How To Master A Track
How To Master A Track In Logic Pro X
Logic Pro Eq
How To Master In Logic Pro X
How To Master In Logic Pro X
Mix after the recording is complete. Its easy to get sucked into getting the perfect sound every time. Analog Style Mastering With Logic Pro X Vintage EQ; Logic Pro X 10.4.2: Mixer Mode Alchemy and Selfies; Logic Pro X 10.4 is out now for Logic X users; Gain staging in Logic for better mixes and masters; Work Smarter In Logic With The Assign Tool and Click Zones; Slate Fest. BUY THE MULTI-TRACK MIX FOR 'LIVING ON THE RUN' HERE:http://store.payloadz.com/details/2150301-music-miscellaneous-living-on-the-run-logic-pro-x-multi-track.
Thanks for the ongoing videos on Mastering in Logic!!! They have all been very helpful. Steve Clark Music
GREAT VIDEOs! thanks a lot! DJ Wobbly
Cant thank you enough for the series on mastering It was a real wake up call. Great job! Steve H
Thank you for the videos! Marcus Photina
Lord knows Ive been searching for this tutorial for too long and now I finally found the answer to all of my problems youre amazing! Thank you. Mr Braxton
Youre a genius! Danny Santos
Very well produced vids man. Very systematic, comprehensive, and concise. Excellent. Thanks! Ed's Backalley Band
Fantastic! Make some more videos! AJ Afterparty 'Testimonials Cant thank you enough for the series on mastering It was a real wake up call. Great job! Fantastic! Make some more videos! Thank you for the videos! Thanks for the ongoing videos on Mastering in Logic!!! They have all been very helpful. Lord knows Ive been searching for this tutorial for too long and now I finally found the answer to all of my problems youre amazing! Thank you. GREAT VIDEOs! thanks a lot! Youre a genius! Very well produced vids man. Very systematic, comprehensive, and concise. Excellent. Thanks!
My music is published worldwide, my work for Disney has been translated into over 20 languages, I am a number one Amazon chart selling songwriter with over 40 millions hits on Youtube.
I have countless commissions working for some of the biggest broadcast names in the business including Disney, Sky, Discovery, BBC, Sony/ATV and many more. Why miL?
I have created this site to pass on the knowledge I have learned over the years of working as a professional musician, songwriter and composer. I have been lucky enough to work with some amazing people in the industry who have taught me more than I could have imagined but it took a long time and many years to perfect my art. More Than A YouTube Tut
Mastering In Logic aims to cut out for you the time and years of learning that I have been through. I have tailored the lessons on mastering focusing on specific techniques that will fill up your mastering toolbox with skills that you need to know and will enable you to produce better music and much better masters, we're more than just a vague mastering tutorial using Logic.
Mastering In Logic is a boutique website unlocking the art of mastering and is dedicated to bringing you the best and most complete guide to mastering in Logic Pro X to help you unlock your music's full potential .
Covering everything an aspiring musician needs to learn about mastering. What Mastering In Logic Is Not
We're not a big website with 1000s of hours of tutorials on everything from Logic, Pro Tools to Final Cut Pro through to how to crochet a bobble hat! We won't ask for a monthly fee, we're a small boutique tutorial site doing pretty much one thing but what we do do we do really well, teaching you to maximise your music productions by understanding how to master using Logic Pro! Members Enjoy
In depth lessons on Logic X, downloadable mastering templates and plugin presets, how to correctly EQ in mastering, correct compression technques for a balanced master, multiband compression techniques, mid and side, stereo widening, limiting and much more. Mastering In Logic really is your guide to achieving pro sounding results simply within Logic X!
If you're serious about your music miL will help you.
Get to know me either by watching the trailer videos below or by signing up at the bottom of the page and I'll rush you tutorial guides on mastering! How to save preview as pdf .
Mastering in Logic Pro X is absolutely possible, even with just stock plugins!
Many get lost though. Not because they dont know, but because they dont know what they are aiming for. Perhaps you can relate.
This article should help you get going, so you can confidently make great sounding masters for your music.
