Leave a dynamic headroom, not a level headroom, if it s at -6 and dynamically squashed, it's way worse than a dynamic mix peaking at -1. The mastering engineering will simply gain stage it with a gain trim . As long as it's not digitally clipping and fairly dynamic u re good to go even at -0.5 . But then again when property gain staging earlier in the mix chances are you re already peaking at relatively lower levels.
You done it again Isabelle! Such a great presentation and full of really useful tips. Just love your videos, you never fail to please. Keep em coming sweetie x
This video was superhelpful - its nice to have someone talk about and give a few tips to prepare for mastering! But what i REALLY wanna say is this: To whoever came up with the idea of using the TNG-Opening for the Intro: I EFFING LOVE YOU!
wow, this was massively helpful! i legitimately enjoyed watching it too, which i didn't expect considering a lot of this information is new (and confusing) to me. isabelle has the perfect personality for these vids, plz do a million more!
I’ve learned a similar trick by running all instruments through a bus before the master bus that has some general light compression and glue, and using a console emulator to normalize the instrument mix down by -3 or 4db and bussing vocals separately from all the instruments. Leaves tons of headroom and allows you to normalize perfectly without touching the master fader at all
Get a VU meter and aim for 0 to +4. Do this and you will be in the ballpark just make sure your peaks aren’t clipping. This isn’t just about gain staging for mastering but gain staging before going into an Analog plugin emulation IS A MUST
😂😂😂 As you shot the little Achmed (he reminds me of him 🤭 …um…you know, Jeff Dunham and his little hand puppet😅) I thought you could be my workmate.😂😂😂 Super cool video an very informative. Thank you!!!🙏🏻
To this day, and even more if one is able to do all that is required here, I have no idea why would someone need mastering from an engineer or anything outside. It is quite simple to learn to use compression, EQ and limiters and get a good LUFs monitor.
To save time homie! My friend will make his own beats and record his verses. Then he sends them to me to mix and master so he can start working on something else. It allows artist to focus on what they really wanna do. I personally love mixing/mastering, some people hate it lol.
Why do we need headroom? If track is not clipped and picks dont go above 0db we can make headroom in mastering process with simple tool called FADER or GAIN :). Just bring it down and its done.
Not trying to be a troll, but I've heard some well known professional mastering engineers say leave your mix bus processing on. Or send both a dry stereo mix and the processed one. They're reasoning is. They want it to sound as good as you can get it, then they enhance it. So if you want your mix at a certain volume, use a limiter or a certain amount of compression, do it. They can always throw a gain plugin on and bring the volume down to create headroom, if needed. Point being, there's conflicting information out there. Could you go into a little more detail on the reasons for no limiter etc.? I'm sure you're right and I'm sure the other guys are right, just depends on the situation. Just curious. I've heard a lot of people say both.
I assume this is more for people who butcher a good mix on the mixbus. But if the mix sounds good and how you want it to, with the processing on the mixbus. My understanding is the mastering engineer will do what's needed (ideally very little) on a good mix. Could you explain why this isn't your preferred method? Just looking for a variety of perspectives, yours seems to be the most popular approach. But the other guys (Justin Coletti for one) really made sense explaining theirs. Might be worth checking out his video "what volume should I send my mix off to mastering". ... something like that. Again, not saying you're wrong, or that he's wrong. I get both sides. Just curious what the benefits to either would be.
Definitely send multiple mixes with limiters or compressors on and off. Just so the engineer has the options and will have most control to do the best job. More mixes will let them know what sound you're going for as well.
If u want a know a mix is good, try this- low your master and listen to the track and if your track only can hear some drums or anything specially and other any track in a high vloume its not good am i ryt wht do u think
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Pro trick: Use a soft clipper to clip off the ends by -3db the kick and snare, that will make your mix & Master louder.. Just dont over clip it (so it doesnt distort or click) Thank me later.
I’m having an issue since I’m newer to the mixing process. I have a vocal recording on a track with an instrumental. Alone both tracks don’t clip but together they do. It was recorded at a very good level and without much eq the vocals fit right in the track. I got rid of some of the low end and cut some troublesome frequencies causing the vocals to sound boxy and some that were nasally. Now I feel stuck because I don’t want the final mix to be clipping. Should I just turn down the instrumental and the vocals? The beat itself is already at -.3 db before the vocals are even brought in.
