I don't know if young people (I'm 65) realize how truly blessed they are to be in this time of technology. Everything from the reasonable cost of computer recording, plugins at crazy low prices, and to me the biggest thing, KZfaq where we can watch videos like yours, and learn from start to finish, how to mix, master (lufs) and share our music. My first experience with recording was in 1985, with my Yamaha 4 track. Man, how things have changed since then... I wish I were 30 years younger, so I could have more years to experience all of this wonderful technology. I want to thank you again for another great video, Sean. Cheers!
@xrabbz201014 күн бұрын
I do, I was talking with a friend the other day and he said he would have loved to be alive during the 80s and 90s making music, I was like "no chance, recording to a 4 track tape then re recording the groups again and again sounds like hell to me" Even if I know it sounds better 😅
@bellsbeat37356 ай бұрын
You are the only person in the audio engineering field that I have ever seen take the time to explain how things operate. You being in your prime is indeed a blessing. We are appreciative of your generous sharing of your vast knowledge.
@OffNight9142 жыл бұрын
one of your best videos hands down. there aren’t a lot of videos that really dive into how streaming platforms work for artists and you answered questions i’ve had for years
@SeanDivine2 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped Greg 🙌
@MentalS6k Жыл бұрын
I totally agree. Simply one of the best, if not the best breakdown of do’s & don’t’s in todays market. Thank you Sean. Definitely one of my top 3 gurus in music making. 🙏🏾😌
@Enfluentz2 жыл бұрын
I just wanna say that i appreciate you sharing with us over the years! Ive learned so much and have became really in tune with Mixing and also beat making! been my heart since i was young! I can relate so heavy with the way you explain things and i greatly thank you bro! i know the work that you have put in and its much respect bro!!! Blessings to you and the fam!!
@SeanDivine2 жыл бұрын
So glad to hear it’s been helpful and appreciate the feedback, means a lot 🙏🙌
@londonsea50772 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate your videos Sean, my sound has improved 10 fold since watching them.
@ilya63552 жыл бұрын
Sean you're doing great work of educating people. Spotify and apple should explain it like that about delivery levels. First I didn't know about LUFS. Then I was confused about -14 level and now I know.
@DC-rj3iq2 жыл бұрын
You are goated bro 🙏🏽 I’ve been watching your videos for years and you consistently help my engineering through these vids!
@lightningproductionsllc Жыл бұрын
Bro Thank you my question ive been searching for the answer to mistake number 1 for a while my masters are consistently hitting -8, -9 lufs and i get worried about that now i can finally deliver my masters with confidence and ease your the man sean got yourself a new fan
@vycashh Жыл бұрын
Es mucho mejor que tus mezclas lleguen a -8 lufs! Excelente bro
@lightningproductionsllc Жыл бұрын
@@vycashh gracias
@DjRuthful2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this very helpful video Sean. I definitely fell for the loudness war once, but also found out what really matters. Great job 👊
@DHawkBeats Жыл бұрын
Wow seriosuly thank you! I'm about to distribute my first self-mixed and mastered song and I almost made it way quieter out of fear of Spotify distorting or compressing it for being higher than -14 LUFS, but now I feel more comfortable
@truesearch69 Жыл бұрын
I hope you have taken care of the true peaks. when converting between AAC 126kbps and OGG in Spotify, chances are that if you haven't taken care of this... your song is clipped over 1,000 times.
@hosawkins Жыл бұрын
This is about the most informative video I've seen. Thanks a lot for this video Sean. Being having a lot of issues with my mastering these days but this video just gave me a leap on
@BryanBarnesMusic2 жыл бұрын
Hey Sean, hope you’re doing well! Just wanna say thanks for making this video! It answered a lot of questions I had on the topic and gave some extra info I would never thought of (meta data). Thanks man!
@SeanDivine2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it Bryan! 🙌
@victornico2 жыл бұрын
You’ve inspired me to love and appreciate the mixing process!
@Cedrou212 жыл бұрын
Yeah when you start getting some results it becomes pretty fun
@dannyday1252 жыл бұрын
Great video, Sean. This is the first time I've seen anyone cover these topics so extensively. Thank you.
@salempoormusic6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. LUFS drive me crazy. I always hear different things from different people. My first album was mastered in a studio at -14 LUFS and it's more quiet than everything else on the streaming platforms and it drives me nuts. Now that I'm doing my own mastering, I've been trying to kick it up but I'm paranoid about doing too much and losing dynamics when it gets nerfed on the platforms. I've uploaded singles that have been mastered in different ways. I'm getting ready to take those down as I'm about to finish up a new album, all mastered on the same timeline. Hearing you explain that -9 to -11, or so, will be just fine makes me feel a lot more confident. Appreciate the video.
