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The tools used for mastering (Fab Dupont)
Jul 1, 2024 ·
32m 52s
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The tools used for mastering (Fab Dupont)
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Mastering, the black art of the audio process...There are so many tools at your disposal when it comes time to put the finishing touches on a record. Do you know...
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Mastering, the black art of the audio process...There are so many tools at your disposal when it comes time to put the finishing touches on a record. Do you know what they are? More importantly, how well can you use them? Fab discusses the 8 tools essential to the art of mastering and shows you exactly how best to use them. This video is full of examples that are applied to a wide range of musical styles. You’ll gain a deeper level of understanding as he explains the theory and reasoning behind the application of every tool.Tools covered:
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- The Studio
- Metering
- Compression (and parallel compression)
- Multiband Compression
- De-esser
- Equalizers
- Peak Limiter
- Sum & Difference (aka Mid/Side)
- Why the room is the most important tool in mastering, why your rooms probably sucks, and how to deal with a less than ideal room
- The importance of great metering and why you NEED it
- Understand and optimize a song’s dynamic range
- How to make masters sound natural and maintain their artistic integrity
- The different roles compression play in mastering
- How to use parallel compression to add density to the track
- The role of EQs in mastering and why many mastering engineers use two EQs
- The purpose of the peak limiter
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