Full Mastering Session - School Night

Videos, sample packs, stems & more: https://www.patreon.com/winslowxyz Full tune: https://www.patreon.com/posts/winslow-school-141214194?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link In this video we'll go over how I mastered "School Night", this month's addition to the Archives project. It's all in real-time so you can see and hear my process, understand why I chose to make certain decisions, and more useful mumbling that you know me for. Rough chapters below but there isn't really straight forward method I follow. Everything depends on another so there's a lot of back and forth, trial and error that ultimately lands us a finished tune that sounds better than when we started. To me, mastering shouldn't be heavy handed - that's the job of a mixdown. Mastering is the final touches, the icing on the cake, what brings out the best of the tune. If you can nail the mix, the mastering process is simple. Speaking of mastering, always looking to take on more production work. You can find more info on that here - https://soundbetter.com/profiles/191453-duncan-winslow Chapters: 00:00 Useful mumbling, the story behind it, etc... 05:16 Prep Work - bouncing any live instruments to audio, checking fades/endings/pops/clicks/bouncing the full mix to audio 19:22 Comparing the new mix to the old V3 version 20:31 Checking the low end & high end balance 23:41 Using the Analog Heat to impart character and shape the mix 44:16 EQ & stereo imager to counter AH characteristics (tone & narrowing stereo image) 50:28 Limiting & managing transients w/ Ozone 9 and KClip. 59:05 Thoughts on loudness, metering, and having consistent listening reference points 01:06:01 A/B the mixdown w/ level matched master and...final choices 01:15:55 Final chat, recap, thoughts, comment w/ any Qs ✌🏿