Ive broken it down into a series of actionable steps. 1. How To Prepares Your Mix(es)
There are many articles and cheat sheets out there that tell you things in absolutes like needing 6 dB of headroom and such.
In digital, thats not so important. All you need to do is make sure you have a great mix and that its not clipping.
Now, knowing if your mix is great is a big challenge in itself. If you are confident, then just bounce it, and master it in a brand new session another day with fresh ears. Give your brain time to forget about it for a bit.
You might even to choose to take up to a week between mixing and mastering the same song, without once listening to the mix in between. Your call.
With regard to peak headroom, here is an article I wrote about it. The gist of it is that it doesnt matter, as you can adjust gain in the mastering session anyway. How to extract compressed zip files . Just make sure there is a healthy amount of dynamics in the mix that is suitable for the music.
If you would like a general guideline, around 14 dB of difference between peak and RMS in the loudest moments in the mix is a good place to start. Peak headroom (space between peak value and 0 full scale) doesnt matter so much. 2. Calibrate Your Mastering Level
This bit is huge. Measuring EQ, dynamics, and loudness are not things you can rely solely on meters for. However, they can (and will) work as a supplement to your hearing, but nothing more than that.
This is why its ever so important to calibrate your mastering level and stick to it. I wrote an easy-to-follow guide on how to do that using simply your ears, your amp/speakers, and Spotify. 3. Gain Stage Your Reference Track(s)
Now that you have set up your monitoring level, you may also choose to use a reference track in the mastering session.
There is only one tip you need to know about using reference tracks
Turn them down (or up) to your mastering level!
That way, there is no loudness bias between your master and the reference track.
The easiest way to do this is to use a gain utility on the reference track until its playing back at your mastering level. Do this by ear and make adjustments along the way so that comparisons are always fair. How to make video game in sims 4 .
Remember, a slight difference in loudness also equates to a difference in how we perceive dynamics and frequency balance (EQ). Its just a psychoacoustic reality we have to deal with.
Want to learn more? Check out our Mastering in Logic Pro X Course. 4. Set The Ceiling
As you probably know, a limiter is very much a usual suspect in your mastering chain. Not because it makes things louder (because they dont) but because they allow you to adjust the gain of the track whilst retaining a peak ceiling. This means that if necessary, we can make it louder without clipping. This is the true purpose of a peak limiter.
Now, what I am going to advise here is to use Logic Pro Xs Adaptive Limiter. Load it as the final plugin in your chain and set the ceiling to -1.0 with True Peak Detection turned on.
Now its set up, you dont have to look at it again. You probably want to make sure its not applying any extra gain by default, so make sure the gain dial is at 0dB. How To Master A Track 5. Find Loudness
This where we start to work backwards, at least as far as the order of plugins in your chain is concerned. How To Master A Track In Logic Pro X
Before, I mentioned how playback volume has a huge bearing on how we perceive frequency balance and dynamics. This is where we work to minimise that variable.
Earlier, I shared this article on how to set up your monitoring level.
Now thats done, its time to raise the mix to your playback level. You can do this by ear now, slowly turning up your mix via a gain stage before the limiter, until you start to feel its loud enough for listening purposes. Logic Pro Eq 6. Problem Solving
Now that you are close to the goal, any issues with regard to dynamics and EQ will start to make themselves apparent. How To Master In Logic Pro X
Now you can work your way back into the chain, tackling these specific issues. Such issues could be unbalanced frequencies, dynamics, or distortion at the limiters ceiling.
Use the tools at your disposal to solve the problems. If there are no problems, have the courage to believe that and move onto the final step. 7. Bounce/Export
This is where you actually create the master files. Simply use the Bounce command in Logic Pro X and select the appropriate formats for where you want to submit your music.
Tip: If you are uploading your music to an online distributor or Soundcloud, definitely use WAVE (.wav) as your format. The platforms will encode it to their chosen lossy format (MP3, AAC, Ogg etc) on their end. How To Master In Logic Pro X
Tip: Dither your master. Dont worry so much about which dither. Any dither is better than truncation distortion!
Want to learn more? Check out our Mastering in Logic Pro X Course.
