Mastering Start To Finish - Maximum Loudness Step By Step

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In this video, I turned the camera on while mastering a mix to show you the steps I took to get a loud, competitive and forward sound ready for release.
Initially, the peak loudness of the mix was at +0.1db dB but the average loudness of the mix was too low. This meant that it sounded quiet on most playback systems, it could not be turned up to a good listening level and yet still caused some clipping!
My main objectives were to increase the average loudness while building up a solid tone with lots of crunch and distortion. I also listened critically to ensure there were no issues or edits missed. The final result was a master with playback at -5.2LUFS on Spotify with no gain reduction applied. This is exactly what the client wanted to ensure their music could compete with other loud songs on the platform.
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►The song is called 'One More Time' by Clo Sur. Produced by Solo Ray, Engineered by Andy Toy and mixed by Chris Szczech. Stream it here to support the artist: spoti.fi/3Cp3y6n
► Download the Stems! You can download part of the mix to test out these techniques and hear it in full quality. The artist has kindly allowed me to share part of the mix file with you. This involved getting permission from the label too, so we ask that you use it for educational purposes and do not re-upload the song. Thank you so much!
Download here: michaelwynneaudio.com/downloads
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Final Result
0:45 - Download the Stems
1:40 - DAW Set up and Listening
5:30 - Mid Side EQ
8:45 - Multiband Compression
10:55 - Saturation and Clipping
14:00 - Limiter 1
15:30 - Limiter 2
17:57 - Checking Loudness and Dynamics
18:45 - Bad Limiting Example
19:50 - Exporting and SRC
21:20 - Master vs Mix
23:50 - Sending it to the client
24:30 - Social Media Master
25:36 - Support the Artist please :)
Gear Used:
PSI A23-M monitors
Lynx Hilo Interface
Beyerdynamic DT1990 Pro Headphones
Plugins:
Youlean Loudness Meter (Free)
Ivory 5 Suite from Acustica Audio
Lift 3 from Acustica Audio
Ozone 9 Limiters (any limiters will work here)
Tonal Balance Control
Song Used: One More Time by Clo Sur
Reference: Say Anything Else by Nightly
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@CloSur 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael and thank you Solo Ray for the incredible track production work on this song.

@inthemix 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for letting our community download the stems and mix down to practice their skills!

@andersonclinton641 2 жыл бұрын

@@inthemix plz host a remix contest soon.

@TheFinalGamerRN 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Clo Sur! Amazing song, and it ended up sounding great! I both downloaded the stems and saved your song in my favourites! ^w^

@CloSur 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheFinalGamerRN Thank you!

@esahm373 2 жыл бұрын

Clo, your song sounds horrible and I'm not talking about the mix or master!

@lucasnyberg6412 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly can't believe I'm watching and learning this for free, this is so valuable for people who are into production, mixing and mastering. I've said this before in a comment but it is truly amazing the work you put into making these videos for people to learn. Also very humble by the artist to give out the stems for people to practice. Everything in this video truly made my day. Keep up the good work!👏

@Kuronoichig01 2 жыл бұрын

"Don't name your track Final Master, if you call it final master it almost certainly won't be." Damn do I feel called out! Great Video, Michael!

@junior.von.claire 2 жыл бұрын

Same here. lol when I get to, say, Mea Culpa (Deadbeat mix) FINAL 17? This one isn’t hypothetical, either. Occasionally, I will add a word that helps identify the main edit. It can help to see the exports at certain places of development, kinda like a timeline.

@InsideOfMyOwnMind 2 жыл бұрын

I got a good laugh outta that too.

@elilox1083 2 жыл бұрын

Give this man a million subscribers already, he deserves every single one.

@DissonantSynth 2 жыл бұрын

Your contribution to so many young aspiring musicians' careers is invaluable. Thank you so incredibly much. I know it takes an astronomical amount of work, time and skill to produce these top-notch videos

@SoloRay 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for mastering this song Michael! Always a pleasure hearing your process. 🙌🏻

@Liatris 2 жыл бұрын

You are the best teacher ever because no one teaches you these in this way, they are always so extra about it but you explain it casually, which makes it incredibly easy to understand. Thank you for this quality content!

@manasiangal1405 2 жыл бұрын

I was genuinely waiting for this video! I would follow you into a battle blindfolded, Michael! Thank you for your hard work! ❤

@francisoboh4683 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael! Words cannot express how glad I am to have met you. Been struggling with the essence and purpose of mastering for a long time and that didn't let me understand what mastering was all about or how to go about it. This tutorial answered it all. You're priceless! Really, I love you man♥️

@BainesLiu 2 жыл бұрын

Mixing and Mastering are big problems for me in my own productions, your step by step guides from start to finish helped me out so much, thank you Michael! 💖

@Keroser1983 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the video Michael and Clo Sur for being so kind for sharing the stems. Those stuff are very helpful for us amateurs!!! It is always great to experiment with commercial level songs by these amazing tutorials / tips / tricks. Brilliant!!! Guys, anyone watching this video please support Clo Sur as well, it is not something we see often!!!

