mastering

Imagine yourself standing in a room filled with sound. You can feel the vibrations in the air as the sound waves travel through space. In order to understand and measure these vibrations, you need to become familiar with the concept of sound pressure level (SPL). SPL is a measure of the...

You know how sometimes you're all turned up at a live performance concert or something, and the music is really loud, but when you leave your ears are ringing and you're like "Ow, my ears hurt"? Well, scientists use something called the A-weighted loudness scale to measure how loud sounds are...

How often are stereo enhancers used in audio mastering?

I often hear people describing the sound of a paramatric EQ having that unique 3D sound. What is that all about?

I wanna know if there is a particular sample rate that pro studios use. Any ideas? I normally just stick to whatever the default sample rate is inside a DAW. I have never changed it.

First of all, when you are looking at a decibel meter music software plug-in in your DAW, dB is an expression of the ratio between your signal level and a reference level. This reference level I am talking about is 0 dBFS or the maximum level that can be represented in your digital audio...

When you are mastering your own podcasts, your buddies' podcasts, or whatever, make sure you've got an average or integrated loudness of -14 LUFS and you've got your audio software brickwall limiter plug-in ceiling output set at -3 dBFS. It's best to stay within this range when mastering in...

Are there shortcuts or a fast-track process of rapidly improving mixing and mastering skills for music? I want to be able to do some gigs on Fiverr for passive income. Any tips and hints?

I am sorry if this is a real noob question. But the sheer number of digital equalizers is so overwhelming. Is hoarding a natural part of music production? What about if you opt to only use one digital equalizer does that cover all bases in either mixing or mastering?

Can you tell me what the difference is between +4dBu and -10dBV?

When you have finished working on a record. Is it best to master the tune in the same project or to render it to a WAV file and then start a separate project session for mastering?

A soft clipper is a type of audio signal processing effect that limits the amplitude of an input signal. It does this by gradually reducing the level of the source material as it approaches the maximum level that the clipper is set to e.g., 0 dBFS or -1 dBFS. This helps to prevent the audio...

The use of two brickwall maximizers in audio mastering is known as double or serial limiting. How you use this technique is you carefully chop off the transients. You set the first mastering limiter's recovery (or release time) to be fast. The second brickwall limiter's recovery time has got to...

An audio plug-in is 3rd party software program that can be added to a digital audio workstation (DAW) to extend its native library. These digital audio extensions are often used as effects, such as audio analyzers, reverb, delay, chorus, compression, and EQ, to correct or enhance sound...

In the audio realm, "filter order" is synonymous with "filter pole". Both terms are interchangeable with one another. Order Pole Alternative name 1st 1-pole 6 decibels per octave filter 2nd 2-pole 12 decibels per octave filter 3rd 3-pole 18 decibels per octave filter 4th 4-pole 24...

Audio mixing (or just "mixing" in short) is arguably the most pivotal stages in music production from a technical perspective. It has no blueprint because every song is, well, different. Hence, people called "mixers" in the music industry must adhere to rigorous turnaround times during this...

Whether you are recording, mixing, or mastering I am kinda wondering, when should you use parametric EQ before compression and when is it best to use compression before EQ.

I know both are bass enhancement plug-ins but what's the underlying difference between Waves Audio Renaissance Bass and MaxxBass? And which one is better, particularly for audio mastering?

Hi y'all, the title says it all, doesn't it? Of course, I'd assume both stages can be challenging but I want an overview and that is to say what is easier to learn: music mixing or audio mastering?

The way in which you create an automation clip within Image-Line's FL Studio DAW depends on whether the software plug-in you want to automate is a native or a third-party VST effect or instrument. Step 1: Load a native effect or instrument that comes with FL Studio. For this example, I have...