I'm doing my first solo album from home as I was made disabled in an accident, doing everything from home has been challenging but fun but the one thing I could never do in my 17 years as a musician is mastering, thanks to you that ain't the case anymore! Thank you so much for your videos mate honestly, my album sounds so much better already and I can't wait to see what the rest sounds like in the end. So you have a new fan & subscriber in me, cheers!
I know I'm a year behind on this. But as a newbie that is understanding how to use GB and Sound Engineering, this series has laid such a great foundation. Thank you for all the time you put into this.
Bro, the amount of knowledge, useful knowledge you give through this channel and the guide you’d made has been such a great help with recording through GB. Many thanks
I’m working through an EP right now where all five songs flow seamlessly into each other. I’ve been testing transitions in a separate file with all the WAVs as I’m working. It seems like once I finish mixing I’ll just replace all the rough mix WAVs with the finals and set up that file with the metering in the “master” section. That’s a smart way to work around GB limitations to provide accurate metering one spot. I feel like I have gotten more value out of this channel than damn near anywhere else. Really thankful for what you’re doing.
When i master a full album, i usually set up a single session for each individual song. Thanks to this video, I'm going to set up one session file for all ten songs. I don't know why I've never thought about this before. Thanks!
I’ve been doing something similar with my music on my iPad for a little over a year now. Of course, there’s certain things I can’t do on the iPad, but I do what I can to get as close to a professional mix as possible.
Thank you ! I'm still learning how to do all this. I have a song that has some loops that go for 50 minutes ! I finally saw that I need to choose the yellow line above to determine the length, so you see where I am in this.
How come I am not seeing the same UV Meter and the Loudness meter after using your links? I basically get the UV Meter but does not look like the one on the screen, its one column with lots of different settings. and get nothing on the Loudness Meter. It shows i have it but the meter you have for loudness does not come up on my screen.
Bro! Ty so much man! U rock. Great video, awesome info! Very much appreciated my friend...sincerely. i am truly overjoyed to see this kinda of quality information being shared with the professionalism u show throughout your video. U r a great teacher. Very clear and to the point. This is the 1st video i have stumbled upon of yours but i have already gave ya a thumbs up and saved u in my playlist so i can come back and watch your previous vids as well. Ty ty ty much love ✌🏼💯
I hope yall recognize the time and energy this man has put into these instructional videos. And for no profit, free of charge to us. Very cool. Very selfless.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🎁 #payitforward#bringingtherestup#timeismoney#seminarstatussh*$
great little tutorial (thankyou) .. i'd been mastering with logic for a couple of years, but was interested to see if garage had the limitations or not to allow mastering to. As i'd recently setup a new machine which comes ith it, i didn't want to go through a long setup process just for mastering only.
Why do you make a new session for mastering, instead of just using the Master controls in the session? Does it give you more options? Or does it just help you focus on one task at a time (so you're not tempted to go back in and do track-level mixing)? Or something else? Thanks.
I’m no expert but it basically helps you focus on the mix as a whole instead of each individual sound in the mix. Since the point is to make the entire song sound good as a whole and sound as one, merging all the tracks into one track in a new session and mastering it helps you focus on what the actual song is going to sound like all together. I see what you mean by doing it all in the original session which is the same question I had, but I noticed putting it all together as one track does indeed help you focus on the actual track as a whole. This is good because the merged, mastered track is the most important since this is what will usually be showcased when you release the song. So basically you are right about it helping you focus on one task, or more of it just helps you focus on the track as one instead of each individual piece which is what you focus on when you mix before getting to the mastering stage. It’s good to keep both the mixing session with each track as well as the mastering session so that you can always go back and alter the mix if you need to because you can always transfer it into the mastering session to help finish it off as the final mix, hope this helps!
@entropone I had the same question. It is no big deal but why have a separate session as opposed to bouncing down the entire mix to a two-track stereo mix on a separate track in the same session. Maybe just for organizational purposes?
Could you use the RMS meter during other phases of the mixing process? For example, after tweaking EQ, use the RMS meter to determine dB lost or gained? Or even for precise compression makeup gain?
hi there, Im just starting this mastering journey and I'm finding that the RMS you have pictured is not available. Is there another one I should be using?
