How to achieve the highest commercial quality.
Making great mixes requires creativity in combination with the practical understanding of the process of building a mix.
Initial recording and editing work tends to be less complicated because the practical aspect of recording can often be separated from the creative process. Mixing represents the process whereby the musical vision and the audio reality come together.
Making final masters requires understanding the goal of mastering and developing a specialised ear for achieving those goals.
The function of mastering is often not clearly understood and the process is often considered beyond the capabilities of a home or project studio.
My approach: MIXING
Setting Level
Processing: EQ
Processing: Dynamics
Processing: Effects
Automation and Recall: Fine-Tuning
Approaching individual elements (stems)
My approach: MASTERING
Listen
Create a reference track
Processing: EQ
Processing: Level
Processing: Dynamics and Effects
Mastering to competitive loudness - Ready for radio & distribution on CD, Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal etc.
Creating a Master
My Tools: MIXING
Daw: Ableton 11 Suite
iZotope: Neutron 9, Vinyl
FabFilter Pro-Q 3, FabFilter Pro-C 2, FabFilter Pro-MB, FabFilter Saturn 2
Universal Apollo Audio: CS-1, Precision Channel Strip, Precision Delay Mod, Precision Reflection Engine, Pultec Legacy, RealVerb, Softube, Teletronix, UA610-B, UA 1176LN, UA 1176SE
Waves: J37, RBass, CLA Guitars/Vocals, RCompressor, RDeEsser, TransX Multi, TransX Wide, Vitamin
Focusrite: Balancer
Oeksound: Soothe2
Celemony: Melodyne
Valhalla DSP: Valhalla Room, Valhalla Vintage Verb, Valhalla Supermassive, Valhalla FreqEcho, Valhalla Shimmer
Cableguys: ShaperBox 2
My Tools: MASTERING
iZotope: Ozone 9
FabFilter Pro-Q 3, FabFilter Pro-C 2, FabFilter Pro-L 2, FabFilter Saturn 2
Oeksound: Soothe2
Comments