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Art Of Professional Mastering
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INTRODUCTION
Welcome
The object of mastering
Expected end product
TRADITIONAL MASTERING STUDIO CHALLENGES
Speaker choice
Desk spill
Vertical speaker placement
Boundary effect
Room setup and construction
Lipinski room blueprint
Black hole
Ground loops
DA AD roundtrips
Monitor controller
Good quality monitor controllers
Further challenges
THE MODERN SOLUTION
Many problems, a simple solution
Actually?
Controversy in its very important context
The advantages
The disadvantages
Why specifically those?
Is the DAC good enough?
Audio industry woo-woo warning #1
THE EXACT SETUP AND SOFTWARE
The DAW
Audio industry woo-woo warning #2
Set up
AP custom settings
Essential plugins
PSYCHOACOUSTICS
Audio industry woo-woo warning #3
ISO226
Monitor gain
Audio industry woo-woo warning #4
EAR TRAINING & REFERENCES
Ear training introduction
Reference tracks
The calibration track
Habit formation
Spotify & iTunes
Example references PDF
TONAL BALANCE TRAINING
Tonal balance training
EQ
EQ & gain structure
Boosting vs cutting - one is wrong
EQ resonances
Frequency & time domain
Audio spectrum terminology
Audio spectrum PDF
Occam's EQ razor
Using Fabfilter Pro Q
Frequency partitioning
DEMONSTRATION - frequency partitioning
MASTERING DEMONSTRATIONS pt 1
Mastering demonstrations in this course
DEMONSTRATION - mastering an OAKE track
But how do I know which EQ adjustments to do?
DEMONSTRATION - mastering a Phase Fatale track
REVISIT
Habit formation
AI MASTERING & DEEP FRIED PROCESSING
Invasion of the AI robots
Audio industry woo-woo warning #5
DYNAMIC PROCESSING
Compression
Limiting
Dynamic EQ
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MASTERING
If it ain't broke don't fix it
Race against the clock
Be the authority
MASTERING WORKFLOW IN MORE DETAIL
The plugin chain
Session flow
Shortcuts
The shortcuts sheet
Shortcuts printout PDF
Ear fatigue
Bouncing
MASTERING DEMONSTRATIONS part 2
DEMONSTRATION - Mastering an EP (Ancient Methods, Tommy Four Seven, VSK)
MIX ISSUES & STEMS
Stems
Mix problems
Stereo width
Mid side processing
MASTERING DEMONSTRATIONS part 3
DEMONSTRATION - Stem mastering an AMOTIK track
THE VINYL FORMAT
Vinyl
Groove width
Limiting for vinyl
High frequency issues
Vertical modulation
HF limiting
MASTERING DEMONSTRATIONS part 4
DEMONSTRATION - Stem mastering a Zanias track
ADDITIONAL TOPICS
FAQ
Track sequencing
Streaming
DDPs & CDs
LUFS
ATMOS
ISRC & metadata
Client communication
Client requests
Getting paid
Tax
MASTERING DEMONSTRATIONS part 5
DEMONSTRATION - Stem mastering Paula Temple
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
FEEDBACK AND CONTACT
Feedback and contact
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