Mastering with Headphones | Are You Listening? Season 3, Episode 1

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Are You Listening? is back! In episode one of season three, follow along as iZotope Education Director and professional mastering engineer Jonathan Wyner shares how to navigate the challenges -and benefits-of mastering with headphones, including considerations in headphone outputs and impedance ratings when mastering, common fallacies with mastering in headphones, and the tools to use when mastering in headphones to preserve the sonic translation from mix to master across playback systems.
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Chapters
0:00 Welcome to Are You Listening Season 3
0:23 What is the difference between mastering in headphones vs. speakers?
1:37 Why work in headphones?
2:45 Headphone connectors and outputs
3:30 Headphone impedance rating
4:12 Examples of headphones to use or avoid in mastering
5:58 Importance of listening at a consistent playback level in headphones
7:12 Fallacies with mastering in headphones
8:57 Tools to use when mastering in headphones
9:06 Using Tonal Balance Control Pro curves
10:50 Frequency soloing in Ozone Pro to understand low end
12:04 Stereo imaging with Insight Pro
14:26 Benefits of using headphones in mastering
16:53 Outro
#mastering #areyoulistening #ozone #izotope

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@MozwGamer 3 жыл бұрын

One of the few guys and plugin companies that knows that not everyone has a probability of ever owning a well equiped thousands of dollars mastering studios.

@emiel333 3 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t agree more! They have great knowledge and are a great contribution to the music production community.

@KarasamaBeats 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed fam ! Couldn’t agree more

@dewil7313 Жыл бұрын

I would up that to tens or hundreds of thousands easily ;) I Trust my DT 770 pros myself. This series is good and the best part is ofc the cat on synthesizer in space =D

@jeremyjohnson7676 2 жыл бұрын

I had the honor 15 years ago to meet no one less than the LEGEND Quincy Jones in person. One of the topics I asked him about was exactly the one in this video. What he said was logical and insightful at the same time. The short version of his answer: 1. listen to your song on the Yamaha NS-10M, if it sounds really good on them, 90% of the time it will sound good anywhere. 2. relax a few days, so that your ears calm down. Then listen to your song again on the NS10M. Make corrections if necessary. Listen to it best together with others! 3. when you think everything fits, listen to your song on two different headphones. A professional studio headphone and a consumer headphone. 4. if everything fits, listen to your song in the car. Then go to a friend's house and listen to the song on his good hi-fi system. Turn it up and listen carefully. Do this with different friends who have different hi-fi systems! 5. try to listen to your song very loud in a club. If you know a club owner, ask him if you can go to the club during the week to listen to your song. In a club, the acoustics are usually miserable, but if your song is mixed well, there should still be nothing too overly booming and clanging. And the most important: Trust your EARS!

@conz_tee 3 жыл бұрын

Love the fact that Jonathan has an Ozone drink on his desk - magic potion for audio engineers !!! xD

@noodlezeep5159 3 жыл бұрын

That shirt is just fire 🤣

@williamtell1477 3 жыл бұрын

Love this series, so excited for this season! Thank you so much for putting this out!

@jamiejmusic8365 3 жыл бұрын

Season 3! Long awaited, thank you izotope!

@johnnyvegas2015 3 жыл бұрын

Great to see you back with the series ...cheers.

@rbroach68 3 жыл бұрын

Love this series! I've been waiting for S3!

@igitur 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. Learned a couple of new things! I really appreciate this video

@yitzybits 3 жыл бұрын

WOOHOO! Big thanks to Jonathan & the whole team for continuing this excellent series. It is rich, clarifying & well-needed.

@zeepster 3 жыл бұрын

This is all great information. And very clearly explained. Thank you.

@Keroser1983 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!! Very informative, no waste of time, very well put. Keep them coming!!!

@baselinesweb 2 жыл бұрын

Jonathan, I love your videos, thank you for taking the time to make things very clear. You always say something that makes me consider and change my process for the better. As well, the tone of your voice is perfect for holding attention while not annoying. Cheers!

@alpharhythmofficial 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting topic, and glad that the lowend and imaging issues, when mixing with good headphones, was adressed.

@johnhowarthmusic8706 2 жыл бұрын

Always informative, comprehensive and perfectly presented. Thank you.

@MihaiOnilayoutube Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much ! I know all this stuff already but a litle refreshing for your memory and focusing your attention on what`s matter is really good sometimes ! Thanks again !

@kingech_B15 3 жыл бұрын

Ive been learning from Jonathan Wyner since 2015. Thanks bro

@migueljohnson432 8 ай бұрын

Many, many thanks. Is much appreciated and for sure to be recommended 👍

@TWDsje 3 жыл бұрын

The quality of that intro music certainly has me sold.

@freethinkers-inc. 3 жыл бұрын

This video was so helpful. Thank you very much for sharing.🤗

@HiiImChris 2 жыл бұрын

ahhh i love people who take a professional approach to these topics. it's sick and all hearing from such a variety of people but hearing somebody who has a more scientific understanding of these things can be incredibly helpful and insightful. thx my dude

@emiel333 3 жыл бұрын

Great video with lots of tips and advice. You guys are awesome!