Colin, so I’ve mastered my first few tracks and up until now, no problem. I export to my desktop and it sounds fine but missing the first bar of the intro. Tried it a few times with same result. What am I doing wrong? “The Band Guide’ has been a saviour by the way.
Hi. I downloaded the mvMeter as suggested but only get in Factory Presets one option: Pres 0 Init, so cannot get RMS. Also there is no content to load (i.e. presents) and neither is there the three lines option next to the selection in the centre. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance
Are you using a new computer? I ran into this same problem when using a new Macbook, and I downloaded the other MV2 meter (mvMeter2nog) and that one works with the new Mac. Not sure why that all happened, but thankfully there was a work-around.
@@MatthewFlanagan-ts6pz Hi there. I ran into the same problem, with the factory presets. What do I do? Where can I find the other mv2 meter? thank you.
Hey, Colin. I finished a song today but when I mastered it and exported it, the volume is low on Apple Music when I know I increased the volume inside the project. Any idea on how to overcome this? Thx!
Sorry I’m confused from your other video. So do I use the master controls while I mix which is what I thought you said or no and export first then use the master controls?
I'm trying to master some tracks - but whenever I export them from the mixer (whether as aiff or mp3, or wav) they're greyed out when I try to drag them back into a new project for mastering ??
Whoa high praise! This is actually just an early version of it... it will likely be on our next LP, so be sure to follow Broke Royals wherever you stream music :)
@@TheBandGuide sweet!! i scoured everything “Broke Royals” related to try to find it 😭🙏 can’t wait !! Been singing the lyrics since I watched this video! “Prove my worth with a nice apartment, maybe then I’ll find a partner- maybe theeeeeen!! EVERYDAY THE UNIVERSE EXPANDS! BUT IM STILL STRANDED! “ 🤣 loving it man
I know and appreciate and respect how great this information is, but it's still way too complicated for me. Is there an easy way to master one song so that it sounds good through a wedding DJ's system? By this I mean, can't I just use the built-in MIXING tool (for GarageBand on a Mac) and then bring THAT back into a New Project window and set some sort of easy peasy thing? Thank you for any help anyone can give me that is simple. I'm not good at all of this technical stuff like the rest of you are. I have written music for 40+ years and can play multiple instruments but the rest is just too much for me. I just need an easy way to render the final song and give it away as an mp3. Any help with this would be SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
Colin, I have tried numerous times to put my email into the Ultimate GarageBand guide and have yet to receive an email with the download link. Any help is appreciated. Thank you!
Truly, I wish i could articulate just how frustrating this video is. First the mymeter does not will not and can not even pretend to work as you are displaying it to. ok i'm frustrated enough with the first of my list that i'm just gonna stop here...
‼ Download The ULTIMATE GarageBand Guide here: www.thebandguide.com/theultimategaragebandguide ‼
The Ultimate GarageBand Guide also needs to be "mastered". Page numbers and a clickable Table Of Contents would be most helpful. Thank you!
I'm doing my first solo album from home as I was made disabled in an accident, doing everything from home has been challenging but fun but the one thing I could never do in my 17 years as a musician is mastering, thanks to you that ain't the case anymore! Thank you so much for your videos mate honestly, my album sounds so much better already and I can't wait to see what the rest sounds like in the end. So you have a new fan & subscriber in me, cheers!
This channel need to be SHARED…. This guy is AWSOME!! Very very well explained..
I know I'm a year behind on this. But as a newbie that is understanding how to use GB and Sound Engineering, this series has laid such a great foundation. Thank you for all the time you put into this.
Underrated channel and content for an underrated daw. Hope you grow with many more subscribers. Thank you
GarageBand has come such a long way since its inception. Really great DAW for being free.
Bro, the amount of knowledge, useful knowledge you give through this channel and the guide you’d made has been such a great help with recording through GB. Many thanks
I’m working through an EP right now where all five songs flow seamlessly into each other. I’ve been testing transitions in a separate file with all the WAVs as I’m working.
It seems like once I finish mixing I’ll just replace all the rough mix WAVs with the finals and set up that file with the metering in the “master” section. That’s a smart way to work around GB limitations to provide accurate metering one spot.
