Another great video! I have an idea/request though: How about a video covering everything Before & After the actual audio Mastering . Meaning how the files come in, how you import and organize them, do they come with references, any "industry standards" & "best practices ", etc. Maybe dummy mixes from 3 make-believe clients. Then when your Masters are complete, how are they presented to the client? For revisions and final masters. Do you upload directly to any platforms or is that the client's job and you don't touch it? What are the sequences of events between leaving the DAW as a "Final Mix", and clicking play on say Spotify.
Great to see you back! Would love more content to the actual process of receiving files, master to prepare files for sending them back to the clients snd distribution. So basically the whole framework around the mastering itself
Brilliant video! More content please. As a musician you lean towards not caring about equipment but how it sounds, at the end of the day. Gear becomes important 😮 when you need to rescue…
This set up is really cool! I really liked his last set up though, as well. He had this cozy looking "loft" set-up with a window that looked like it went to a balcony overlooking the beach. My only concern was if he ever opened that window, if any sand could get in the hardware.
Great video, I think there is a caveat worth bringing up: Howie Weinberg only/mostly works on amazing mixes from some of the best mixing engineers in the world, doesn't he? In this situation he would obviously want to do as little as possible, no? Also, he never needs to master his own mixes. Makes me wonder whether his advice applies for most of the viewers.
I was thinking the same thing. I master a lot of stuff from new / young / inexperienced engineers, and I have to deal with a lot of variation. If I feel I have to make extreme moves (anything over about 3dB) then yes, I'll call the client, but also tracks are mixed on small speakers in less-than-ideal acoustic spaces (I can do a lot with just a tilt EQ sometimes) If a really great mix comes along then it's quick and straight forward but they're rare.
Yeah to me it seems there are three distinctly different styles of mastering engineer. 1 minimal approach, don't step on the mix, 3-5% improvement. Howie etc. Some of the Sterling guys. John Greenham. Great for top-tier productions. 2 do whatever it takes to make the track sound like the client has in their head. Calyx mastering for example. George Peckham at porky's. 3 Develop a signature sound that clients chase. Georgetown Masters for example.
AI can already master a song more “technically accurate” than any human. But humans like to work with humans - and for the time being, even if it’s a cognitive bias, we *trust* humans more than machines.
“That you like and trust…” aaand Waves disappears. AHAHAHA!!! That was great.
Superb and eye opening content, straight to the point!
Great advice brother, I'm new to the game but this makes 100% perfect sense.
Amazing channel…thank you for taking the time to post this new content. Can’t wait to see what comes next. 😊😊
Thank you so much for watching!
THE SHADE ON WAVES
Another great video!
I have an idea/request though:
How about a video covering everything Before & After the actual audio Mastering .
Meaning how the files come in, how you import and organize them, do they come with references, any "industry standards" & "best practices ", etc.
Maybe dummy mixes from 3 make-believe clients.
Then when your Masters are complete, how are they presented to the client? For revisions and final masters. Do you upload directly to any platforms or is that the client's job and you don't touch it?
What are the sequences of events between leaving the DAW as a "Final Mix", and clicking play on say Spotify.
Great to see you back!
Would love more content to the actual process of receiving files, master to prepare files for sending them back to the clients snd distribution. So basically the whole framework around the mastering itself
Great idea!
Do you have any walkthroughs using ableton stock plugins? I'm cheap, so I want to learn the simple basics of a good master bus
Craaazy valuable info on time management for projects!
Brilliant video! More content please. As a musician you lean towards not caring about equipment but how it sounds, at the end of the day. Gear becomes important 😮 when you need to rescue…
GREAT GREAT GREAT channel! Keep on! 🤩
totally right!!! Mastering is not about re invent the wheel, is following the artist vision
You did a great job on the album 🐫
💯💯💯💯
Very nice room and new setup , hope you make a video about it ;)
This set up is really cool! I really liked his last set up though, as well. He had this cozy looking "loft" set-up with a window that looked like it went to a balcony overlooking the beach. My only concern was if he ever opened that window, if any sand could get in the hardware.
Best Advice ever! I give the same advice here in my own mastering room. :)
Do you have problems with the window in front for sound reflection? Thanks
not really. Genelec's SAM tech is phenomenal for room tuning
Great video, I think there is a caveat worth bringing up: Howie Weinberg only/mostly works on amazing mixes from some of the best mixing engineers in the world, doesn't he? In this situation he would obviously want to do as little as possible, no? Also, he never needs to master his own mixes. Makes me wonder whether his advice applies for most of the viewers.
I was thinking the same thing. I master a lot of stuff from new / young / inexperienced engineers, and I have to deal with a lot of variation. If I feel I have to make extreme moves (anything over about 3dB) then yes, I'll call the client, but also tracks are mixed on small speakers in less-than-ideal acoustic spaces (I can do a lot with just a tilt EQ sometimes) If a really great mix comes along then it's quick and straight forward but they're rare.
"Instinctualized Masters" ... * mind blown *
Yeah to me it seems there are three distinctly different styles of mastering engineer.
1 minimal approach, don't step on the mix, 3-5% improvement. Howie etc. Some of the Sterling guys. John Greenham. Great for top-tier productions.
2 do whatever it takes to make the track sound like the client has in their head. Calyx mastering for example. George Peckham at porky's.
3 Develop a signature sound that clients chase. Georgetown Masters for example.
Ted Jensen did a huge improvement to my mix 3 years ago. He's not afraid to push eq up to 3dB in some places if it's needed.
Did you jump in the atmos train ?
is there probability for AI to completely take over mastering work?
AI can already master a song more “technically accurate” than any human. But humans like to work with humans - and for the time being, even if it’s a cognitive bias, we *trust* humans more than machines.
I will say more time you take more you are going far away to make it good