@MrHoogoorock6 ай бұрын
Great tutorial thanks so much for clarifying the LUFS situation. So good to see how Spotify actually applies the -14?etc and the relevance and at times irrelevance of it.
@Amukeila Жыл бұрын
I’ve just started watching your videos, they’re so helpful and you’ve answered a lot of questions I had about music production, thank you so much for such high quality techniques and information
@SeanDivine Жыл бұрын
Appreciate the feedback and glad to help!
@DeltaWhiskeyBravo13579 Жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial on the loudness murky void of not much consistent info. Thanks for the passing on the knowledge.
@equalfoundation8952 жыл бұрын
Gems 💎 on Gems 💎 on Gems 💎 Thanks for your expertise Sean 🔥🔥🔥
@BubbyGalloway2 жыл бұрын
Excited for this one!
@alfredgrupstra7 ай бұрын
At last a very clear explanation about the LUFS and what (not) to do about it.
@BubbyGalloway2 жыл бұрын
When you said “liner notes”.. 😮💨 I was also really interested in the liner notes on the albums I’d buy. I love being able to attach your name to my music today. You’ve made me a much more confident artist in the past year! Thank you for that!
@geniustracks92132 жыл бұрын
I found your music through a tutorial video of Sean's. Really enjoy your work, makes me jelly that I havent gotten to music vids yet. Whole new ballgame I've gotta learn. lol
@BubbyGalloway2 жыл бұрын
@@geniustracks9213 you will! Don’t feel like you have to be “up to par” either. That slowed my journey down significantly! Don’t wait until you can get “the right camera”. Use the resources you have! Ultimately it’s all about the music! Good luck on your journey! I’m about to visit your channel now.
@geniustracks92132 жыл бұрын
@@BubbyGalloway Ohh shit, thanks man. I dont advertise or nothing yet, still working out what my style will end up molding into as I create more. My stuffs all over the place/trying things out
@OfficialStevenCravis11 ай бұрын
Sean, you’re the first person to explain this so well, regarding LUFS! The only remaining exception, kind of recently, is a requirement for specifically Apple Music, specifically Spatial (or Atmos) ADM BWF surround wav file, which has to be at 24/48 -1 true peak and -18 LUFS.
@ineedkandy2 жыл бұрын
You're a legend bro !!!!!! Your videos are always what a producer/engineer/artist needs..... 10/10 quality content 🙏
@xrabbz201014 күн бұрын
This video is exaclty what i needed. Thank you
@akthebeatz Жыл бұрын
best mastering tips thanks
@pattysmusic524 Жыл бұрын
That first tip is something that NOBODY is saying. Super helpful, I've been so confused as to why songs on Spotify seem quite a bit louder the standards are all the same and now I know. Of course quality mixing has to do with it too but that is something I am working on.
@ksmit9 ай бұрын
Awesome advice Sean, thank you!!!
@apshinn2 жыл бұрын
Amazing tips as always SD! The tip about leaving space at the beginning of the track is a good one. And man if I had a dollar for everytime I opened an old session and a VST messed up I'd have at least $100 haha. Unrelated: "Tired Eyes" is an absolute BANGER!!!
@SeanDivine2 жыл бұрын
Truth. I try hard to keep all plugins up to date and it's quite a task these days 😅 and thank you bro, appreciate the love!
@jameschandler_2 жыл бұрын
That Fab Filter Pro L2 sounds so good
@HarryDeeProductions Жыл бұрын
bro how do you not have millions of subs yet..u been here since day one with the best content..KZfaq needs to reconize
@mrlehwego2 жыл бұрын
Love it my guy! Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and wisdom with the rest of us. 🙏🕊
@SeanDivine2 жыл бұрын
Glad to help!
@COSMLOOP2 жыл бұрын
This is a gem. Real game. Than you Sean! The leg work is appreciated 🙏🏽🙌🏽👏🏽🔥🐐💨💨💨
@Dartlin Жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks for the reminder on bouncing everything down on the last tip I used to do it and then got lazy and stopped in this was a great reminder to start doing that again in case my computer crashed etc
@MuzikConcerts2 жыл бұрын
I’ve tried to understand mastering for like 10 years and this video it all finally clicked. Lots of things I heard contradicting information. Plus I also use Distrokid and Logic (subscribed!) thanks man!
@drahmahofficial2 жыл бұрын
Thanks bro, I’ve been pondering about this for a while.
@ilyarusskikh14592 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Great info! I’m on a right track. The only thing I missed, that I deliver masters 44,1khz 16bit. I reconsider it to 24bit now!
