How to master Rock and Acoustic Songs in a home studio with plugins

Mastering is the final step before releasing your music to the world. There is a lot of misinformation online about the best way to master songs yourself, so I hope this article will set the record straight!

After watching the video below, you will have the tools you need to start mastering audio in YOUR home studio. I walk you through how to master acoustic/rock songs from START to FINISH.

WHAT THIS TUTORIAL COVERS:
► My favorite plugins for adding air to a song
► How to tighten up the bass/low end of a song
► Finding and eliminating annoying frequencies
► How to GLUE a song together
► Processing bass so it can be heard on smaller speakers

You will LEARN WHAT to LISTEN FOR during mastering, WHAT PLUGINS to use, and HOW to dial in just the right amount.

By the way, if you don’t have the same plugins I used in the video below, here are some FREE plugins that sound great!

💥Download my FAVORITE FREE PLUGIN GUIDE (Updated 2021): bit.ly/plugin-bo…

Timestamps 

0:00 Intro
0:23 What this video is about
1:17 Getting started
2:19 Mixing the Kick Drum
3:05 EQing the Kick Drum
3:28 Mixing Kick Drum with 808s
5:26 Adding Deep Bass To 808s
6:13 EQing 808s
6:56 Snare Samples
8:10 EQing Snare
8:50 Envelope Shaper on Snare for Punch
11:21 Adding Delay and Reverb to Bell for Size
13:25 Mixing High Hats
15:14 EQing High Hats For Smoothness
16:21 Mixing Instrumental Loops
16:30 Diagnosing Potential Mixing Problems
18:16 Balancing Remaining Elements of Beat
18:51 The Slate Virtual Microphone System
20:24 Using Slate Digital Virtual Microphone System
22:51 [Q] Are mic choices all about personal preferences or are some fine tuned to frequency ranges?
23:46 Making Everything Fit Together
24:24 Adding Air To Vocals
26:07 Compressing Vocals For Consistent Performance
26:44 Compressor Vocal Settings
27:38 Setting Compessor Attack To Maintain Vocal Delivery
28:22 Using a 2nd Compressor To Polish the Vocals
31:11 Adding Vocal Effects (Reverb, Delay, Phase Shift) To Make Vocals HUGE!
31:28 Adding Width
32:04 Adding Delay for Wash
33:48 Adding Reverb for Width and Space
35:44 My Crazy Delay Effect
36:35 My Vocal Production Secret With SoundToys Little Alter Boy
38:57 Listening to Vocals In Context With The Music
39:47 My Vocal MIXING SECRET – Adding Clarity to Mix by Sidechain Compressing Delays
43:18 Harmonies – Mixing
44:51 Harmonies – Adding Effects
46:04 Making Vocals More Powerful
47:19 Mixing Ad Libs and Adding Telephone Effect
48:24 Making Ad Libs Dynamic With SoundToys PanMan

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PLUGINS USED

🔗Waves SSL Compressor: bit.ly/2T5HHeu
🔗Waves PuigTec EQ: bit.ly/2UOSLPt
🔗Waves Center: bit.ly/2UMxl5I
🔗FabFilter Pro Q3: bit.ly/3btcgDB
🔗Waves MaxxBass: bit.ly/2GBHfSF
🔗FabFilter Pro MB: bit.ly/3lr2oOu
🔗Waves LinMB Compressor: bit.ly/2SHDAFj
🔗Sonnox Inflator: bit.ly/3kcM4QI
🔗Oeksound Soothe 2: bit.ly/2U7wqus
🔗Slate Digital FG-X: bit.ly/363rxKO
🔗FabFilter Pro L2: bit.ly/3hXHR2M
🔗Waves DeEsser: bit.ly/2wjRd64
🔗Waves Kramer Tape: bit.ly/2SCcD5D

GEAR USED

📷Canon 77d: amzn.to/2BmN6sq
🎤Rode Microphone (Video): amzn.to/35psYTx
🗜Boom Stand for Mic: amzn.to/2YYjn0O
💡Ring Light: amzn.to/2Yj6qzB

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Some are affiliate links and they are the cheapest I could find anywhere online. I receive a small tip from each sale (basically like buying me a cup of coffee ☕ for helping you out with these high-quality videos).
It’s a win win, and I very much appreciate it 😀

AND we will use the same plugins, so if you have any questions you can just send me a message! 

FINAL THOUGHTS

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