@samspritzer1643 3 жыл бұрын

Those 18 minutes felt like 5! Really good stuff!

@LanievanderWalt 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Prof Wyner !

@palebluedotstudios 3 жыл бұрын

Great topic! I believe mastering on headphones is increasing in popularity these days. Thanks!

@matthewv789 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastically reasonable and informative video (as usual from Jonathan).

@teashea1 2 жыл бұрын

very good video - articulate, organized and very fine production values

@heritagelegacy 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent information thank you very much for the tutorial

@miketemplar 3 жыл бұрын

Legendary T-Shirt !

@michaelchang6317 3 жыл бұрын

Great tips, keep it up the excellent work. Thank you and greetings from Mauritius 🇲🇺

@agondistortion 3 жыл бұрын

The real reason why people are suspicious about mixing ore mastering on headphones is because they still mix ore master on speakers occasionally trying to do the same thing on headphones , you have to live with headphones and occasionally check through speakers so you understand the difference after a while you will get use to and never want to go back .

@thlgnd 3 жыл бұрын

Are you saying headphones are than speakers?

@cvsradio1 Жыл бұрын

Great info for the industry. Thanks💯📻🎧

@aramissilvereke 3 жыл бұрын

I was just listening to some previous episodes and then suddenly a newborn one appeard, cool!

@suedelacy 3 жыл бұрын

Sameeeeee

@curtismech 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. Very informative!

@cameronallen2174 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Rob and iZotope for this series, it has taught me so much. Would love to see a video on using saturation in mastering specifically with Ozone 9!

@iZotopeOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Cameron, we just released an episode today on Excitation in Mastering, check it out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iOB4h5eKmNuumn0.html

@teashea1 Жыл бұрын

Very good presentation - nice production values; especially the audio

@RogerioValgode 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir, this was soooo cool!

@suedelacy 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing 🥰

@Professor_Pat 3 жыл бұрын

This was great guys. Thanks!

@ProsonicProduction 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jonathan, Great video content on mixing and mastering with headphones. These tips will definitely improve every audio engineer decisions moving forward. #iZoptope #Mastering

@hazysonic 3 жыл бұрын

Really great helpful thoughts to digest

@samnarjinary 3 жыл бұрын

Great content as always...!

@boytricky 3 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for S3!

@theboytheycalljonny1 2 жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable. Thank you.

@igorbeuk6298 2 жыл бұрын

Finally truth, I have been on other YT channels and eder Pros don't want to open up or they , majority of them don't know it's just that simple

@vaakhsmusic360 3 жыл бұрын

Thnk u for such authentic information sir.

@Geliusmixing 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@apaitiadrivationo5628 3 жыл бұрын

Thank for sharing Mr Jonathan my prayers is that God will give you a double portion of knowledge and skill stay safe and stay blessed from Fiji 🇫🇯🙏👍♥️

@joshsmith7812 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! :-)

@shellymoreira 3 жыл бұрын

Great, thanks!

@m.i.stapes 3 жыл бұрын

Love it!!

@RicHollandUK 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent content well presented.

@joramponi249 3 жыл бұрын

True Master (explaining mastering)

@raybeeger1529 2 жыл бұрын

Rob, thank you! Nowadays we can use a headphone amp with crossfeed like the SPL Phonitor 2.

@leonardobadilla3374 3 жыл бұрын

Terrific video !

@TwstedTV 2 жыл бұрын

One major problem that most people are going through is that most people live in apartments and the walls are paper thin. And they will have problems with neighbors. This is why most people work on headphones. People would love to use their studio monitors but they cant due to neighbors.

@MR_Cellarpop 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for great info :)

@flashes_of_ramfis 2 жыл бұрын

thank you very much!!

@kingdomkeys6840 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@Difrentstyles 3 ай бұрын

This was great

@rrojuan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@FDMastering 3 жыл бұрын

Oh boy how I missed this series :)

@Superdelphinus 2 жыл бұрын

I actually love you, Izotope

@PhallicEnergy 2 жыл бұрын

I had to pause the video to write this comment... His T-Shirt is Godly!!! Right, now back to the video.

@dbenzi87 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff!!

@PASTACATProductions 3 жыл бұрын

Unrelated, but that is an excellent shirt.

@davegross7014 2 жыл бұрын

Sage advice!

@daaamn001 3 жыл бұрын

Yes 🙌🏾

@AaronTrimbleMusic 2 жыл бұрын

I love this video and the whole series, Thank you, Johnathan!!..Curious though, I would think that popular bluetooth listening technology would be an asset in a mastering environment to make sure the song is translating. You even mentioned translation in the video 8:46. Is this the wrong idea?

@wadewilliams1892 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic

@VicTheMonster 2 жыл бұрын

Learned a lot! Thank you! What are your thoughts on Plugins Like Audio Mix Checker? 👏

@PseudoPulse 3 жыл бұрын

Love the shirt!

@Huru_ 2 жыл бұрын

Really missed this serie.