@mcdub8491 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Clearest explanation of loudness I've found, and that's saying something! Everything here is such critical information that everyone should know, but is often overlooked or not discussed at all. You're obviously an experienced pro. Take heed, people! Also, one cool thing I've discovered is the Codec feature in Ozone. You can instantly hear very clearly how your music is going to be affected by lossy encoding.
@SeanDivine Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Codec feature is crucial indeed 👍
@musicboy2003 Жыл бұрын
A very informative, down to earth presentation that answers a lot of questions! Thank you!
@platterjockey Жыл бұрын
Thank you for mentioning the top of the files. A lot of the pros are cutting things right up to the first note and I hate that. I always do what you do. I like a natural feel from when the play button is hit to the actual start of the music. I also leave at least two seconds after the music ends.
@SeanDivine Жыл бұрын
Good call 🙌
@borisvillar2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sean I really appreciate this video so many mastering engineers try to keep you in the dark about these concepts.
@SeanDivine2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure 🙏
@EncounterCaneCorso9 ай бұрын
Thanks. Lots to consider before uploading.
@SeanDivine9 ай бұрын
Indeed :) Have fun!
@osirusmusic2 жыл бұрын
I always learn something new every video. Thanks Sean!
@NETAAAMUSIC2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@maxtothmusic10 ай бұрын
Question: I’ve been listening on apple and Spotify with the normalization on so I can get an idea, and I still notice some songs are way louder than others. Why is that
@danielpicard39942 жыл бұрын
I always appreciate your videos. This one is particularly useful. Thanks!
@seebasredeemed Жыл бұрын
great advice! I've been looking for a video like this one!
@lolilollolilol77732 жыл бұрын
As usual, top notch tips, Sean ! So professional.
@official_aziel Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the referral to repost exchange
@IssaMuzik2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Especially the last part with the stems got me. I'm often times too lazy and then have problems of Plug-Ins loading 6 months later :D
@ZAYAZOfficial2 жыл бұрын
Excellent and informative Vid Sean. Thanks for all the great content 🤘
@Terribleguitarist8910 ай бұрын
Doubling back on the metadata, one of my favorite things to do on Tidal is listen to songs based off of Producers, Mixing Engineers, Studio Musicians, etc... because it allows me to listen for similar traits or ideas to "borrow" that I can spot across their work... so there's at least one weirdo out there who cares about the metadata as a study tool 😂
@jwally942 жыл бұрын
Thanks for clearing up the loudness debate. Do you still put your final limiter ceiling at -1.0 like they recommend, or something closer to 0?
@raminbeatz2 жыл бұрын
Good question. Spotify recommends putting it to -2db TP if the master is louder than -14db LUFS.
@SeanDivine2 жыл бұрын
They recommend being on the safe side, leaving 1 to 2 dB True Peak. That's to prevent any possible distortion in the lossy encode. In my experience, as long as it's below 0dB TP any difference is negligible.
@jwally942 жыл бұрын
@@SeanDivine So are you a -0.1 guy?
@SeanDivine2 жыл бұрын
@@jwally94 in most cases :) 🤫
@jwally942 жыл бұрын
@@SeanDivine Thanks for the response! Been watching for years, keep up the good work.
@pablonaranjo3909 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your videos Sean, amazingly helpful🙏
@SteveWatsonMusic2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, enlightening, and inspiring! Thanks for your service to the online community with these excellent videos. You mentioned setting up VCA channels... do you have a video somewhere that covers that process?
@SeanDivine2 жыл бұрын
Glad to help, Steve! Sure do :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrmlqtRp2tHIhps.html
@DreErdna2 жыл бұрын
WOW!! Genuinely impressed ! Great, strong points. I also like the background music... helps me stay connected & goes with the flow! Thank you
@dededindra2 жыл бұрын
Always helpful! thanks Sean!
@Harshit4Music Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@fuckthefibz Жыл бұрын
huge thanks
@iamalievski Жыл бұрын
You just got yourself a new subscriber! Very good info in there thx a lot.
@EngeniusBeatz2 жыл бұрын
This is soo awesome sean great tips and information! Having notes in the session answered a question I had about using subscription based plugins. I know they sound good but if I no longer have access I don't want the mix to fall apart. Stems and notes should be a good resolution.
@SeanDivine2 жыл бұрын
Good point! Printing stems can save you the hassle if a subscription expires :)
@brutusmoon28672 жыл бұрын
This is great Sean. Thank You!
@CrisGarcia6 Жыл бұрын
That is a good advice and I am taking that note on my recent project for my next song so that I do not forget. It was so confusing regarding with maintaining in a perfect LUFS. I made mistakes on my couple of songs, including one song that I checked Loudness Normalization on Distrokid, but it is about learning and growing little by little. I have a question regarding with Dolby Atmos Mixing. If I decided to Upload a Dolby Atmos/Spatial Audio, The Loudness for Dolby Atmos is to be maintained at no louder than -18 LUFS. Does it have to be perfectly at -18 LUFS? DO we have to do the same thing such as being around -12 to -8 LUFS for Dolby Atmos version of the music?