Real talk. Are your tracks master-ready? Let us know if these tips help!
You did not mention cake !?
Now that's what i call a damn good video. She rules. Hands down best producer presenter on UA-cam. (my hands are down because they have been stapled)
Leave a dynamic headroom, not a level headroom, if it s at -6 and dynamically squashed, it's way worse than a dynamic mix peaking at -1. The mastering engineering will simply gain stage it with a gain trim . As long as it's not digitally clipping and fairly dynamic u re good to go even at -0.5 . But then again when property gain staging earlier in the mix chances are you re already peaking at relatively lower levels.
You done it again Isabelle! Such a great presentation and full of really useful tips. Just love your videos, you never fail to please. Keep em coming sweetie x
Thanks so much Gary, will do!
This video was superhelpful - its nice to have someone talk about and give a few tips to prepare for mastering!
But what i REALLY wanna say is this:
To whoever came up with the idea of using the TNG-Opening for the Intro:
I EFFING LOVE YOU!
It's the most funny video about mastering I've ever seen for now 😀 Thanks for the reminder. I try to follow all these points.
Glad you enjoyed it!
wow, this was massively helpful! i legitimately enjoyed watching it too, which i didn't expect considering a lot of this information is new (and confusing) to me. isabelle has the perfect personality for these vids, plz do a million more!
Keep them coming on mixing please!! So helpful!
List of things:
1.Kick
2.Snare
3.Bass
4.OTT
5.OTT
6.Legendary Vintage Warm EQrator
😂
A trick I’ve learned is to turn your master down to -6db when making and mixing your track.
Then export to wav and master it in a new project 😊
I’ve learned a similar trick by running all instruments through a bus before the master bus that has some general light compression and glue, and using a console emulator to normalize the instrument mix down by -3 or 4db and bussing vocals separately from all the instruments. Leaves tons of headroom and allows you to normalize perfectly without touching the master fader at all
Absolutely great❤
Awesome video!! Entertaining and Informative! Haha
Glad you enjoyed it!
Get a VU meter and aim for 0 to +4. Do this and you will be in the ballpark just make sure your peaks aren’t clipping.
This isn’t just about gain staging for mastering but gain staging before going into an Analog plugin emulation IS A MUST
Presenter is a gem! Great tips...looking forward to seeing moar
Thanks for watching!
The intro was perfect lol
Isabelle is awesome as usual
Thanks Thamil!
Many thanks for all the tips Isabelle, I am now exactly before mastering stage and this was very helpful:-)
Hey Mo jek glad to hear it!
GOAT Intro. 🔥😭
🙏
This is quite literally perfect advice
Finally a fun video about mastering!
Thanks so much for the kind words.
Love you Isabelle.This is a great and useful sum up for everyone.
This video has me cracking up! Lots of great information; thanks so much. Love it!
All the Love from India... thanks a lot for the video dear... liked it a lot...
I love you forever too!! thanks!
Will be implementing these during my pre-mastering stage
Love to hear it!
Loved the videos soooo much to learn! Cant wait to put what I learn into effect. Thank you for the help ..
Straight to the point
Super useful video! Thank you; I appreciate it!
Glad it was helpful!
You're simply amazing, thank you.
Wow, thank you!
great explanation, thanks!
Thx LANDR & thx Isabelle 😌
Great video
Thanks!
Very helpful. Thank you!
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Great video! Lots of great tips!
She is really awesome
love the star trek vibe
This is great, thanks !
guitarist Anthony sporting The Red Chord shirt makes me happy
What a band!!
😂😂😂 As you shot the little Achmed (he reminds me of him 🤭 …um…you know, Jeff Dunham and his little hand puppet😅) I thought you could be my workmate.😂😂😂 Super cool video an very informative. Thank you!!!🙏🏻
i love your content you passed the info and still fun
The way you started the video 😂😂 awesome
Solid advice!
Thanks your great! love it...
To this day, and even more if one is able to do all that is required here, I have no idea why would someone need mastering from an engineer or anything outside. It is quite simple to learn to use compression, EQ and limiters and get a good LUFs monitor.