Happy mastering!
How To Master A Track In Logic Pro X
Logic Pro Eq
How To Master In Logic Pro X
How To Master In Logic Pro X
Mix after the recording is complete. Its easy to get sucked into getting the perfect sound every time. Analog Style Mastering With Logic Pro X Vintage EQ; Logic Pro X 10.4.2: Mixer Mode Alchemy and Selfies; Logic Pro X 10.4 is out now for Logic X users; Gain staging in Logic for better mixes and masters; Work Smarter In Logic With The Assign Tool and Click Zones; Slate Fest. BUY THE MULTI-TRACK MIX FOR 'LIVING ON THE RUN' HERE:http://store.payloadz.com/details/2150301-music-miscellaneous-living-on-the-run-logic-pro-x-multi-track.
Thanks for the ongoing videos on Mastering in Logic!!! They have all been very helpful. Steve Clark Music
GREAT VIDEOs! thanks a lot! DJ Wobbly
Cant thank you enough for the series on mastering It was a real wake up call. Great job! Steve H
Thank you for the videos! Marcus Photina
Lord knows Ive been searching for this tutorial for too long and now I finally found the answer to all of my problems youre amazing! Thank you. Mr Braxton
Youre a genius! Danny Santos
Very well produced vids man. Very systematic, comprehensive, and concise. Excellent. Thanks! Ed's Backalley Band
Fantastic! Make some more videos! AJ Afterparty 'Testimonials Cant thank you enough for the series on mastering It was a real wake up call. Great job! Fantastic! Make some more videos! Thank you for the videos! Thanks for the ongoing videos on Mastering in Logic!!! They have all been very helpful. Lord knows Ive been searching for this tutorial for too long and now I finally found the answer to all of my problems youre amazing! Thank you. GREAT VIDEOs! thanks a lot! Youre a genius! Very well produced vids man. Very systematic, comprehensive, and concise. Excellent. Thanks!
My music is published worldwide, my work for Disney has been translated into over 20 languages, I am a number one Amazon chart selling songwriter with over 40 millions hits on Youtube.
I have countless commissions working for some of the biggest broadcast names in the business including Disney, Sky, Discovery, BBC, Sony/ATV and many more. Why miL?
I have created this site to pass on the knowledge I have learned over the years of working as a professional musician, songwriter and composer. I have been lucky enough to work with some amazing people in the industry who have taught me more than I could have imagined but it took a long time and many years to perfect my art. More Than A YouTube Tut
Mastering In Logic aims to cut out for you the time and years of learning that I have been through. I have tailored the lessons on mastering focusing on specific techniques that will fill up your mastering toolbox with skills that you need to know and will enable you to produce better music and much better masters, we're more than just a vague mastering tutorial using Logic.
Mastering In Logic is a boutique website unlocking the art of mastering and is dedicated to bringing you the best and most complete guide to mastering in Logic Pro X to help you unlock your music's full potential .
Covering everything an aspiring musician needs to learn about mastering. What Mastering In Logic Is Not
We're not a big website with 1000s of hours of tutorials on everything from Logic, Pro Tools to Final Cut Pro through to how to crochet a bobble hat! We won't ask for a monthly fee, we're a small boutique tutorial site doing pretty much one thing but what we do do we do really well, teaching you to maximise your music productions by understanding how to master using Logic Pro! Members Enjoy
In depth lessons on Logic X, downloadable mastering templates and plugin presets, how to correctly EQ in mastering, correct compression technques for a balanced master, multiband compression techniques, mid and side, stereo widening, limiting and much more. Mastering In Logic really is your guide to achieving pro sounding results simply within Logic X!
If you're serious about your music miL will help you.
Get to know me either by watching the trailer videos below or by signing up at the bottom of the page and I'll rush you tutorial guides on mastering! How to save preview as pdf .
Mastering in Logic Pro X is absolutely possible, even with just stock plugins!
Many get lost though. Not because they dont know, but because they dont know what they are aiming for. Perhaps you can relate.
This article should help you get going, so you can confidently make great sounding masters for your music.
