expecting more videos like these based on mastering from engineers like these,..very informative & easy to understand ,great job FMM...

He seems like a really nice guy!

Fantastic video. Great explanations by Mazen Murad of what mastering is and how to work with this final stage of the engineering process. More producers should watch this. / Felix AKA FLX

Thanks, Mazen. Good to see the process in steps like this. Great job!

The only thing I noticed was that annoying attack on the kick that pierced my ears from the start. I knew that was going to get treatment. The dry mix itself was balanced but lacking. I was also expecting some multiband limiting as Mazen did later in the video, but how he managed to pinpoint those problem-frequency ranges to raise/dip, that takes skill and years of experience. He sweetened the mix up pretty awesomely.

great vid. its always nice to see how the pros work.

I like the fact that he has a croissant just hanging in his desk.

Mastering really is a science....i give guys that REALLY KNOW frequencies props!

everyone should listen to the before and after, he made it sound so much better. It was a great track un-mastered, Mazen took it to the next level!!!!!!

the track ID is in the descriptions and if you follow the link in the video you can find out more info on the artist and here the before and after

Track ID: Lukas Lyrestam -- Vanishing Point

he uses a mid/side eq. the kick only belongs into the middle, not into the sides. with that kind of eq you can cut the bass only in the sides without affecting it in the middle where it belongs. as he said, too much bass in the sides will blur your bass when not played in a 2 speaker setup but in a multi-speaker setup like in a club. I hope I could answer your question :)

I so enjoy watching this

Nice.... Would love to see a series of these over-the-shoulder on-the-job videos :) Cheers. Thanks for that.

Very informative and well presented.

So if its recorded too loud the Radios limiters will push it back and kill dynamics thus making it sound quiter ???

I was wondering if the track has ridiculously loud chorus or solos, and also very low parts, would it be possible to have 2 different setting for different parts of the track? treating it like 2 different tracks, because in essence that is what it is 2 very different vibes and energy levels,

TC Electronic System 6000, and this is the Icon remote with touchscreen and motorized faders, an amazing piece of gear :)

I dont think that ist available to buy - his soundcloud details are in the description

this guy knows what he is doing :respect:

how do you blend stereo bass into the mono? i understand cutting the bass from the stereo, but how would you blend the stereo bass with the mono and what does it do to the sound?

(In the soundcloud master version) I notice some distortion here. In the video I noticed that is Db meter was peaking. It may not sound that way when playing it back with your analogue volume knob turned down causing the illusion of great head room but when you compress it to MP3 to soundcloud, your head room dramatically declines thus causing distortion.

You can use any stereo imaging plugin for that. Change the stereo width to 0% on the low frequencies (100% means unchanged).

Pretty common mastering trickery. That Maselec MEA-2 uses the bottom of the curve to boost the highest end of the audible bit.

question: how did he apply the eq just to the difference without affecting the bass ? he said he will apply a low cut at 60 hz which is passing by the bass freq. last question: isnt the artist of the track already filtered out the low freq of drums and other instrument that are in stereo/difference why would the master engineer reapplies a low cut then? thank you

Is this the same Metropolis that puts out FLA(Front Line Assembly) and the Metropolis compilations for synthpop and electro, and industrial?

he has some golden ears. i didn't hear that 510 at all. or maybe it was the freq analyzer. good vid, thank you.

so master track checklist: wideband eq, compression, m/s eq, multi-band compression, limiters, reverb perhaps.. anything else he did? i'm trying to incorporate all options to consider for future reference

27K is inaudible, yet it's presence affects the shape of the rest of the sounds. It adds a subtle effect to the treble.

I like this guy. Great video

Fantastic! Though I would like a level-match before evaluating the difference between unmastered and mastered.

The MB Comp

is he controlling vst's from that little consol with the 6 faders and the screen?

Enjoyed watching this, always good to hear someone else at work :) Should do a master using that ATR in the background ;) ;) DOOO ITTTT hahaha :D

Fantastic video! Would you recommend hardware mastering or software mastering? Thanks for the great video!

Yeah, was actually surprised he did the comparison with the master obviously louder. Of course the louder one will sound better.

I started to like the song after mastering. GJ!

Great upload, I wish I could see this done in the box.

Recommending you guys to hear Raz Klinghoffer's mixes... amazing

he added an eq boost at 27,000 hz to add air? what does that mean???

A. That's the point. And you should be able to hear how tight and clean the mix post master is.

Great video! Are there any more with Mazen Murad or someone else doing the same on other types of music? e.g. orchestral

Can someone tell me what Mastering does to change how a track sounds?

Wow, just amazing. I really want to be like him.

What DAW are you using?

excelent video!!!!

Great to see! Do more of this!! (:

what song is that?

wow ! love the talent and ears!

this dude seems awesome. thanks :)

How to make the bass in mono ?

great video! Thx.

but he said for the air, and air is 15k and above I think. But Normally you would cut everything from 20k and above because no human can hear it.

Unfortunately no way to compare between before and after: to much difference in level

You have to train your ears to listen for the subtle differences in frequency balances to width.

make more of those mastering tutorials! its very good! thx

he seems like a precise surgean hes working

Hello, This is an interesting video and very professional. I'm wondering how much cost for mastering a single track? Thank you have good day! Diego

What no Ozone 5 plugin to just do it all?

Where can i buy this spectrum analyzer? Damn i want it!!

well, it's a perfect mix to begin with

Hey how much u charge a track. How can i get in contact. Your work sounds great.

Experience. But you make a good point... you should always gain stage your outputs to match the original so you aren't faking yourself out. Once you've been doing it for enough years, you can skip this on occasion and be alright.

I love it. On my K+H monitors it's just right.

He's Eq'n for the cats!!

damn right, man!

Great!!

technology all I can say frm piano to this amazing

Guys i love this stuff, can you do more on mastering houses please!! thanks Joe

he certainly knows, what hes doing

This was very cool, ty

How can I can't act you , I need a single masterd

I recommend the Brainworx EQ plugin.

he is a master!

This is very good! Thanks! :D

more like this FM

you can still hear it, the mastered is much tighter

Big difference in the mastered..even with it being a bit louder.

Mastering in under 20 minutes, what a don

This guy looks really uncomfortable in front of the camera but Jesus he knows his stuff!

It had me at 23 seconds. Good stuff.

The setup in this video is the "Hardware version" of ozone....Which sounds better and more natural.

dope i would love to get a track mastered by you.

Its strange though.. I heard 27k too.. But I don't really think that is even a bandwidth in a relevant range. 20k is pretty much the max audible threshold. Unless he is literally adding air. lol

nice! thank you.

like the track

Excellent, less talk more action.

Excelente wow

he says what it is in the video. don't you listen?

perfect

Que putas dira :( quiero aprenderrrrrrr

You can't, always when comparing, level matching is essential, but some guys just know it sounds better anyways without comparing, haha. "Presets" in their head maybe.

More mastering tutorials!

Thanks :)

Check this M/S EQ Plugin from Brainworx and watch the video we have on the website. bx_digital_v2 via Plugin Alliance. M/S is a great way to EQ "mid" and "side" information of your mixes rather than L/R. Mastering Engineer´s favorite secret weapon. ;-)

Kick (top) is way too much. Might be my monitors, but it's really kicking hard for such a groovy track.

Wow

worked on me!

Yeah it's not a narrow peak boost, it's a shelf boost with a very wide "Q" so it creates a subtle shelf boost in the audible range.

bcz the video is for beginners to impress them