I feel like I have gotten more value out of this channel than damn near anywhere else. Really thankful for what you’re doing.
🙌🏼 Appreciate that, Ryan! And that's exactly how I'd approach it too. Stoked to hear it!
How’d it turn out?
@@chetsenior7253 We'll find out on May 12th when it releases :)
When i master a full album, i usually set up a single session for each individual song. Thanks to this video, I'm going to set up one session file for all ten songs. I don't know why I've never thought about this before. Thanks!
Hey Colin, thanks so much! I have found your information very useful which has improved my recording by 1000 percent. Great work!
Great voice, well spoken in terms of understanding the process... thx mate
I’ve been doing something similar with my music on my iPad for a little over a year now. Of course, there’s certain things I can’t do on the iPad, but I do what I can to get as close to a professional mix as possible.
Again another Excellent video. Thank you Colin.
Thanks for warning me about this being something I should watch last.
How exactly do you get the my meter to to connect to your garageband? In the plugins
I took some good notes to this video. First time watcher and subscriber
Finishing my album and will try this out . Many thanks
Thank you ! I'm still learning how to do all this. I have a song that has some loops that go for 50 minutes ! I finally saw that I need to choose the yellow line above to determine the length, so you see where I am in this.
Flaming Lips had a 24 hour long song.
Wow! Just found your channel. This is amazing content. I’ll for sure be sharing this with my band mates. Thanks!
Excellent! Thank you Colin
How come I am not seeing the same UV Meter and the Loudness meter after using your links? I basically get the UV Meter but does not look like the one on the screen, its one column with lots of different settings. and get nothing on the Loudness Meter. It shows i have it but the meter you have for loudness does not come up on my screen.
I have the same issue
I figured it out. If you have “Open plug-ins in controls view” ticked in General in Settings it doesnt work.
@@seamai4418 cool. Thanks. I will try it out
Thank you!!! It’s been One Thing at a Time 😁 I got this far… on to mastering.
This is for any genre right?
Bro! Ty so much man! U rock. Great video, awesome info! Very much appreciated my friend...sincerely. i am truly overjoyed to see this kinda of quality information being shared with the professionalism u show throughout your video. U r a great teacher. Very clear and to the point. This is the 1st video i have stumbled upon of yours but i have already gave ya a thumbs up and saved u in my playlist so i can come back and watch your previous vids as well. Ty ty ty much love ✌🏼💯
I hope yall recognize the time and energy this man has put into these instructional videos. And for no profit, free of charge to us. Very cool. Very selfless.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🎁 #payitforward#bringingtherestup#timeismoney#seminarstatussh*$
Love this channel. Always very helpful 👍🤘
great little tutorial (thankyou) .. i'd been mastering with logic for a couple of years, but was interested to see if garage had the limitations or not to allow mastering to. As i'd recently setup a new machine which comes ith it, i didn't want to go through a long setup process just for mastering only.
Great video explanation. Been stuck thinking there was a master track that I was missing to master my original project with??
Thank u
Great teacher going to try when I get home thanks!
Why do you make a new session for mastering, instead of just using the Master controls in the session? Does it give you more options? Or does it just help you focus on one task at a time (so you're not tempted to go back in and do track-level mixing)? Or something else? Thanks.
I’m no expert but it basically helps you focus on the mix as a whole instead of each individual sound in the mix. Since the point is to make the entire song sound good as a whole and sound as one, merging all the tracks into one track in a new session and mastering it helps you focus on what the actual song is going to sound like all together. I see what you mean by doing it all in the original session which is the same question I had, but I noticed putting it all together as one track does indeed help you focus on the actual track as a whole.
This is good because the merged, mastered track is the most important since this is what will usually be showcased when you release the song. So basically you are right about it helping you focus on one task, or more of it just helps you focus on the track as one instead of each individual piece which is what you focus on when you mix before getting to the mastering stage. It’s good to keep both the mixing session with each track as well as the mastering session so that you can always go back and alter the mix if you need to because you can always transfer it into the mastering session to help finish it off as the final mix, hope this helps!
