TABLE OF CONTENTS - TalkinMusic

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 3

The #1 Mistake To Avoid ............................................................................................................................. 6

Take Notes ........................................................................................................................................................ 8

Mastering References ................................................................................................................................... 9

Choosing The Right Tools.......................................................................................................................... 11

Best Compressor Plugins For Mastering .......................................................................................... 12

Best EQ Plugins For Mastering ............................................................................................................ 13

Best Tape Saturation Plugins For Mastering .................................................................................. 14

Best Compressor Plugins For Mastering .......................................................................................... 14

Best Limiter/Maximizer Plugin For Mastering............................................................................... 15

Metering .......................................................................................................................................................... 16

Mix and Master Comparison..................................................................................................................... 18

Using The Limiter ......................................................................................................................................... 19

Case Study ...................................................................................................................................................... 20

Step #1 - Taking Notes .......................................................................................................................... 21

Step #2 - Setting Up The Project ....................................................................................................... 21

Step #3 - Metering .................................................................................................................................. 24

Step #4 - Push It To The Limit ............................................................................................................ 25

Step #5 - Master Buss Compression ................................................................................................. 26

Step #6 - Surgical EQ ............................................................................................................................. 28

Step #7 - Multiband Compression ..................................................................................................... 30

Step #8 - Analogue Emulation EQ ..................................................................................................... 31

Step #9 - Analog Tape Saturation ..................................................................................................... 34

Step #10 - Stereo Image Shaping ..................................................................................................... 35

Conclusion....................................................................................................................................................... 36

INTRODUCTION

As you may or may not know, my name is Gugulethu from South

Africa. I¡¯m a music producer, dj and remix artist. I love sharing

my knowledge with anyone who is interested and hope it helps

people and perhaps even change their lives.

Thnx for taking your precious time to download my mastering

guide. I will not ramble on in this intro, because I know you want

to get straight into the meaty stuff so I¡¯ll cut out all the fat and

get straight to the meat.

BUT¡­

There¡¯s no right or wrong way to do mastering there are some

guidelines you need to follow to make sure that your master

sounds good when played in various places and different sound

devices.

Mastering used to be something that was only done by

professionals who had a lot of experience in the field, very

expensive gear and acoustic treatment.

However in today¡¯s world, there are a lot of good and easy to

access tools that you can use to master your own songs at the

comfort of your own home.

In this guide, I have prepared a step by step guide that you can

use to get your music ready for clubs, radio, free download or

even a remix contest.

This is a concise guide, which means you can use these

techniques in any DAW.

If you¡¯re looking for a software based mastering tutorial then

send me an email and I¡¯ll try to do a blog post about it.

I have to mention that this guide is not about mastering an

album, the main focus here is to get one song ready for clubs,

radio play, download etc.

Note that this is a digital mastering guide, we¡¯re not going to

focus on analogue mixing but the same principles can definitely

be applied to an analogue domain.

Mastering is the last step of the production process. This is where

you take a mix and get it ready for the consumer.

Mastering is a way to connect the artist with the audience. That

should be your main focus. Too many people focus on the tools

such as EQ, Compressors etc.

Although we do use those tools but a song is made to connect

with a listener. The main goal is all about intimacy and getting

the listener attached to the song.

It¡¯s all about feel so make sure that you emphasize that when

mastering a record. Make the listener feel great when listening to

the song and feel connected with the artist.

Music lifts us up and bring us all together.

Many people don¡¯t get great sounding masters because they

focus on the tools then end up doing unnecessary tweaks that

never help the record reach its destination.

So the first time you listen to a record, focus on connecting the

audience with the artist and how you can make that bond

timeless.

Oh and one more thing before we start.

I know that the majority of people who pick up this guide will not

do anything with it. That¡¯s just the truth.

Most people will just read a little bit of it, get distracted, and

either forget about it or just not bother doing what I teach.

I hope that you are one of the people who will find this

information of value, and take action to make your music sound

as professional as possible.

Also, you may have heard of some of the things I talk about in

this guide if you are more of an experienced engineer.

So with all that said, let¡¯s get into it.

I wish you the best.

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