Glad you enjoy it! Thanks!

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Wow yeah interesting concept. Need to try it for myself sometime!

There’s a bit more clipping uncovered in future vids ;)

Thanks mate! My pleasure!

Good trick!

Happy to hear that! You're welcome!

Spot on; it makes it all pop!

Me too!

I was wondering if anyone caught that. If you raise the level +6.3dB you’ll end up at -16.4. Not -19.4. He made an honest mistake…

He actually says -16.4 a minute later in the video.

You're welcome!

Thanks mate! And I got you; here you are ! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jM6ndsie2LXGfps.htmlsi=aLLogMnTWy8-vB_b

Possibly! That's something I think would be fun to share!

certainly; I work on heaps of rock, indie and metal! I'd be more than happy to work some of that into a future a video!

Damn right; expect another video where I turn this completely on it's head with a different approach for a different track!

You're welcome!

Glad you liked it!

More flexibility I can switch the centre frew if I need to

You're correct, I probably left out and should have spoken through why I was hitting it as much as I was... (ANOTHER VIDEO TO COME!)

Hey ! Harmonics I haven't experimented with on the front end; because the use case for the clipper is to simply set a fixed peak ceiling to feed into my chain; I use Hofa DDP for al the metadata tasks;

Thanks bud!

Yes the God Particle applies the curve anyway. And the 3 knobs aren't an EQ, they are push/pull sliders that feed the multiband compressor. He likes the way it sounds which is the main thing, but it's not how this plugin works.

Hey! The god particle has a response curve; you're absolutely correct, but the EQ module in it; is a series of two shelves and a bell; here's the time marker where I rebuild them in pro-q3 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aZt6oc-EvdOuYZ8.htmlsi=HulU3eAlmxEToq_P&t=258

No not in-particular; I should probably look deeper into how the Lin Phase mode affects the overall sound of this plugin! I have tried to use the built in 3band EQ on god particle; and it's good but the fixed EQ points can sometimes leave me at a loss, so I use the sontec so I can tweak as appropriate;

Noted

thanks mate!

Thanks for watching! Not sure why; I blind A/B'ed and found I could pick out the TP limiter when applied separately rather than turning on the module; My hypothesis is that because TP limiters use an oversampled signal to trace a more accurate read; having a more accurate read across THE WHOLE signal of limiting made it work harder; in opposition to just the few peaks remaining after the fact; You can check my video on the ballistics of TP limiting to understand a bit more kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bZaSpMecytCde4k.html

Possibly; but I haven't been pushed into a corner where any rogue peaks from subsequent processing have caused me such an issue (Yet)

@@panorama_mastering Ah ok, interesting to know. I don't master much (only my own stuff), so I've never really been in a position where exploring that made sense either. Was just wondering if there was a reason not to do it, or if for some reason the processing post clipper introduces the odd random peaks somehow, it would be an option to double up clippers. Sounds like if it was ever needed it would be fine, just unlikely to be needed. Ta!

I completely agree; and I do OTB mastering too. Every plugin processing the sound in by affecting one of the four pillars of audio fidelity; Frequency Response, Dynamic Response, Harmonic Response, or Noise; As long as your conscious of how when and why; you're all good!

Amen!

Welcome!

good question! id like to know too

Lol It’s a funny distinction to have to deal with when explaining. For Standard clip the response curve set at “minimum” is hard clipping and ramps into “soft” by increasing the percentage

Hey Maximus, not a mistake; When the response curve is set at 0%(minimum) it's hard clipping) @Jonnyoh4731 got it spot on

@@panorama_mastering Ahhh. You learn something new everyday. Appreciate it!

At the end of the day, if it sounds good, it is good. But, the danger comes from the fact that Mid/Side (more correctly, Sum/Difference) processing is largely a mathematical process while stereo image is a psychoacoustic process. They're not exactly the same thing, and there are always trade-offs. That doesn't mean "don't do it", but it does mean that you have to be careful that whatever benefit you hear is actually worth the trade-offs that you can't avoid. The other big thing is that it seems like all the advice/tips/tricks online (especially for mixers and producers) are about making things sound crazy wide. When I do S/D processing in mastering, it's more often to reign those effects in. Mono devices, despite their prevalence, can be hard - there are decisions that the mixer can make pretty early on that will alter the balance in mono that you just plain can't fix in mastering. Trying to do it very often incurs far too many trade-offs - you NEVER have full control over both at the mastering stage.

Because too much ms usually often might sound bad, if it sounds good then it is good, usually it changes the mix alot, and things that are hardpanned become louder, balances change. and as a producer I wouldnt particularly appreciate that, if i did i woulda done ms processing in the mix already, as it is a very specific sound, and personally very rarely found that type of processing good sounding in any scenario

Some great explanations here from the responders! Mid-Side processing is fine; but just make sure you're working with a linear-phase set-up for this so the matrix POST EQ/processing sums back the stereo field accurately;

yeah spotify would turn that down -9db

Thank you!

Cheers

The only haters which cut me deep are those who don't like my air drumming, I honestly can't help it; doesn't matter the style of song; I just get into it.

@@panorama_mastering I would call it your signature move

hey hey hey.... I love my air drumming. and sometimes I get sucked into the beat and want to pretend I know how to drum ;) let a man shamelessly groove!

​@@panorama_masteringclassy response!

Air drumming is based AF. Feeling awkward about other people have fun is the true cringe here

This says more about you than it does about him Dick

Such an odd criticism… do you remember to have fun when working on music?

Boo to this comment

I disagree. Most of the explanation is just putting the thought process out into words. In real time these would be snap decisions made really fast without thinking too much. But, when you have to explain the actions, and why you do them, they suddenly come across as “overthinking” and theorizing. Even though it isn’t.

@SonicWizards hit this on the head! And it's something I struggle with in my video's being able to clearly and succinctly compartmentalise my thoughts; If you go through to the stem mastering version of this track; you'll see the FULL start to end transformation;

@@panorama_masteringman, I feel you there. That’s the toughest thing with making KZfaq videos on these subjects. I mix and master in complete flow state (sure that’s the case for you as well), and this is just impossible when you’re explaining things at the same time. Nevertheless, you’re doing a great job. And I get exactly the same weird comments by people who aren’t even close to that level, professionally. Much love and support from Berlin!

If a song is easy to listen to you know it was hard to make