The NYCompressor is the ideal workhorse when it comes to dynamics management in a mix. From gentle compression for glueing your mix together to heavy drum compression for the ultimate punch: NYCompressor can do it all
Master your Hip Hop tracks like a pro with 100% Waves Plugins inside a custom StudioRack for easy mastering in any DAW. This tutorial walks you through Reid Stefan’s signature workflow for adding saturation, brightness, width, transients, and limiting to your master chain. This course uses the v12 Waves Plugins StudioRack, Aphex Vintage Exciter, TG Mastering, Smack Attack, and L2 Maximizer.
Studio One 5 offers everything you need to mix and master any music project. Learn the fundamentals of mixing and mastering in this 30-tutorial course by trainer and audio engineer! Mixing and mastering a complete music project from scratch may seem like a daunting task, but thankfully this course by trainer and producer Joshua Carney is here to help! From setting levels and applying effects to finalizing your project and exporting it, this course will teach you everything you need to mix and master with confidence. Joshua starts by explaining how to import the audio and organize the project. He shows you how to do a rough mix using the very flexible mixer and the various metering tools included in Studio One. After explaining the differences between grouping, busses and VCA channels, Joshua jumps right into using the FX plugins. This is where you learn to use the Pro EQ2, the Compressor, the Fat Channel XT, delay, reverb, etc. There’s no better way to learn to mix than seeing and hearing these plugins in action… That’s why Joshua demonstrates them on acoustic drums, guitar, bass, synth and vocals. After applying automation and finalizing the mix, Joshua reveals how you can master your music in the Project Page, a feature very unique to Studio One.
3x Grammy Mixing & Mastering Legend shares his highly sought after mixing techniques “On My Mind” ft. Sidepiece which recently became the top house track across Spotify, clubs, and radio playlists worldwide. Luca Pretolesi gives an in-depth look into his personal template and workflow in five part series processing drums, bass, synths, and vocals separately before his final master chain. This course explains the “in the box” plugin workflow for you to apply to your mixes as well as a complete overview of Luca’s hybrid and analog mixing approach.
3x Grammy Mixing & Mastering Legend shares his highly sought after mastering techniques using Ozone 9. This course covers his techniques for EQ, Dynamics, Stereo Imaging, Exciting, Saturation, Transients, Low End Mixing, and Limiting. After watching this course you will be able to confidently apply Luca’s high level Ozone 9 mastering techniques to any mix. In addition, the Ozone 9 presets created from scratch in this course are available as a download so you can put Luca’s mastering chain directly on your own song.
This is a simple tube-emulator, giving some saturation (or distortion) to your audio. Use it as an insert on single tracks or master. Not much more to say to this one, just try it out.
AngelTone is a digital mastering EQ that utilizes “state-of-the-art modeling” to combine analog mastering EQ sweetness with digital precision and recall. AngelTone features five bands. Three bands are capable of full-range parametric operation. The two extreme bands feature both full-range peaking and shelving EQ modes. All parametric and peaking bands have access to the entire range of EQ frequencies available in AngelTone, allowing for powerful sculpting and precision.
