Master Your Music in 4 Simple Steps (2020)

Great video. Question: shouldn’t all the below 20hz sounds be already deleted during the mixing stage? Like if I’m made sure 20hz is deleted in every track in the mixing stage, would it still be necessary to do so in mastering?

A thing that still confuses me over anything is Dither. For example, This should be the last thing you do but your songs are re-encoded by streaming platforms so this isn't the last stage. Also Apple and some others do studio quality so surely we should be exporting 24/48 no dither now?

When you export your mix to a wav file for mastering, do you normalize it before mastering?

When exporting the mix down for mastering, do you export 24 bit wav or 32 bit?

Watching this 3 years later and ur a fuckin legend

The thing is… I don’t think we can be friends

I'd like to note the free essay in the description breaking everything down. Way above and beyond, thankyou

Made on live music

Phenomenal video.

Hello Michael, thanks for you amazing channel, i learned lots here, but mastering for online distribution still killing me, i cant find any right specs for mastering with the lufs and etc, can you an specific video for online distribution mastering for electronic music? thank you! Cheers from Brazil

can you do something on afro beats like the wizkid and burna boy thing

This is a great video and is an off ball remark not about the expertise which he is very good at. 
Why have male songs become so feminine now? This emotional crying genre is all the go and it's not a matter of taste but seems to reflect a culture of wimps. Responses welcome.

the person singing kind of sounds like Danny Wornsop...

I like how he always considers musicians on a budget like me.

Superb....

Thanks for this!

What is the name of the program

The most clean-cut Scot

I know this is an older video but you said about all DAWs that they "all sound the same". I disagree. When I use plugins and audio in FL Studio it sounds quite different than in Reaper. I think it's all about the audio engine, including their processing and digital filters they use.

Hello Michael! Could you tell me an alternative to TR5 Master EQ, please? This because I do not have much money xD

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Isn't limiting already done by a compressor? (compression "squishes" the song into defined boundaries, right?) Why does limiting need to be a step of its own? (beginner)

ps. I'm starting to learn that a really WIDE audio sounds more sexy than really LOUD audio.

pretty cool &help full .......really...........merci mon pote

Is there a general standard of how long the master fade in should be at the beginning of the song?

Bro I love your channel so Much I appreciate the work and editing that goes into this

A true pro brother 💪🏿💯 thank you

Thanks Bro 🧡 . This video really helped me.

I have watched many mixing and mastering videos , this is definitely a very good one . I am convinced that mix can be fabulous and the mastering can be flawless but if the recording phase isn't done right then it will be an uphill battle trying to get the song to standup against the big boys .

Brilliant tutorial. Everything is explained so well and in a way that makes sense. I've watched alot, and i mean alottttt of videos on mastering as I'm very much a novice at this stage. This one has really helped me understand what i need to achieve in order to get a track sounding right for the digital platforms. I use Logic which has a stock loudness meter but I'm inclined to get the free one as it seems to have better features. Especially drag and drop to analyze the end result. Thanks for the brilliant tips & advice 🙌

Fantastic video! Thank you so much! :)

Please help me know how to create a final mix waveform to master. Thank you!

amazing

I feel like that loudness meter is a big add😂

I really like your vids, you have confirmed a lot for me. Appreciated

Its a lot easier with a good mix though. ty for that template so exited

I love you and this video. Thank you.

Great content, but I still see a lack of missing information there. For example, what about the mid-side EQ ? Or the true about most of successful releases where the LUFS goes up to -9/-8/-7 ? I know Spotify asks you for -12 -13 full scale but there certain parameters that goes out in the real industry. What about automation? I think tracks needs to be more dynamical instead of being flatten with compression and saturation. The natural perspective is lost today. I think there is more to be covered in this tutorials. I really got some help form this but I still believe there has to be more things explained that are missing.

Hi michael, thanks for the great content! quick question currently mastered a song to 14lufs but the loudness is not enough. if i boost it further will the track be reduced back to 14lufs via spotify compression..?

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Heyyy, Can i have a question please?
Before Mastering, we should export the whole mix, include instruments, drums, basses, SFX, and Vocal into a WAV, Is that right? Hope you answer, thanks a lot <3

I really thank you sooo much for making this video ❤️ love u soo much brother

♥️♥️♥️♥️ thanks much

So glad that I discovered your channel! Great resource for me in my mixing/mastering journey.

this guy is hero of a lot of artist

Can you make a waves mixing and mastering guide

So good bro