Wow, this is just excellent. In 45 minutes, you can find out how much you know, *really* know (everything should be pretty familiar) and you can learn some new techniques for doing things you already understand. But, I wonder how many people really understand saturation. It works by *distributing* some of the transient energy (the peaks) as upper harmonics. That's why the peak of a saturated signal is lower but the sound actually seems louder: it is "louder" in the sense that the RMS level has been increased at the "expense" of the transient level. Now, there are many, many kinds of saturation. Even clipping is essentially just saturation (unless you get rid of the aliased harmonics with high-degree over-sampling). Even the tape-machine emulations achieve their "compression" through what is essentially saturation (you lose peak energy but get it back as harmonics). And, of course, taken to the extreme, saturation becomes audible as distortion (instead of that "warm," louder sound).

this is gold! I've watched seriously SO many videos on youtube about mastering and different techniques but this is honestly professionell and very very helpfull

It’s so hard to devide good stuff from the ‚KZfaqr-Knowledge‘ you find everywhere. Anyone wondering, this is gold !

Thank you so much JC. Brillant video. So many great ideas and information.!!!!!!! Make sure to watch the full video but in case you want to go back to the specific parts here are a few (list not complete): Masterchain 10:30 Kick 29:51 Snare 35:31 The importance of understanding your plugins 38:12 Bass 39:24 Pad 46:13

I liked how he explained that the use of compression is to even out the levels in live recorded audio and then how it relates to sampled music/midi where fader levels could simply deal with that issue but compression could shape the sound of the sample or could be used to add more or less attack thereby controlling the bottom----a question I always had-----thanks for this!

Brilliant teacher! Love these tutorials! Thank you for sharing!

This is one of the best tutors I've come across. Really relevant and clear. This guy needs to do more mixing courses

A ton of GOLD here! Well done JC, thanks for sharing this great insight

I love how he was about to say "now let's have a listen now that we have all that shit on" 😂

"lil bit" - probably the most favourite phrase of everyone involved in sound engineering.

He is wonderful period

This was good. One thing ive learnt the hard way - if you eq a kick before compression, don't ever touch that eq without checking the compression is ok afterwards. Better still put another eq after the compressor.

This one was awesome! Never thought i would watch it entirely... very useful i have learned alot.

That thumbnail is a work of art

Man, funny dude! I'm really thankful for that lessons. Was exactly what I need!

Jc Concato! I`ll just like the video and watch it later when I grab a time.

BEST BEST BEST BEST. FINALLY SOMEONE WHO MAKES SENSE !!!

When the track speaks back I know I no need changing anything, also since b+never worked with refference tracks, I kind fo feel what I need and ways to move myself unconsiously in the direction of the sounds/melodies location :D

Super helpful! Always wondered why my tracks sound way quieter than pro tracks at the same volume

Loads of good information. The audio levels are not matched at all, so he is adding about 2db which does not make for a good objective comparison. Always volume match your plugins when you mix to avoid falling in the loudness trap!

JC is the man!

Absolutely amazing tips. JC , you are the master! :)

perfect lesson for that amount of time!

I love this guy! He has some mind chaning tricks that will give alot of help for me when I mix! Awesome!

Love this guy. Thank you so much for the clear and well explained lesson

This guy was brilliant. Really informative and easy to follow. Thank you :-)

Oh this helped me finish up a mix. READY FOR THE CLUB. I miss you Cluby

Thank you, i will take into acount !

21:23 Almost slipped!

Intersample Peaks only occur when bouncing to mp3 for example. If you export to wav then there are no intersample peaks so it doesn't matter how loud you bounce your track for the mastering engineer as long as you don't clip.

yes absolute gold indeed!! THANK YOU!!!!

JC is the JC of mixing!

Consummate professional this guy.

Wow.. superb... really helpful...Thanks

very great seminar, thanks for uploading!

Thank you😊

Such a great teacher

Love this guy

Great explanation as always, I love Concato he's awesome !

very well explained!

that Levels plug looks sick! thanks for the great presentation. would love to see something similar with a track that could use a lot more work.

My question is about the automations. Should I add all my reverb, filter, panning in the production before I bounce audio? Or should I do the processing on the audio?

Thanks, this is absolutely brilliant, great work! Thanks for this.

Thank you

This was absolutely brilliant, loved it! Well explained!

Amazing masterclass!!

Great video!!! Fantastic instructor!!!

Excellent, superbe résumé, merci!

Very insightful. Definitely looking into their proper courses in the future.

A true master, thanks!

Amazing content. Thanks!

Great stuff.. Love this

This was such a great video

Amazing .....this was the best

This guy is awesome.

Always good with JC !! Keep it up

Great vid! love this guy

Great info. Thanks for sharing

I would pay to be taught by him and point blank, seems a cut above the rest!

this was excellent

Very nice video! This is very helpful.

Fantastic!

Very useful! Very good teacher!

I almost always start to tweak (mix) as I produce. You cant just lump a bunch of sounds together and expect them to sound good. For me tweaking the sounds as I go will allow me to see if they fit or not. I have an idea of what I want and then start to audition sounds which everyone knows can be a grueling process. Once I decide on a sound i.e. synth, drums etc. I remove the frequencies that are not supposed to be there (just as a starting point and not to every sound yet). I noticed on many synths each sound has FX and is beefed up. The manufacturer does that to make the sound more appealing in solo. In reality if you leave it alone your mix may start to sound muddy. So I pretty much remove any unwanted frequencies right out of the gate. I do not go too heavy as if you remove the lows from everything your mix will start to "thin" out. The mixdown process is ALL about balance and its absolutely crucial to getting a great sounding final product.

Amazing video!

Great 👍

great stuff!!!

brilliant!!!!

I don't know about you guys, but I'm struggling to finish tracks.. (My biggest weakness)

I would spend months learning from him...🧐 Thank you

Muy bueno Gracias

Nice work.

Really helpful masterclass!

He’s a good tutor

Amazing! Thank you :)

`brtilliant tutorial thank you

Merci boss !!

Thank you.

very helpful thank you!

Very informative glad I found this

4:50 wtf this song sounds almost identical to - Animist x Tin Head (Marcus Jakes remix)

That's amazing.

I don't to see any UAD Plug-Ins. You could as well show hardware. Yes, it sounds good but most people can't afford to buy extra DSP hardware. I have a few plug-ins that aren't cheap, like Sonnox and Flux. And if I ever have the income from music, then I will get a UAD interface, I suppose. But at the moment I don't have one and I am more interested what is possible with native plug-ins.

Brilliant !

Great tuto i appreciate it

Thank you for the Great Lecture!!! :)

thank you very much. :)

gold words

Perfect!

Why on earth would you need a plugin to A-B your mix to a reference track. You can always load up the reference track onto a separate audio track and send it stereo output, while your entire mix can be sent to a separate buss with all your mastering plugins before being routed to the stereo buss. This way you can A-B between your mix and the reference track by simply soloing and muting the ref track as you go along.

True tutorial 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

love the accent 🤩 thx!

THANK you :)

def mixing as i go along. Its instinctual . #cleffpallette

That short room on the rim-shot is a little bright/harsh. Thanks for post!

excellent lesson :)

Hi! Where can i find this plugin meter named "LEVELS"? I love that interface and have been unable to find it online as the word "LEVELS" is too broad of a search. Thanks! Amazing masterclass btw

thans!

Good stuff

so this was mixing, not mastering? even if he putted stuff on the master? because he still got that 3 dbs of headroom.