To save time homie! My friend will make his own beats and record his verses. Then he sends them to me to mix and master so he can start working on something else. It allows artist to focus on what they really wanna do. I personally love mixing/mastering, some people hate it lol.
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Why do I love you vibe so much haha
Why do we need headroom? If track is not clipped and picks dont go above 0db we can make headroom in mastering process with simple tool called FADER or GAIN :). Just bring it down and its done.
I like this girl … wish she had her own channel
Phase issues in the mix ?
If you filter hot (boiling) milk through the stained fabric, the red wine stain will come off. Cheers for the video and content!
Not trying to be a troll, but I've heard some well known professional mastering engineers say leave your mix bus processing on. Or send both a dry stereo mix and the processed one. They're reasoning is. They want it to sound as good as you can get it, then they enhance it. So if you want your mix at a certain volume, use a limiter or a certain amount of compression, do it. They can always throw a gain plugin on and bring the volume down to create headroom, if needed.
Point being, there's conflicting information out there. Could you go into a little more detail on the reasons for no limiter etc.? I'm sure you're right and I'm sure the other guys are right, just depends on the situation. Just curious. I've heard a lot of people say both.
I assume this is more for people who butcher a good mix on the mixbus. But if the mix sounds good and how you want it to, with the processing on the mixbus. My understanding is the mastering engineer will do what's needed (ideally very little) on a good mix.
Could you explain why this isn't your preferred method?
Just looking for a variety of perspectives, yours seems to be the most popular approach. But the other guys (Justin Coletti for one) really made sense explaining theirs. Might be worth checking out his video "what volume should I send my mix off to mastering". ... something like that.
Again, not saying you're wrong, or that he's wrong. I get both sides. Just curious what the benefits to either would be.
Definitely send multiple mixes with limiters or compressors on and off. Just so the engineer has the options and will have most control to do the best job. More mixes will let them know what sound you're going for as well.
If u want a know a mix is good, try this- low your master and listen to the track and if your track only can hear some drums or anything specially and other any track in a high vloume its not good am i ryt wht do u think
Wow
FIRE
Guys, remember numbers A thru D 😅
Good info though ☝🏾
Omg Star Trek! LLAP!!
Thankyou
You’re welcome 😊
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I want to try your distribution service that u offering on your website. I wanted to buy the 9,99$ plan but I see it's 12 months commitment. What does that mean? It means like if i start with the plan i can't cancel it and i must finish the whole year with it? What if i will want to disable it after the first month BCS it's just not for me, will it be possible? Thanks for respond, i feel like u are the only alternative to distrokid which doesn't support my Credit Card 😥
Hey SYTARMYS, No worries, and thanks for reaching out! The $9.99 for the All Access Pass is a 12 month commitment. You can always try the All Access Pass at $24.99 for a month to see if it works for you. If you're only looking to distribute only one album, you could also opt for the one time $24 release with 15% commission on your royalties. Let me know if you have anymore questions!
Pro trick: Use a soft clipper to clip off the ends by -3db the kick and snare, that will make your mix & Master louder.. Just dont over clip it (so it doesnt distort or click)
Thank me later.
I enjoyed the Star Trek theme
-6 dB on mix master?
pre master average of -6 give or take.
I’m having an issue since I’m newer to the mixing process. I have a vocal recording on a track with an instrumental. Alone both tracks don’t clip but together they do. It was recorded at a very good level and without much eq the vocals fit right in the track. I got rid of some of the low end and cut some troublesome frequencies causing the vocals to sound boxy and some that were nasally. Now I feel stuck because I don’t want the final mix to be clipping. Should I just turn down the instrumental and the vocals? The beat itself is already at -.3 db before the vocals are even brought in.
Look into gain staging 😊
So basically, know what you’re doing when mixing first.
Who is this chick? She is super funny! I am a fan.
me watching this, just about to export my audio file to master it myself on anew project: 😼
Hope it helped!
whered u get the little skeleton guy sitting on the keyboard?!?!
I definetly love her 😂😂😍😍😎😎
We do too. 😍
😍
hilarious and informative 5*
Thanks Ryan, you're too kind. 5 stars to you as well.
😊
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my crush ❣🤩🤩
stopped watching at "make sure your mix is good" lmfao
Please, mastering my song!!!!!
She's hilarious
LOL