⏰ TIMECODES ⏰ 0:47​ The Limiter Technique 3:28​ Utility Setup for M/S Check 3:58​ EQ in Mid/Side Mode for Clean-Up and Balance 8:37​ The Compressor 11:16​ EQ for Making up Gain 12:35​ The Second Limiter 14:20​ Measuring Loudness 14:59​ Start Theory Part 15:17​ Why Metering? Soundcloud, Spotify, KZfaq... 18:04​ Why 2 Limiter Explained 19:18​ Compressor in Sidechain Mode Explained 21:34​ How to Clean and Balance 22:08​ Bounced it 23:04​ Goodbye

Fucking hell this tune is such a banger. It's really refreshing watching a tutorial where I actually want to keep listening to the track repeated. Normally the tunes mastered in tutorials are awful and it's such a struggle to have to listen to that crap over and over as stuff gets explained. Great video. Excellent charisma.

In this tutorial mixing and mastering engineer Guido from "Cat & Beats" is mastering a track from start to finish using Ableton Live 11 only - no third-party audio effects.

Dude!!! You've increased the quality of my Mastering Tenfold!!! Learning to Record, Mix, and Master on my own has been a daunting trial, and it is videos like this that have made that journey possible. I just finished mastering my EP and I'm just blown away by what I've been able to accomplish. Thanks so much!!!!

Exactly what you want. More technical stuff with Cat and Beats , he is a great teacher.

Last tip I forgot to mention. Your master is not finished at this point. You will need to listen back and automate accordingly to make sure your master still translates ;)

This was too advanced for me but I loved to listen from start to finish. I'll be back in a couple months and listen to it again 🙂 thank you!

While a really basic tip, the recommendation to turn off the visualizer to really hone in on the levelling with only your hearing is so huge. It's one of those beginner tweaks that sets you up for years of success. Thanks for the vid Guido ❤‍🔥

What a great teacher makes everything super easy to understand!

Great vid I bought your PML Melodic House Course, it's what I was looking for, for years!

This guy is the real master of mastering

Amazing Tutorial, thank you very much, very well explained!

after doing the whole eqing process, i noticed the limiter in youlean was responding more how i would have imagined! excellent

this was really helpful, and you are very good mastering engineer

Thank you so much for this tutorial. This is a great explanation of how to learn the fundamentals mainly using already installed tools. I like this practice because it helps to understand other 3rd party tools down the line. I watched this once and then implemented this on one of my songs and I definitely can notice the difference between the mix down, premaster, and master versions. Thanks again!

Incredibly dense lesson, super clearly explained

Wow! Filtering distorted sounds is imperative to attract listeners. Especially on vocals being heard clearly from distorted sounds! Thank you

Great session! Thanks a lot, Guido!

Great tutorial! I like the "the limiter is merciless" quote! Super true!

Fantasic video! Thanks so much.

thank you thank you thank you!!!! That tip with the glue-compressor set to kick frequency is priceless!!!!!!!

Guido is the best 🙌🏻

This video made me feel that I could learn this skill!! Thank you!

I learned so much from this video👌 super clear explanation, you gave me much value here🙌 will rewatch it for sure whilst mixing my next song

This Guy must be a real Friend.

Amazing!

As a newbie, it's a added bonus to download and listen thru this video

This has been unbelievably helpful on every track I've worked with - I continue to reference it a year later. You are the man!

It's so pleasing to me, listening to Guido and learning from him! :) He has the knowledge and humor for an awesome learning experience. Keep up the great work, man!

Thanks for those nice tips, I learned a lot

3:08 i am going to use that in my next song

Really love this dude and his explanation. Perfect tutorial video 😀❤️

This was so helpful!!! Thanks so much!

3:04 I'm in love with this video already :D

THIS MAN IS GOATED

Pure Gold, thanks for sharing!

You guys are awesome, thank you for doing this!!

Best lesson ever seen on youtube 😅

I loved this video! I'll be checking the rest of your videos, really love the style and the fact that you do first and explain last ! Amazing!

