Mastering Essentials Part 1 - What is MASTERING?

Mastering Essentials: The SOS Techniques Guide In this six-part series, produced in association with Steinberg, well-known mastering engineer Ian Shepherd takes us through his approach to mastering. Whether you’re polishing individual tracks or assembling EPs or albums, Ian will explore the tools, skills and decisions that can help you achieve great-sounding mastering results. In Part 1 Ian discusses what mastering is — and what it isn’t — as he sets out his approach to mastering in this tutorial series. (More parts coming soon. Subscribe to the SOS channel to be notified). 1. What Is Mastering? 2. The Three Ms of Mastering https://youtu.be/O67lpW63Qq0 3. How Loud Should You Master? https://youtu.be/Jsxg11Yh3Ns 4. Mastering EQ: Balance, Don’t Match https://youtu.be/de50tLsRyb4 5. Compression & Limiting In Mastering https://youtu.be/-xdidGlCkeA 6. Final Delivery: Requirements & Specs https://youtu.be/mrScBOiSCr0 Links: If you want to practice your mastering skills, you can download the unmastered audio examples from Mike Senior’s Cambridge Music Technology library: https://cambridge-mt.com/mastering 'Promises and Lies' is here: https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#JohnnyLokke 'Another Day Calling' is here: https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#TurnBackToSpring For more detail on Ian’s approach to mastering, you can get his free downloadable Home Mastering Guide at http://www.HomeMasteringGuide.com Additional resource mentioned in the video. “Another Day Calling” https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-turn-back-spring “Promises and Lies” https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mix-rescue-mixing-metal ______________________________________________________ Subscribe to Sound On Sound: https://sosm.ag/subscribe Visit our main website (over 17,770 articles!): https://www.soundonsound.com ______________________________________________________ Get 50% SAVING off a Sound On Sound Digital Subscription. Go to https://sosm.ag/digital and apply Promo Code: SOSYT50 RECORDING TECHNOLOGY 2nd Edition FREE 170-page eBook https://sosm.ag/recording-ebook LIMITED OFFER - Get 50% Off SOS For Artists The Complete End-To-End Music Production Suite CREATE / PRODUCE / DISTRIBUTE https://www.sosforartists.com Like FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/soundonsoundmag Follow X: https://twitter.com/soundonsoundmag Follow INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/soundonsoundmag