@blaablaa22 2 жыл бұрын

Great episode, as always. About the audio interface part, I'd add: if you are even half serious about mixing and mastering with headphones, do consider buying an audio interface with two outputs for headphones. This way you can super conveniently have a reference pair there, which you can listen the mix/master, kinda giving yourself another opinion as well as an ear cleanser. Oh and of course: get that reference pair of headphones anyway. :)

@cjmllvv 10 ай бұрын

Could a reference pair be a consumer device?

@Vid3oGameCentralHD 3 жыл бұрын

Great shirt!

@josephthepoet2856 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you from 97% of people that make music out there without treated rooms!

@TheShpmusic 3 жыл бұрын

I heavily rely on my headphones for mixing. The sound is more closer to me. I will reference back out onto the monitor's but it's a relationship I build over the time with my Daw Interface. Turning the interface volume control precisely while cutting and boosting let's you know the sweet spot of the sound you're working on...Headphones Rock...💥💥💯

@ArmorKingEmir 2 жыл бұрын

i dont care

@warloshernandez 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArmorKingEmir I dont care that you dont care

@Travis_Yangzte 7 ай бұрын

I care ❤

@moorland-pictures 4 ай бұрын

Oh yes, that's so true. You don't always use headphones by choice. Whether it's an apartment or a house, if you have small children who need to sleep or thin walls to the neighbors, you have to rely on this alternative for home recording.

@MikeHeebz 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for the great information & sharing your knowledge Jonathan! Any opportunity for us to send in a mix for a critique or to be used for a live tutorial mastering session? Again, thanks for you time. Have a great day! =)

@wretchedpinheadpuppets 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Beyer should thank you! I just bought a new set of headphones!:)

@VicTheMonster 2 жыл бұрын

You are my Virtual Mentor!

@docteurgreene 3 жыл бұрын

very interesting! :)

@borgan1964 3 жыл бұрын

i bouth a copple of Focal headset,,,they just awsome

@OjiEdutainment 2 жыл бұрын

I try to use different types of headphone and loud speakers to get a great mix...

@vipinakon2355 3 жыл бұрын

the beat :)

@yudhaarau 2 жыл бұрын

This cool

@intrinsic1538 2 жыл бұрын

The Sennheiser HD600 headphones (shown in video) are *fantastic*. I've used them for almost 10 years - super clear, as good as much more expensive headphones. Do not get the HD650 model - it sounds quite different.

@KtraaOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

@Cody_OConnell 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Regarding volume, 85db SPL is probably way too much for a small home studio. I have a pair of Yamaha HS8's in a bedroom and if I turn them up to 80db they're bumpin'. I'm just a hobbyist so take that with a grain of salt, but I recommend people get a SPL meter from amazon. You can get one for about $20 and it's worth it if you have monitors to get a sense of what 70db or 80db really sounds like. Then when you listen to headphones you have somewhat of a sense of how loud they're playing

@bakedcreations8985 3 жыл бұрын

If this dude was born 2000 years ago he would have been considered the village elder/shaman/wise man

@TokyoSpeirs 3 жыл бұрын

If this dude was talking about lissajous spectrometry and cross correlative distortion 2000 years ago he would have been burned at the stake.

@bakedcreations8985 3 жыл бұрын

@@TokyoSpeirs lol

@jarcau_vegan 3 жыл бұрын

And that's why mastering the village's most popular songs did not happen until the law prohibited burning audio engineers in the 1940's.

@KTLion Жыл бұрын

I'm wanting to know what mic you recorded your dialogue on lol, it sounds superb

@GILLISH 3 жыл бұрын

1st of all mixing is about getting frequency so they don't change not matter what there 4 u can mix on a head set

@leeboymusic 3 жыл бұрын

🔥

@le-berry Жыл бұрын

The word rely makes it hard for me sure you can rely on headphones for certain tasks both mixing and mastering but I always go back and forth from headphone to main and near field monitors and mono on a single low res speaker. All works together you could miss things not using headphones, you could miss chances not listing on main monitor and you can mess things up not checking on a low low res mono speaker as well (mono on main for low end is a thing to do as well)

@restlessnik4610 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Love these courses! I have a few questions/problems that arose during mastering one of my own tracks: 1. After I master and turn up the volume in ozone, my snare and kick is to loud. I have loads of multiband compression in ozone, but snare and kick just become to loud then I turn it up. Is this because of my setting in the maximiser?I have some parallel compression on my drums in the mix. Especially on computer speakers they seem to “jump” out of the speakers to much, making kind of a boxy sound. 2. In the same mix, everything seems to be a little too much affected by the limiters in particular when I turn things up, and you can hear the effect quite clearly on the whole mix. Is this because I mix to quietly? I had to turn it up ALOT to reach the competitive levels desired.

@thaexception3406 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty comprehensive.

@zenluiz 3 жыл бұрын

Whatever this guy says, I feel one should just trust :)

@inspyremusicnl5826 2 жыл бұрын

my rme babyface pro got both 1/8 and 1/4 inch outputs for headphones. when jonathan was concluding that u rather use the 1/4 on your interface vs the 1/8 on your laptop i understand that but wat about the 1/4 ont the interface vs the 1/8 on interface? pls help me out. i wanna now what is most accurate and translates best