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DIY Mastering

 

DIY Mastering

 

Class Description

Mastering is often the difference between a good recording and a bad one, but mastering is notoriously difficult to understand. In this two-day workshop, sound engineer Jesse Cannon — who’s worked with the likes of Ross Robinson, Saves the Day, Animal Collective, The Misfits and Man Overboard — shares what he’s learned about mastering from working at top-tier studios like WestWestSide Music and Cannon Found Soundation. 

While there’s no substitute for having an engineer master your music, that’s just not feasible for many artists. This class is the next best thing: a comprehensive guide to DIY mastering.

Jesse breaks down the mastering process from start to finish. You’ll discover the basic principles behind mastering, and learn about the processes and tools at your disposal. Jesse will identify and troubleshoot basic rookie mistakes, discuss lesser-known essential concepts as well as share his essential behind-the-board tools as he takes you through a few real-life examples.

After two days with Jesse, you’ll have everything you need to master your tracks with affordable tools.

Lessons

  1. Introduction
  2. What is Mastering
  3. Dynamics and Loudness

    Jesse Cannon talks about how loudness is a mastering tool and when it works and where it fails.

  4. Compression, Clipping, and Distortion
  5. Compression & Distortion Demo
  6. Headroom and Gain Structure
  7. Bit Depth and Sampling Rate
  8. What is Objectivity
  9. Proper Monitoring Volumes with Q&A
  10. Sequencing and Track Spacing
  11. Individual Track Volumes and Demo
  12. 2:30 pm - Metadata and Key Points of Mastering
  1. Audio Interface
  2. Speakers
  3. Headphones
  4. Room and Acoustics
  5. DAW & Meters
  6. EQs
  7. Bus Compressor
  8. Multiband Compressor and Brickwall Limiter
  9. Clipping and Distortion
  10. Dithering
  11. Common Problems and Solutions
  12. Example Masters
  13. Demo: Mastering a Dance Track
  14. Demo: Mastering an Acoustic Track

Reviews

Michael Pena
 

This class was awesome. Jesse goes into detail about the mastering process and best practices for mastering in an easy to understand way. The live mastering session was very informative and educational.

Bruce Wayne Rash
 

Excellent class. I watched the free broadcast and bought it right away so I can reference it anytime. Full of great information to all a project studio to do good mastering work.

a Creativelive Student
 

This is an amazing class