@nidhi6581 2 жыл бұрын

Your tutorials are just amazing! As a young learner, you are my best teacher!

@neilmaile2442 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I'm always tuned into your channel. Your videos is very action packed and to the point.

@spasmenothlefono5861 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all of your work you have put so much years in here.

@larianight889 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the work you are doing to help us! Really admiring you

@tsongyt7539 2 жыл бұрын

YEES! THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR!

@williambrandon9660 2 жыл бұрын

just finished the vdi been watching for a couple years. bout begin trying my hand at mastering my songs and learning how. may as well. thank you for the informative and honest vids man. its helped me so much and we create nothing similar stylistically. big ups!

@iainmackenzieUK 2 жыл бұрын

So much to review and learn in this. Feels like a summary and application of what I have been learning the past couple of years and I know I will be using this video for reinforcement and referencing in future. Many thanks

@fdgggfh24 2 жыл бұрын

Liked before I watched, because I know Michael always drops helpful, high quality content!

@maximeblais2032 2 жыл бұрын

We just love you and every single and so valuable video of yours !

@matrixate 2 жыл бұрын

Long time subscriber. Fantastic demonstration! That mix was really well balanced to begin with though. That helped a lot. I hardly ever get mixes like this. Bravo!

@chippywarren9706 2 жыл бұрын

So glad I've found you young man. Your explanations are so easy to follow and understand. KZfaq should treasure you as a true asset. For such a long time I've been trying to accomplish this. Thank you lots kind Sir. 👍

@amonbokako7119 2 жыл бұрын

Not a professional engineer so these help out a LOT and learning all this for free is truly valuable, so a big thanks Micheal! Your efforts are really appreciated. Clo Sur, Solo Ray, Andy Toy and Chris Szczech, great track guys and big up to ye for supplying the stems!

@sohamchowdhury 2 жыл бұрын

Our man is back! 🔥

@spaniardsLife 2 жыл бұрын

Hello In the mix I've been following you since I started producing my own songs last March, 2021. Your contents helped me alot understanding the basic mechanism to complex functions. Thank you so much❤

@twenysill 2 жыл бұрын

Your tutorial videos are simply the best out there! Thank you 🙏🏼

@54D1Music 2 жыл бұрын

You uploaded it on a right time.♥️ Thanks Michael you're the best tutor.👍🏻

@alexjennings3165 2 жыл бұрын

This is incredible. When I have some free time I am super excited to download the stems and practice along. It’ll be extremely valuable to first try and imitate what you’re doing then try and make some adjustments of my own to see what sounds good.

@Polyeith 2 жыл бұрын

Let's go! Was just about to start mastering my track!

@G-Doggy 2 жыл бұрын

Superb explanations of what you're doing and why--right to the point. Thank you.

@entity5447 2 жыл бұрын

YESSS been waiting !

@fumetsudragons418 2 жыл бұрын

This is pure Gold! Thank You

@abhishek33754 2 жыл бұрын

waiting for this ❤️

@jabobihlman541 5 ай бұрын

Amazing as usual. Thanks man!

@sparky6182 2 жыл бұрын

Woah. This is just what I needed to learn. Thank you so much 😁😁

@mackynjing2192 2 жыл бұрын

This channel really bring value to producers who cant afford to go to production school,God Bless You Michael

@matthardern1594 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always Michael

@imsoundtrack 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this amazing video Michael....!!! (A fan from a small Greek island)

@briankingart 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing as usual my friend!

@madmoudmusic 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I have learned so much from you and still learning ❤

@philfyphil 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and content. The first thing you learn when you start mastering is how important the mixing stage is!

@producermantra 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy and learn so much from these videos

@rxhx 2 жыл бұрын

Like countless other people I wanna join in and thank you for all the videos! It's especially awesome that these lessons apply to pretty much any genre one is producing (I'm mostly doing spacey ambient music, sometimes even electronic rock). Although loudness and compression specifics is a bit different in those genres, the basic ideas are same. In a matter of days my mixes and masters have become way more clear and juicy, thanks to your vids! (tho in my case it's often been "putting out fires" as my source files and sounds can be from years ago and are crappy quality, so I'm not dealing with subtleties but rather major ugly frequencies lol)

@berneidson3908 2 жыл бұрын

u r a god bro, I really love your work. I’ve learned a lot from you, thank you

@songsterjj 2 жыл бұрын

thank you. your all videos always so helpful.

@bdrigg Ай бұрын

Thanks for the knowledge. Catchy tune as well. I'll stream it for sure.

