

Same lol

[@YoungBlaze]

@@AsherPostmanMusic no, it is you boi!

[@leeholymoly]

Just what I needed. Was frustrated specifically with the loudness, but I got it now.

[@blinkxr9]

*The knobs weren't intimidating up until he said they were*

[@noizenjoyer]

Finally a decent vid on mastering that I can understand!! Cheers!! Proper decent tips n all!! Nice one!!

[@Priyan997]

It's really helpful. Thanks for doing such easy to understand tutorials . Can u please make some tutorial on mixing vocals and specially how to add the right amount of reverb .........☺

[@danielpark3249]

Priyabrata Maity fruity reverb 2

[@darthlaan2538]

"Right amount" is subjective. Listen to songs you like in the genre you're going to make. Make your reverb amounts sound like theirs. None of the people who do mastering for a living had a mastering textbook with a "right amount" section, they just do it by ear.

[@ericevans7304]

in edm, you dont want your decay to be over 3 seconds. itll be too much.

[@XC1v1lXD35troy3rX]

Dude, this video fixed my VO's! Thanks a ton!

[@stefanslater8342]

cool simple video, super grateful, every video ive seen is just super obnoxious, using words you have to google every sentence. great video to get started and follow along with for beginners

[@stefanslater8342]

just looked on your channel looking for more tutorials, should definitely keep doing them :)

[@N1k0Music]

same Dylan hahaha

[@jlawrence39]

Whenever I forget, i watch this over and over. Very very helpful, heck the best tutorial for me!

[@MARLEYSKE]

Your channel is so helpful just want to thank you brother & show some respect. Keep working your going up.

[@SynthStudios]

SELFMADE KINGZ E.N.T. yes its awesome

[@mckatherine]

Omg this extremely helpful!! I couldn't believe how my track sounded after mastering it, it sounded sooo proffesional!! :'D THANK YOU SOO MUUUCH!!!!

[@Jacopter]

Very useful and helpful tutorial, could use a little more explanation though, but very good!

[@patchstep]

I've been making music and mastering my own stuff for a while now and this is still very helpful. Thanks Asher

[@EEKmusic]

great tips man!

[@PARENTALADVISORYPODCAST]

bro I want to immensely thank you.... I have been recording for 4 or 5 years now and this was my final step... I have scoured the internet for thousands of hours in search of the info you provided in these 18 min. and 39 seconds.... I am at a loss of words and I couldn't even sleep right for a couple nights because of how incredible my music sounds now. When I make it to the top bro i'm flying out to see you because you have changed my life and I can't thank you enough Asher. Thank you.

[@AsherPostmanMusic]

+BNKS AUDIO GROUP so glad to hear that 😄

[@sankalpmukherjee7789]

For extreme Noob: Go to the mixer bus where the audio is sent. Then right click and select "File" option,choose "browse state option". Then see towards the left part of the screen You will see different mastering options which immediately masters the song by just selecting them.

[@johnsutton2468]

Whats the best one for a trap/ hip hop beat? Lol

[@androsondo]

Thank you so much for the helping tools mastering it was a struggle.😱

[@joannot6706]

Wow! Makes me want to use FL again!

[@rodolfovillalobos2921]

Go for it!

[@wafflestoast5228]

Just refresh your plugs!

[@ericevans7304]

why would you even switch

[@J0307music]

Thank you! I was nervous about what mastering actually was going to be & now I think I can handle it. Gonna get through these basics and see where it takes me. 🙏🏻

[@tumejoryopodcast]

This video is so good!

[@calebs7557]

thank you so much for clearing this up! I'll probably watch this video like 15 times! Very helpful.

[@livingcodes9858]

where soft clipper gang at!?

[@JReaLBiz86]

This is actually the most helpful mastering video I've found for using the maximus. I actually get how the thing works now! Thanks!

[@jgvtc559]

That First 3 second of him saying ignite the fire in me omg I wanna record that through my mic and sample It so bad it's the perfect riser

[@iMiike69]

I'm an Ableton and Maschine user, but the ideas and concepts of mastering in this still helped me out a ton. Thank you !!!!!!

[@augusto7681]

I don't get why edm must be louder as possible. Your music already sound good and balanced. It doesn't sound too quiet. If someone want to hear it louder they should just turn the volume up. Some producer kill the dynamic in the mastering process and the things loose definition.

[@tudorboca2296]

Ksus Susk gtfo

[@マシュードーラン]

The loudness wars man...the loudness wars

[@twistedlemon708]

Really some of the most useful tutorials on the internet, when trying to learn to work with a DAW. Keep doing them!

[@patrikrask8131]

I really appreciate this video. Gave me a whole lot. I have a question though: i follow your steps and enhance the sound tremedously on my tracks, but the "sound wave" or whatever its called where u can see the twists and turns of the track (for example on Soundcloud) looks pretty much like a solid block of bass. It is a bassy techno track but still, there are parts with just a highpitch synth too. Other technotracks seem to get way more detailed sound waves (or what u call em.. ) thanks for feedback on this and thanks again for your help!

[@sEmoa_london]

it's the dynamic range. because you made your track esentally louder and put a limiter on it, you lost some of the range between how low or loud your track can get :D

[@andrasroczei6657]

This song is actually amazing

[@NESDY0408]

Nice video 🎆✨🎆✨ 😃😃😃😃😃

[@jeez6635]

reallllllllllllllllllllly love the tips that you gave in the video. i havent heard of any of them until now.

