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How to export your song for mastering: 6 essential TIPS tutorial

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How to export your song for mastering: 6 essential TIPS tutorial

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When you’re preparing your final export to send to a professional mastering engineer, here are 6 absolutely essential tips and tricks to get the best master possible. From Vespers, Ableton Live Certified Trainer, Vancouver, BC, Canada. http://www.vespers.ca http://www.facebook.com/vesperspage http://www.soundcloud.com/vespers

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HOW TO MASTER A SONG – 7 Steps to Loud!, FAT, & In Your Face

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Make Your Tracks STAND OUT! — Learn Mastering With My 7 Step Formula For Creating FAT, FULL & LOUD Masters. –If you have a question for me, just leave a comment on my blog! (click the link below)

*** DIRECT LINK TO HD VIDEO & FREE “2 WEEK MASTERING MINI-COURSE”: http://ultimatemasteringformula.com/how-to-master-a-song/ ***

I’ve also written an eBook, How To Master A Song, that goes along with this video –I’d like to give it to, NO CHARGE 🙂

Not only that, but I’ve just finished putting together a “2 Week Mastering Mini-Course” which you can sign-up for now absolutely free, here’s the link again:

http://ultimatemasteringformula.com/how-to-master-a-song/

It’s some of my BEST stuff, and I’m not sure how long I’ll be giving it away for free — so if you’re interested in mastering your tracks like the pros, make sure you sign up and check it out.

Enjoy!

Rob

rob@prosoundformula.com

How To Master A Song : Quick Jump Guide…

2:45 — What Is Mastering?

3:18 — The 5 Purposes Of Mastering

The 7 Step Formula For Mastering:

6:37 — Step 1: ‘Prepare It’

8:06 — Step 2: ‘Fix It’

10:18 — Step 3: ‘Enhance It’

19:12 — Step 4: ‘Compress It’

23:05 — Step 5: ‘Clip It’

25:01 — Step 6: ‘Limit It’

28:53 — Step 7: ‘Reference It’

29:47 — Some Final Tips

Here’s A List Of All The Plugins Used In Order:

1. Waves REQ (Parametric EQ – High Pass Filter)
2. DUY Valve (Valve Emulation)
3. DUY Tape (Tape Emulation)
4. Waves QClone (Parametric EQ – High Shelving Filter)
5. Waves Maxx Bass (Bass Enhancer)
6. Waves SSL Compressor (Compressor)
7. DUY Wide (Stereo Widener)
8. Waves LinMB (Multiband Compressor)
9. T-Racks Soft Clipper (Soft Clipper)
10. Waves L3 (Multiband Brickwall Limiter)

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Link to my complete mastering program – The Ultimate Mastering Formula:

http://ultimatemasteringformula.com/

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FAQ:

Q: Where can I get this song, A Beautiful View?

A: We produced this track for a tourism project, unfortunately at the moment the song isn’t for sale publicly but you can check it out here on this vid: http://bit.ly/6X2Y8X

Q: Is there an alternative ‘clipper’ plugin to the T-Rack Soft Clipper?

A: Not that I know of – if you find one let me know!

Otherwise, I recommend giving the T-Racks one a try, you can get a free demo on their website.

Q: What alternatives are there to the DUY plugins?

A: I don’t know of any plugins that do EXACTLY what the DUY plugins do, like any piece of gear or software, they all have their unique characteristics.

That said, here’s some suggestions:

DUY Wide: Any ‘stereo widener’ plugin will do (also called “stereo enhancers”) e.g. Waves Stereo Widener

DUY Tape: Look for a tape emulation plugin. e.g. McDSP Analog Suite or Waves Reel Tape Suite.

DUY Valve: I haven’t found anything quite like this, but you could give PSP Vintage Warmer a try. You could also try a ‘bass enhancer’ plugin – some SUBTLE MaxxBass or Waves Rbass will give a similar warmth – just go easy on it 🙂

Q: Why do you show people how to make their songs louder – isn’t this encouraging ‘the loudness war’?

A: Without getting into the whole loudness war debate – which would take several PAGES, here’s a brief answer…

This short video is just ONE example of ONE way to master ONE style / song, it’s by no means a comprehensive mastering guide, and it certainly doesn’t reflect the way I master ALL songs.

In fact, if I were mastering classical music or light indie for example, I wouldn’t be caught dead with a clipper on it!

The thing about this “formula” is that it’s NOT a recipe that you blindly copy setting for setting, it’s a FRAMEWORK that gives mastering some structure and allows you to be creative within that.

