Hands Down, without hesitation of expression, this series is beyond well thought-out, beyond well written, beyond simple clarification of complex methods..episode by episode clearing the fog and frankly the BS that's out there...and frankly out there in abundance...can't say enough how grateful I am to Josh for this great series.

This is the most concise and clear explanation of basic track preparation I've seen. It's SO helpful. As with a couple other of the videos in this great series, I'll be re-watching and running the same processes on some of my own tracks. Keep em' coming!

One thing I discovered when testing Logic’s compressors with sine waves and pink noise is this: - not every distortion option is used in each comp type, but the “soft” option does add the most harmonics (i.e. color), while “clip” adds no harmonics for most comp types - the more gain reduction added (i.e. lowering threshold), the more harmonics are increased - similarly, the more make up gain added, the more harmonics are increased. This is where negative output is really useful - knee also effects the levels and content more than I previously thought - finally, the cleanest to the most colorful are Plat Digital, Classic VCA, Vintage Opto (which adds most of it’s color near the source freq), Studio VCA, Studio FET, Vintage FET, Vintage VCA

Especially the last parts of the video shows your experience and your skills as a very good trainer and somebody who knows and respects what we are (ideally) dealing with: an interpretation of someone else’s -or your own - imagination of audible art. Thank you.

It's unreal how much I learn from these videos - massive thanks!

Brilliant - thanks so much! Definitely the best guidance I’ve seen on how to get a great “99%” mix without vanishing into the black hole of mastering. I’ve just revisited five old projects this afternoon using these tips and they’re all transformed. Thanks

Your vids are FANTASTIC..Your verbal and visual instructions are 2nd to none!!!

Nicely done and very helpful. Gives me more control over how my stuff comes across and I appreciate the cogent way it's explained.

and once again, you have saved me from wasting hours and hours trying to solve a problem. Thank you so much !

Simply super helpful! #33 is already waiting … Thanks so much!

I agree with these comments, this series has the best explanations in the least amount of time, which is something I don’t have a lot of. I use the iPad version but I have taken to watching this series for my information.

Another fascinating video, man I’m learning so much, I have never done any of this, I must go back to my projects and try all this out

Excellent video that reinforced what I thought I knew. Thanks for the consolidation.

Mans a very concise teacher. Brilliant

I am going in to help a church with their broadcast mix (which uses Logic) this Sunday and this video helps - they need the limiter enabled to keep from digital clipping when the broadcast gets loud. I'm not a Logic guy (been using Cubase for years) - so this was great.

thank you so much for all your dedication and shared knowledge ! I'm very grateful !

Super helpful for cleaning up my final mix. Thanks for posting!

Your videos are so good. So much information and valuable advice. Thanks.

As always, great work!

Great video, clear and easy to understand…you are a good teacher. 🙂

Awesome video as always. Thank you ❤

Brilliant, thanks a lot for these wonderful videos.

Thank you so much. There's nothing as efficient out there !!

Muchas gracias, excelente como siempre

I made the switch from GarageBand recently. This is very helpful! Thank you!

Thanks for this vid & info. Super well presented & your method & steps are v.well put together. Good job!! Greets from a cold Berlin. Chris L

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Deep breathe, back in, lesson 32, thanks teach.

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Thank you!

great video. One of the mistery in my life is how some commercial songs can sound great at -6lufs without distorsion and without damage in dynamics. Anyway sometimes I put a Logic overdrive plugin on the master bus just to add bit of saturation that allows some extra loudness. Thanks for your tutorial, very precious

awesome! Thanks!

Really Appreciate your videos! It has helped me a bunch!

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Thanks 👍

I think I’m going to call you the logic professor. 😁👍

This video helped my mixes so well… Does it matter the order of the stereo out plugins?

Thanks for the video! Linear EQ is cool but what about pre-ringing? Aren't you concerned about that?