@entropone I had the same question. It is no big deal but why have a separate session as opposed to bouncing down the entire mix to a two-track stereo mix on a separate track in the same session. Maybe just for organizational purposes?
Outstanding, thank you
Could you use the RMS meter during other phases of the mixing process? For example, after tweaking EQ, use the RMS meter to determine dB lost or gained? Or even for precise compression makeup gain?
might be a silly question but does it work with the mobiel app too?
Is the song already Mixed and ready to me processed before u save it and Start Mastering
hi there, Im just starting this mastering journey and I'm finding that the RMS you have pictured is not available. Is there another one I should be using?
Downloaded the vmeter but it don’t show anywhere. When I go to Audio Units. It’s just shows “apple”. And nothing else
How did you bring in the song that you exported? was that a shortcut that you used?
Mv meter2 doesn't work on my garageband (old laptop) what can I do instead? Thanks
Colin, so I’ve mastered my first few tracks and up until now, no problem. I export to my desktop and it sounds fine but missing the first bar of the intro. Tried it a few times with same result. What am I doing wrong? “The Band Guide’ has been a saviour by the way.
Hi. I downloaded the mvMeter as suggested but only get in Factory Presets one option: Pres 0 Init, so cannot get RMS. Also there is no content to load (i.e. presents) and neither is there the three lines option next to the selection in the centre. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance
I'm having this same problem.
Are you using a new computer? I ran into this same problem when using a new Macbook, and I downloaded the other MV2 meter (mvMeter2nog) and that one works with the new Mac. Not sure why that all happened, but thankfully there was a work-around.
@@MatthewFlanagan-ts6pz Hi there. I ran into the same problem, with the factory presets. What do I do? Where can I find the other mv2 meter? thank you.
Hey, Colin. I finished a song today but when I mastered it and exported it, the volume is low on Apple Music when I know I increased the volume inside the project. Any idea on how to overcome this? Thx!
Sorry I’m confused from your other video. So do I use the master controls while I mix which is what I thought you said or no and export first then use the master controls?
I'm trying to master some tracks - but whenever I export them from the mixer (whether as aiff or mp3, or wav) they're greyed out when I try to drag them back into a new project for mastering ??
the vu meter keeps kicking me out of the session...any thoughts?
Buster se crashes GB.. how do I uninstall?
Thanks
How can I listen to this song? “Stranded & Expanded” ??? Been stuck in my head for days!!
Whoa high praise! This is actually just an early version of it... it will likely be on our next LP, so be sure to follow Broke Royals wherever you stream music :)
@@TheBandGuide sweet!! i scoured everything “Broke Royals” related to try to find it 😭🙏 can’t wait !! Been singing the lyrics since I watched this video!
“Prove my worth with a nice apartment, maybe then I’ll find a partner- maybe theeeeeen!!
EVERYDAY THE UNIVERSE EXPANDS! BUT IM STILL STRANDED! “
🤣 loving it man
@@TheBandGuide also, big thanks for your content 🙏 I’m releasing my debut single this week, purely because of your advice 🙂
I know and appreciate and respect how great this information is, but it's still way too complicated for me. Is there an easy way to master one song so that it sounds good through a wedding DJ's system? By this I mean, can't I just use the built-in MIXING tool (for GarageBand on a Mac) and then bring THAT back into a New Project window and set some sort of easy peasy thing? Thank you for any help anyone can give me that is simple. I'm not good at all of this technical stuff like the rest of you are. I have written music for 40+ years and can play multiple instruments but the rest is just too much for me. I just need an easy way to render the final song and give it away as an mp3. Any help with this would be SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
Check out band lab mastering
@@BreadorBridges Thank you! Will do. Appreciate the reply 🙏
Nice!!
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Colin, I have tried numerous times to put my email into the Ultimate GarageBand guide and have yet to receive an email with the download link. Any help is appreciated. Thank you!
Ah that's weird, Jon! Shoot me an email at bandguy@thebandguide.com and I'll make sure you get it!
Thankuuuu
How much u charge to master lol
Truly, I wish i could articulate just how frustrating this video is. First the mymeter does not will not and can not even pretend to work as you are displaying it to. ok i'm frustrated enough with the first of my list that i'm just gonna stop here...