@darth_bastard7 ай бұрын
So helpful. Thanks mate
@SillyFrogg2 жыл бұрын
Finally a video that is very helpful and interesting. Thank you. For once, I have learnt many important things.
@nenjidesu Жыл бұрын
ur music is underrated asf 😭🔥
@SeanDivine Жыл бұрын
Glad you like it 😊
@marymoon96 Жыл бұрын
Very helpful and informative, thank you!
@SolairNova2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much ! It's really helpful !
@azomyte Жыл бұрын
Thank you Sean!
@giveyourselfcredit6317 Жыл бұрын
Thank you this really helped!
@jmj5music2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Bro!!! Thanks.. God Bless!!!
@christeenmanuel8123 Жыл бұрын
Thank you ❤
@jacquelamontharenberg2 жыл бұрын
Very well explained. Thank you.
@therealrodmosby Жыл бұрын
Very nice work, bro!
@bamvoxstudios2 жыл бұрын
OMG! So awesome. Thanks so much.
@X7XL51 Жыл бұрын
thank you for that
@toneycosmos Жыл бұрын
One of the most helpful videos ever
@SeanDivine Жыл бұрын
🙌🙏
@youngjohonthebeat2 жыл бұрын
Waiting😘
@victornico2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! This video is much needed! Well explained! Didn’t you deliver at -14 LUFS before Sean? I thought I remembered you saying that in older videos? May remember wrong
@SeanDivine2 жыл бұрын
I know I've covered how to target specific integrated LUFS levels (be it -14 or otherwise). That's intended for reference though, not for delivery across different platforms.
@victornico2 жыл бұрын
@@SeanDivine I see thanks for clearing that up for me!
@TGmongars8 ай бұрын
Thanks man 🙌🙏
@BradleyGagne Жыл бұрын
Hey Sean, great video, as always. Can you show us how you've routed Spotify into your loudness meter?
@SeanDivine Жыл бұрын
It's a rather complicated setup using TotalMix on my RME interface 🙃 The easiest option is iZotope Audiolens / Ozone 10.
@alloneprostudio1535 Жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work bro.
@dandanthesoundman7607 Жыл бұрын
Fab vid, thanks
@DonovanJamesOfficial2 жыл бұрын
A lot of golden information here
@momins-topic44702 жыл бұрын
Thanks for nice information 👌
@Cedrou212 жыл бұрын
Any reviews of repost exchange ?
@DorisSon2 жыл бұрын
Sean love your vids, video markers next time please?
@xjhintonx Жыл бұрын
So amazing thank you
@kdg69632 жыл бұрын
i've noticed the the LUFs reading that i have when i upload is often different than what is shown in the analysis on distrokid, and that's before it even gets to the DSPs. distro usually reads it about 2 points higher than i had in the session
@patioticmusic21682 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips! always great content! Question, how do you analyse Spotify music into logic? Thanks!!!
@SeanDivine2 жыл бұрын
It's specific to how I have signals routed in my setup (my interface and the Clarity M). That being said, this could be a possibility for every setup in the near future ;)
@bassemammar26 ай бұрын
my song get distorted on instagram reels and i don't know what is the problem
@dsohn12882 жыл бұрын
Sorry, English is not my native language. I've been on the wrong path for so long now. How much I messed up my songs because of the -1 rule. How much better songs sound at -0.1 to -0.4 I find already noticeable. Thanks for your advice Bro.
@blaqyung83932 жыл бұрын
Let's Go Sean Let's go 🇿🇦
@jwalters8498 Жыл бұрын
Great video learned a lot. How did you get your meter to read Spotify?
@CHXSE_TopBoi Жыл бұрын
This video is Gold🔥🔥🙆 Question, what about your true peaks? Which ones do you recommend?
@SeanDivine Жыл бұрын
If you want to be on the safe side, -1dB TP for delivery. I will sometimes master closer to 0 if I can manage it :)
@CHXSE_TopBoi Жыл бұрын
@@SeanDivine thank you💪💯
@ELMCinc2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@brennyC2 жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial... thank you..!! (From Dubai)
@SeanDivine2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Brenny!
@vendettabout2runup347 Жыл бұрын
Thank you bro
@FLAVMEDIA2 жыл бұрын
Great Post!!!
@DividedWarrior2 жыл бұрын
Sean! Mr. Divine! Where's the merch, man? We need some dope merch. Love & respect, John