21st Studio Lesson 3-13-18 - Posted on 2018-03-23 by Bill Sloyer

During our 21st lesson on Tuesday, 3/13, Larry and I talked about:

*Check out Nail the Mix website (although Larry says the recordings are pretty solid, so it’s not as much of a challenge).

*Check out Pensado’s Place

-MASTERING IS DONE WTH EQ, COMPRESSON, AND LIMITING.

-Put limiter (like Maxim) on the final track to make it louder.  Fast release = pump sound.

Aim for:

-Attenuation of -3dB

-Ceiling around 0.3db

(If one element gets louder or softer, the mix isn’t balanced correctly.) 

*Too much limiting flattens a mix.

-Different mastering is done for CDs (more dynamic range, 30-40 more dB), vinyl (has noise from master tape), and a radio mix, which needs high compression.

-More elaborate mastering plugins are better for bad mixes.

-One recommended mastering suite is T-RackS

-Splice.com has Ozone 8 and many others for rent or rent-to-own (such as Sausage Fattener, which Larry uses).

-Multiband compression (aka “fab fliter”) pulls down frequencies when there are hits at specific moments. 

*TRY THE DE-ESSER FOR HIGH HAT BLEED.  (Larry’s trick)

-STEMS are groups in instruments on one track.  When someone does a remix, they use stems so that they can have only specific instruments (or vocals).

-If you have an 808 bass, it should follow the melody…it should be in sync w/the kick.

*REVERSE EFFECT – in Audiosuite – reversed selected region.