Dude!! You’re killing it, very clear very funny loved it

Thank you so much, I have learned so much here this evening and added notes to my "How To" folder. Subscribed and will be checking out more tomorrow.

Super nice thanks for your help, please upload more tutorials!

whenever i see guido i literally stand at attention lol

Love your style :D Thank you for this tutorial, very handy as always. I found this loudness meter today and was wondering how to utilise it effectively and kaboom you show up in this video using this plugin :D thanks once more

Thanks Guido, SUB right here brother.

Excellent tutorial. Thanks!

Yo, this dude is great at demonstration. Kudos!

I am only using ableton lite so I have to do some work arounds, but man this technique makes my tracks sound good.

Man! This is an amazing tutorial! Thanks a lot

You’ve earned a new subscriber! Great insight in the vid and comment section too, cheers for sharing. Let’s gooo!

I'm hip hop generally but got to say was a pleasure to watch the work on a track of such calibre. Great Mastering education but GREAT track

Guido at it fully with the martial skill as always, thank u 🙏

thank you very much....really interesting and well done🙂🙏

got lots of knowledge..... thanks

when you mimic these sounds 😅 Nice and straight forward tutorial

most fire video on the net

Presumably, most or all of the mastering tools are removed from the free version that comes with some hardware. It would be interesting to see how far a track can get towards completion with only the demo software.

Super Fire

Learned a lot thanks!

Great tutorial thank you very much.

Thank you for the great tutorial. It helped me a lot to get my own song/mix done! Kiss on your head buddy!

Thank you so much! My first Steps with mastering in Ableton and you explained it so good! Learned a lot!

Dude is amazing!

Loud and Clear ! TY

The best tutorial ever,

Thank you so much 🔥🙏🙏

Guido, you are Amazing! Thank you too much for this knowledge! Cheers!

Excellent video!!!!

dither - "ehhh a little bit of a fuck up" seriously, thank you for the info! Ableton is special!

Well done, sir! Direct, concise, and so extremely helpful.

Você simplesmente elevou meu nivel de masterização em 20 minutos. Absurdo! Muito obrigado por isso. Todo sucesso do mundo pra ti, um abraço do Brasil!

first time I "lolled" in a tutorial, GOOB....hahaha that's gold You sir are becoming one of my favorites! You got a talent for teaching....awesome stuff! funny and really informative. "Don't look at the screen" Looks at screen, hehehe.......but, I get what you mean... First listen and than look at screen.

awesome session. Very fun and excellent explained

awesome video!!

Greatness to the max. thank you brother

Perfect tutorial, I like your style! Thanks a lot.

Great video! thank you very much!

So clutch dude! i learned tons from this, thank you so much! This channel is perfect for learning making music! thanks once again!

Finally my song has a punch thank you so much for the video

This was super helpful. Made my shitty track louder and less shitty.

Thank you for sharing! this is extremely useful!

Thank You ! Perfect chain for dj masters

Thanks man! You are the best teacher!

Its very good! Working! Thanks.

Thank you so much ♥

Grande Live Buscemi!!

Thanks dude, picked up a thing or two

Much needed video

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I'm not even joking when I say it has changed my life. I have this track I'm working on that is really cool but the master had sucked...it slaps now. And to think I almost paid an AI mastering company to do an auto master....lol

Thank you! appreciated it!! People had me paying for this, smh..

Thank you, learnt a lot from this tutorial but.... Am very unsure, must admit, about using Limiter and then ANOTHER Limiter straight after

Super tutorial! But there wasn't anything related to enhancement of the stereo image. I wonder why.

Thank you for this tutorial 🤩

Excellent tutorial!!

I enjoyed the class

Appreciate this video I’m gonna try these skills. My track sounded low compared to other tracks. I’ll be back with update

Nice job bro, realy work!!! tks!!!

This is great, thank you!

I've learned alot by ear only but really needed this! It helps me getting closer to my goal ;-)

Thank You!!!!!!