Definitely one of the best tutorials out there for mastering. Thank you for this Ash !

[@KodiaxeMusic]

"a mistake most beginners make is having a limiter on the master track" *proceeds to put it on* Oh okay

[@madmattermassive]

he meant while making the track

[@madmattermassive]

...i think

[@martinentertainment734]

he explained perfectly why he enabled it, and why u shoudnt.

[@norfsyq9660]

KODIAXE I literally thought the same thing when I first watched this but maybe he means while recording and mixing not to have a limiter on the Master and wait till you’re at the end of the Mix basically like how he was at the start of the video

[@jesselewis525]

When I use my limiter on the Master Track, I have the Gain & Ceiling cranked all the way up while having the Master slider on the mixer turned down to 50% (12.7).

[@setosbeats3511]

your tutorials helped alot ,really learned alot that i didnt know at all ,thhanx man....

[@bunaventure2]

You said when mastering make sure there are no plugins on the master bus, why can't you use EQ 2 and Maximus as shown on the master bus? Is there a reason to export as WAV first?

[@R404C1]

That's a thing that i really want to know

[@alecmx3814]

Cal Malouin cause they might mess up with the other plugins that you already had in your mix. Exporting it to a wav file, makes those plugins you had in your mix to become one with the whole song, there are also other reasons but that’s one of them lol

[@dennisfricke5647]

Doing mastering on your Master while got the hole other stuff open will kill your pc and may cause lag which will destroy your sound (depends on cpu and soundboard). When you export wave and master it in a new project you wont have to deal with these issues, eventhough u got a bad pc or laptop

[@bunaventure2]

@@dennisfricke5647 Makes a lot of sense, thank you

[@anhellehna6858]

The Best Beginner Mastering Guide... :)

[@meghanapujari5777]

Can i use a refrence track to get the loudness? Like with the plugin first i can test the loudness of already perfect song and then i can employ the same volume value to my mix. Is it okay?

[@AsherPostmanMusic]

+Peter Van Goublin use the YouLean loudness meter I showed in the vid and see how many LUFS the reference song is. Then you can try to match your song to that. And yes that’s always a good idea!

[@meghanapujari5777]

Asher Postman Music thanks Asher...i mastered my track with the tutorial you showed its pretty much dope...thanks for sharing

[@alphaprinters9765]

This is the best tutorial on Mastering so far in KZbin. The rest are just a waste of time. Bigup!

[@Brandonheat1]

is there a reason why when you are mastering it in another session of fl studio why it is on insert 1 linked to the master and not just directly on the master insert on the mix board???

[@naomisalama430]

Well, one good reason is saving memory. When you export the audio to a new project you're using a lot less than with mixing session with all the plugins and tracks used there.

[@keepitrythmic8316]

The phrasing in that drop was real nice

[@roomzy2045]

Goddamn I just mastered and it made it sound like a broken subwoofer xD Something is wrong here.

[@discardedchannel9444]

There might be a problem in the mix

[@NewmakerFreeStep]

Thank you so much, my Mastering skills just increased a ton, I learned so much in this video! Keep doing great videos!

[@TayGalanakis]

TM-88 says all you need to do is level

[@JR-pw2qb]

tm 88 only makes mediocre trap beats, mixing and mastering isnt hard when you make simple beats

[@chris8651]

Yeah level (as a producer/beatmaker)... then they give it to an engineer lol they miss that part.

[@xonnabeatzx3685]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE VIDEO...IT IS THE BEST MASTERING TUTORIAL ON EARTH.

[@XRAY81]

Here from 55. views

[@tac-cobserver3788]

1:23 my favorite part anyway, thanks mate for the knowledge 🤙

[@maleev_music]

but its totally wrong to say: "make sure while mixing your song there are no plugins on the master bus" ... sorry but thats bullshit!

[@devilkiller13579]

yeah your right lmao. but hey its youtube he can say what he wants without being corrected XD

[@YoungBlaze]

Explain

[@tylerdengler6960]

YoungBlaze for FL Studio, the master preset automatically comes with Fruity Limiter that limits the instrumental you use go above 0 dbz. When I took it off, the instrumental sounded highly distorted. It’s better to leave it on, but not to make any tweaks to it.

[@quintijnkroesbergen5611]

@@tylerdengler6960 No you should leave it off from the beginning so it doesn't sound distorted. If you leave it on, it will cut a lot of frequencies.

[@baliissam2831]

PEOPLE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY FOR THOSE INFOS... THANK YOU BROO😍😍😍😍

[@ugpfpv361]

Don't know if I'd call this real mastering, but for the bedroom wanna be that doesn't have the funds (not talking about you) it's a good starting point. Only thing is at the end when comparing before and after you should level match the two as you will be naturally drawn to the louder one but that doesn't mean it sounds better.

[@TheAcesShow]

UgpFpv very true, things sound better loud, it's why the loudness war exists. I find more luck mastering my stuff lower and not trying to crank everything to as loud as it can be without distorting it. When I do that I throw off the dynamics of the song I made. If rather have people turn it up than miss what I've spent time making.

[@Yoyoman835]

Haha, for sure. But I think all the people looking up how to master on KZbin are going to be bedroom wanna be's. We know we can't beat the labels after an afternoon of KZbin & messing around in FL. But it's insane how close we can get.

[@lostmarimo]

i thought i had learned the basics... never have i been so wrong in my life. this just opened up a whole new door, fucking hell.