Now we’re going to discuss a central concept in mastering – Tonal balance. Tonal balance describes the overall relations between the lows, mids and highs in a recording. When we get the tonal balance right, then the master will sound natural and, well, balanced. So, what is a good tonal balance? Is there some objective […]
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Compression in mastering is quite a misunderstood subject. It’s easy to think that compression is mainly used to control the dynamics and make the loud parts quieter in order to increase the overall level. And sure, that happens at times. Some mixes are too dynamic and need to be controlled with some compression. This happens
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Have you ever listened to a great sounding record and marveled at how the high-end sounds open, sparkly and engaging, while still being smooth and well balanced? There are several methods that you can use when mastering to enhance the high-end. These methods can also be used while mixing, so they are well worth learning
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In these two tutorials we will have a look at Limitless from DMG Audio. This is without a doubt one of the best peak limiters available. It is surely a complex plugin. Therefore, we needed to do two Limitless tutorials to cover everything that is fundamental for mastering. In the first part we walk you
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