@brendanpatrickmusic 2 жыл бұрын

Crazy, for a while in my master chain I was using the vintage limiter and then running it through the Maximizer, but I never though to change to IRC III, I was getting that same mud with modern. Looks like it's time to try it again, love that subtle color. Thanks again for the valuable resources!

@googlepay637 2 жыл бұрын

Michael you are really great.. now i wanted to change from cubase to fl studio because of you. You are the best 👍👍👍

@ephjaymusic 2 жыл бұрын

Excellently presented! Thank you!

@FredericKKapongo 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for Sharing! This is really rich.

@vaakhsmusic360 2 жыл бұрын

Thank u for such authentic knowledge

@jabobihlman541 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video man. Thanks so much!

@corvette1330 2 жыл бұрын

With this man I will master mastering.

@LifeOutsideSin 2 жыл бұрын

Another great tutorial!!

@inthemixwithasot 2 жыл бұрын

Top stuff! Thank you ⚡️

@james2touchmuminkohbeats.21 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you in the mix Thank you very much you my best and best teacher ♥️

@hosseinfaran 2 жыл бұрын

You're the best teacher man. Well done 👏👏

@Moodapps 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with Lucas Nyberg, your Work is incredible !!

@Music-et6mf 2 жыл бұрын

What a great video. I have never seen such beneficial content in my country. (from overseas)

@ShadowDistrict123 2 жыл бұрын

Seriously man every-time you post I get excited to produce cause I always learn something new or improve something I already know. I hate that a lot of people who use FL Studio only use it for beats and not a actual recording DAW for different types of music. I use FL Studio for Nu-Metal/Industrial/and Techno. Can’t wait for the next video! Keep killing it

@Oddly-Engaging 2 жыл бұрын

Older FL user here, new abletoneer as well. Fl studio is awesome for beatmaking but ableton has it beat when it comes to live recordings and intuitive features.

@ProdbyTrehnt 2 жыл бұрын

Logic Pro definitely upgraded my mixing/mastering game. Pre fader leveling definitely gave me a whole new outlook on mixing. I don’t think fl offers pre fader.

@viance.mp3 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, thank you for this helpful video! It gets very tricky when u master trap or rap songs where most of the times you want the bass to stand out but you also want loudness. Please consider this genre reference for a future mastering video, it would be very helpful! Thank you again, amazing job!

@DinozBeatzOfficial Жыл бұрын

really thank you. your knowledge is really amazing

@msgsaltsweet 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great tutorial and sharing your precious knowledge.

@analogdive1255 2 жыл бұрын

That was amazing. Thanks man 🤙🏼

@grahamjeffery8523 2 жыл бұрын

Hey man... You know what..I never knew how to use FL studio... But since I watched the video you uploaded on how a beginner can use FLs.. it really helped me a lot.. And now I at least can make a beat but not perfect.. so I'm still learning.. That's why I like watching all your totorials..👍👍💪

@hillsnectar4927 2 жыл бұрын

Best instructor online. Keep up the good work sir

@keeransatpute542 2 жыл бұрын

Brother,I cannot tell you how your guidelins means alot to me,you are doing amazing work,from which lots of people are ripping the benefits,I am deeply thankful to you,lord bless you man,❤❤❤..

@del-marmare1646 2 жыл бұрын

This is very good, fingers crossed for a similar post regarding mixing again.

@CanaldoRonan Жыл бұрын

Beautiful song, they used lots of reverb rooms on it, 80s classic signature sound, amazing track! congrats Michael!

@nathseverett4288 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙂 You are very generous to share this for free - Valuable, and expensive information otherwise.

@tahomidahmed3356 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you man you changed my workflow...

@adilhussainchoudhury2400 2 жыл бұрын

Always the Best👍💜

@fordman7460 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!!! thank you so much

@VirzyGuns 2 жыл бұрын

watching this on my sunday morning

@marvybeats 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and contribution Michael keep going🎯🎯🎯

@tironat6933 2 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏. Favourite teacher. God bless you

@xMaSSxHyST3RiA 2 жыл бұрын

Always look forward to your next YT video. Cheers mate ;)

@ZoldarMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Amazin video, as always :)

@vishalchunara1670 2 жыл бұрын

You making a difference in the world. Dhanyawad

@felipecastro5752 2 жыл бұрын

Great video,Sir.

@vishnumanoj2760 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou so much ❤️❤️

@BHAVYA254 2 жыл бұрын

Great job. Please make a part 2 of this explaining the final master you end up with .🙌

@inthemix 2 жыл бұрын

This ended up being the final master. Thank you so much for watching!

@hsynktrc 2 жыл бұрын

YOU ARE AMAZING.

@emadallie3721 2 жыл бұрын

love your vids my guy

@Maesdy01 2 жыл бұрын

Love your Work..may God bless you

@trv503 2 жыл бұрын

Wow.......what a fantastic track and song. I will definitely take Michael's techniques to heart. I may download these stems and maybe try a remix........