Super.. sir. . Plz also include the demonstration for All logic mix pluggin like EQ, Dynamics,Reverb, Envelope...Etc.... And again thanks A lot

Do you lose any dynamic range by putting a gain plug in on the master fader and turning it down ? Seen some debates on this . When you drive it back up do you lose any weight & energy as well ? Thanks Also if going into the adaptive limiter in Logic I feel as if I have to mix into it for it pushes the highs really hard any tips there ? Thanks for sharing your knowledge

Best video I've found for basic track prep. Quick question- what if we just bus all to a "master bus" channel before stereo bus, then,as long as nothing's clipping,we can use that channel's fader to control how hard we hit the stereo bus rather than add a gain plugin to the stereo bus? Thanks for the top notch content. I'm subscribing!

If i bounce my final mix into a single file, and then take it into logic for master EQ, limiting, etc., is it okay if my stereo output for that single track reads above 0db? If im running it through the adaptive limiter and the signal says -1 then it’s fine right?

hello, thank you very much for every lesson! I have a question this time. is there special reason for using pre-fader mode? once again, thank you!

Thanks! When I import/convert a project from GarageBand I don’t get a Stereo Out. I get a Master Track. Are they the same? If not how do I get Stereo Out to show in mixer?

Thanks for another great tutorial. I'm curious if you can master using the stereo out just like what you did toward the end here.

For just a high cut, you could have gone for the EQ > Single Band EQ. It would have been simpler and possibly lighter on CPU (especially if the project is already crowded). You could even go simpler by automating the high cut section of the Linear EQ!

Amazing content as always! There's one thing I was wondering about the out ceiling. Is there any difference to your -1.0 setting, as there would be to a setting of -0.1? I'm still learning the basics but seems I've always been led to believe that -0.1 is the optimal setting to ensure most volume while just ensuring there will be no clipping. Thanks for your dedication to helping people grow. You've certainly helped me A LOT over the years my friend.

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Thanks so much for all these great tutorials! So is the gain plugin effectively the same as volume output? Usually gain refers to pre-amp input, no?

Does it matter what order the plugins go? e.g. would it "harm" things if Loudness was before Gain?

My integrated won't go past -16.6, is that a bad thing?

what is the differences between the regular logic limiter vs the adaptive limiter?

Hey there! I have a problem with my Stereo Out in Logic: There is "White Noise" or "Self Noise" on my Stereo Out Channel. I can clearly hear it over my headphones and speakers. When i open the project, the noise isn't there. But when i start the playblack for the first time and stop it, the White Noise is there and doesn't disappear anymore. Only when i mute the Stereo Out it's gone. But comes back when i unmute it. That drives me crazy. Is there any way to fix that problem? Thanks in advance! *BTW: Love all your videos!

Any reason why you wouldn’t want to set the out ceiling to -0.1? I see so many tutorials calling for that instead of -1.0, but not sure what the practical difference would be.

do you do the instructional classes for L.A Film schools music production course? I swear you sound just like the guy, especially when i played this video at the same time as my student video lecture.

In this video, I demonstrate the following: 1. What is the Stereo Output channel? 2. How to prevent the Stereo Out from clipping. 3. How to use the Gain plugin. 4. How to automate plugins on the Stereo Output. 5. Channel EQ vs. Linear Phase EQ 6. Buss Compression with Vintage VCA Circuit 7. What are LUFS? Loudness Standards for Streaming. 8. How to use the Adaptive Limiter and Loudness Meter to dial in your final loudness setting. Support the sponsor of this video, Boombox | bit.ly/boomboxsponsor For mixing/mastering work, contact me at my website | carneymediagroup.com Follow MusicTechHelpGuy on Instagram | instagram.com/musictechhelpguy Support the channel on Patreon | patreon.com/musictechhelpguy Demo project used in this video | www.logicproguide.com/downloads Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:54 Sponsor Segment 1:35 What is the Stereo Output? 2:33 Prevent Clipping/Peaking 4:49 Gain Plugin 7:20 Automate Plugins on Stereo Output 9:29 Linear Phase vs. Channel EQ 10:58 Linear Phase EQ on Stereo Out 12:49 Buss Compression (Vintage VCA) 15:32 Loudness Meter & LUFS 18:06 Adaptive Limiter & Set Loudness

You have not explained the Look ahead knob and the optimize button below …

Do you want to use the Adaptive Limiter and the Loudness Meter if you are having someone else master the song?