So you can CHOOSE what works for you and what doesn’t – none of the steps are mandatory. If you want a less compressed, more dynamic and natural sound, simply skip steps 4 and 5 (compress it and clip it) and go VERY easy on the limiter.

In this mastering example, this is how the ARTIST and the CLIENT wanted it – like it or not, this is the way it is in the industry at the moment. The mastering engineers aren’t all conspiring to destroy music, they’re simply doing the BEST they can within the constaints of the people who PAY THEM to master their music.

In general, the record label / artists etc. don’t care that much about the long term affects (listening fatigue etc.) of highly compressed music, they’re concerned about ONE thing — GETTING THEIR MUSIC NOTICED.

It’s a fact that we generally perceive a louder track to sound better in the SHORT TERM. And in a world where everyone’s trying to get noticed, and people’s attention spans are about that of a goldfish, loudness DOES matter. Having the highest quality record doesn’t mean much if no one gives it chance in the first place!

I’m generalizing here, and it’s a VERY short answer to a BIG question, but I just want you to know that I do understand BOTH sides. I hope this comes across! 🙂
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Audio Recording Techniques : How to Mix a Song

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Audio Recording Techniques : How to Mix a Song

Mixing a song is a subjective art, but generally a song begins with the drums, then the bass line, and then each instrument is added in to layer the sound. Create a perfectly mixed song with information from an independent recording engineer and producer in this free video on music recording.

Expert: Frank Green
Contact: www.digitalmaster.com
Bio: Frank Green, owner of DigitalMaster, moved to Nashville, Tenn., more than 24 years ago to further his music recording and production career.
Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge
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Mixing tips: http://theproaudiofiles.com

Advice for mixing musically and what separates good mixing from great mixing.

Great mixing is musical, while good mixing is technical. Both are important. Technical means getting balances and imaging right, making things punch, etc. Musical mixing is following the soul of the music. Understanding what’s there and enhancing it, or turning things down that are non-musical.

Software/Plugins:
– Avid Pro Tools
– Waves H-EQ Hybrid Equalizer

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Transcript:

All right guys, Matthew Weiss, www.weiss-sound.com, www.theproaudiofiles.com. I got a really cool one for you today. We are basically going to be delving into the process of what separates good mixing from great mixing. Great mixing is musical. Good music is technical. Both are important. Technical means getting balances right, getting imaging right, making the things punch and do what you want them to do. Musicality is following the sound of the music, understanding what’s there and enhancing that or turning the things down that are non-musical. So, let’s give a little listen to this track right here.

[music 0:44 – 0:54]

It’s got a cool boom-bap, break beat kind of vibe. I like it. Anyway I’ve felt that even while I already pre-treated everything, it’s technically correct, I feel like it could be a little more interesting and more exciting. So, I’m going to flip this out of bypass and play it again.

[Music 1:14 – 1:25]

I’m going to flip it in and out just so you can hear the difference because it’s subtle.

[Music 1:29 – 1:43].

Right, it suddenly comes to life and in a much more, musical way. Well, what I’m doing is I’m enhancing on the idea of phrasing. The bump-ba-do-ba-do-ba-dump-ba-do-ba-do-ba-dump-ba-do-ba-do-ba-di-bi-di-bidump. That’s the phrase and so there are components to this phrase. When we break down the sample.

[music 2:09 – 2:15]

We have this brass band hit that happens on the down beats and then we’ve got a solo, well it sounds like an alto sax coming in and doing that do-do- do-do/do-do-do- do-da-dump, the lead line basically. I wanted to enhance that dynamic more so what I did is I grabbed an equalizer and I set it so that as it plays it’s automated.

[music 02:42-2:48]

On the down beats I have this 870 Hz turned up by over six decibels. That’s that “doump” that’s coming out. So, every time that down beat hits, the 80 hertz pops out. Now, when it switches over to the lead line here, I found the timbre of the alto sax, the tone that made the alto sax really pop out and just while the alto sax is playing that lead line, I have that boosted up by almost 5 dB.

These are fairly dramatic boosts but because they’re switching in and out, they’re not constant, you can get away with doing a little bit more. So, now it’s more 80 Hz on the down beat, more, what, 2.3 kHz on the lead lines and it switches back and forth so not only are we enhancing that phrasing, but we’re also creating a tonal contrast, which makes the entire thing way more interesting.

Anyway, the lesson to take away from all of this is when you’re constructing your music and doing your mix-down, think in terms of musicality. What are the dynamics of the record and how can I bring that out.
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