Ive broken it down into a series of actionable steps. 1. How To Prepares Your Mix(es)
There are many articles and cheat sheets out there that tell you things in absolutes like needing 6 dB of headroom and such.
In digital, thats not so important. All you need to do is make sure you have a great mix and that its not clipping.
Now, knowing if your mix is great is a big challenge in itself. If you are confident, then just bounce it, and master it in a brand new session another day with fresh ears. Give your brain time to forget about it for a bit.
You might even to choose to take up to a week between mixing and mastering the same song, without once listening to the mix in between. Your call.
With regard to peak headroom, here is an article I wrote about it. The gist of it is that it doesnt matter, as you can adjust gain in the mastering session anyway. How to extract compressed zip files . Just make sure there is a healthy amount of dynamics in the mix that is suitable for the music.
If you would like a general guideline, around 14 dB of difference between peak and RMS in the loudest moments in the mix is a good place to start. Peak headroom (space between peak value and 0 full scale) doesnt matter so much. 2. Calibrate Your Mastering Level
This bit is huge. Measuring EQ, dynamics, and loudness are not things you can rely solely on meters for. However, they can (and will) work as a supplement to your hearing, but nothing more than that.
This is why its ever so important to calibrate your mastering level and stick to it. I wrote an easy-to-follow guide on how to do that using simply your ears, your amp/speakers, and Spotify. 3. Gain Stage Your Reference Track(s)
Now that you have set up your monitoring level, you may also choose to use a reference track in the mastering session.
There is only one tip you need to know about using reference tracks
Turn them down (or up) to your mastering level!
That way, there is no loudness bias between your master and the reference track.
The easiest way to do this is to use a gain utility on the reference track until its playing back at your mastering level. Do this by ear and make adjustments along the way so that comparisons are always fair. How to make video game in sims 4 .
Remember, a slight difference in loudness also equates to a difference in how we perceive dynamics and frequency balance (EQ). Its just a psychoacoustic reality we have to deal with.
Want to learn more? Check out our Mastering in Logic Pro X Course. 4. Set The Ceiling
As you probably know, a limiter is very much a usual suspect in your mastering chain. Not because it makes things louder (because they dont) but because they allow you to adjust the gain of the track whilst retaining a peak ceiling. This means that if necessary, we can make it louder without clipping. This is the true purpose of a peak limiter.
Now, what I am going to advise here is to use Logic Pro Xs Adaptive Limiter. Load it as the final plugin in your chain and set the ceiling to -1.0 with True Peak Detection turned on.
Now its set up, you dont have to look at it again. You probably want to make sure its not applying any extra gain by default, so make sure the gain dial is at 0dB. How To Master A Track 5. Find Loudness
This where we start to work backwards, at least as far as the order of plugins in your chain is concerned. How To Master A Track In Logic Pro X
Before, I mentioned how playback volume has a huge bearing on how we perceive frequency balance and dynamics. This is where we work to minimise that variable.
Earlier, I shared this article on how to set up your monitoring level.
Now thats done, its time to raise the mix to your playback level. You can do this by ear now, slowly turning up your mix via a gain stage before the limiter, until you start to feel its loud enough for listening purposes. Logic Pro Eq 6. Problem Solving
Now that you are close to the goal, any issues with regard to dynamics and EQ will start to make themselves apparent. How To Master In Logic Pro X
Now you can work your way back into the chain, tackling these specific issues. Such issues could be unbalanced frequencies, dynamics, or distortion at the limiters ceiling.
Use the tools at your disposal to solve the problems. If there are no problems, have the courage to believe that and move onto the final step. 7. Bounce/Export
This is where you actually create the master files. Simply use the Bounce command in Logic Pro X and select the appropriate formats for where you want to submit your music.
Tip: If you are uploading your music to an online distributor or Soundcloud, definitely use WAVE (.wav) as your format. The platforms will encode it to their chosen lossy format (MP3, AAC, Ogg etc) on their end. How To Master In Logic Pro X
Tip: Dither your master. Dont worry so much about which dither. Any dither is better than truncation distortion!
Want to learn more? Check out our Mastering in Logic Pro X Course.
Happy mastering!