3 PRO Mastering EQ Techniques you SHOULD know+ FREE new mastering EQ!  

This is why I always hire an engineer to mix AND master, even if i feel like the mix is really good, it's always good to have another persons perspective and equipment on board, ear fatigue is real

Nice shirt color change mid sentence. Looks like you're not only a audio magician, you're a ACTUAL magician too! 😅

By applying HPF on the master you're most likely to reduce headroom and not gain any more headroom (unless you HPF too high) because the phase shift will make the peaks higher. That's why most mastering engineers prefer low shelfs instead of HPFs

I've said this for a long while: mastering is about optimizing the final approved mix for your intended medium of distribution. That's it. So oftentimes, if the mix is 90-95% there, the mastering is there to give it that extra 5% and make sure that it will work well on that medium - especially if you want it on a vinyl record - and across listening environments.

Superb tutorial…and your track is now on my permanent playlist.

PSA: If you use this new free EQ, keep in mind that the oversampling is most likely never needed. It’s a nearly linear EQ, perfectly coded. It’s almost impossible to make it alias.

Thank you Dom Sigalas, for the news, the tips and the nice video making. After a first hour test, for me, this Pulsar W495 is a truly gem, especially on a workflow perspective. With the Pulsar Audio quality signature. Thanks for the find ! ☝👌

The truth is all the higher end plug-ins. When you add EQ it’s going to put a smile on your face. The differences in the coloration are so many school these days it’s starting to become laughable with all these plug-in companies saying that they’re plugged into something more special than another Plugin does. I appreciate you

Hey Dom, love your channel and you passion in which you talk about Cubase and other stuff. Listen I think you broke the internet for Pulsar. From the moment you posted this video, I've been trying to get in and I finally did and now it's showing the site is down. Way to go Dom! You're the man!!! Thank you for sharing your energy, talent and experience with us!

@DomSigalas oooh yes, I enjoyed this mastering tutorial (the best I've seen so far) very much!! Thank you so much Dom! You really getting in to the point!

Sweet. Downloaded. Thanks.

Great tutorial Dom! Love the song too! 😍 Not to mention your colour changing t-shirt. Nice trick! 😂 You saw it here first peeps.

i like the mastery with the shirt color changes (wink)

Amazing video and Tips, Thank you Dom!

Thanks for sharing this! 👍

Thanks HEAPS for telling this to the world dear Dom.... Cheers ! 👍🥂 Pulsar Audio Rocks !!!!

The Best !

Very useful as always. Thanks Dom 👍

These video's are such a Gem for me. Thank you Dom, your enthusiasm in combination with great teacher skills makes it fun to learn!

Thank you Dom Sigalas

INSANELY GOOD SOUNDING...TECH IS TECHING!!!!

Great advice, Dom, and thanks for mentioning the W495.

Bless up and thanks for the heads-up Dom, your T-shirt is still giving me hallucinogenic, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Strawberry Fields vibes man : )

another indispensable tutorial from the Cubase maestro. Thank you Dom.

Pulsar is SO good! Their EchoRec plugin is unreal. So much character in that plugin.

Thanks again!!! have a nice weekend!

Thank you Dom Sigalas, very useful video

Great video! Thanks for setting the record straight.

Been waiting one like this FOREVER THANXX G❤

Very subtle, but it looses something when you turn the chain off. Thanks for the video.

Thank you Dom 🎉 God Bless you my friend . Elton E-Sound 😊

Thanks Dom, Great Review, cool new video edits! i don't know for sure the history of this eq, but for me it fells like a track by track eq for quick and broad strokes!!! Peace

Thank you! Just got the plugin

To go back to the mixing stage, i can recommend to any home musician who can afford it and relying on VST, to get a 24 core computer (or a Mac?), and never have to bounce/freeze/render/audiomix to preserve CPU resources. With for example a problematic kick/snare/HH you can immediately go back to the VST instrument you used, and start to check your sound from the source...

I like the song (Cosmic Parenthesis), very stylish, I put it on my playlist...

Love the Proccess Thanks a Lot Sir

As a heads up, i couldn't install pulsar w495 on offline pc AND it gave me a virus warning, files got quarantined.

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Dom 'Chameleon T-Shirt' Sigalas at work!

A Master At Work 🙏

I hate to say it but the free TDR VOS Slick EQ still outperforms the Pulsar W495. I challenge you to test it for yourself and draw your own conclusions! It's slightly more versatile based on additional features and has several harmonic profiles.

Appreciate this Dom. Excellent advice. The GEM 495 is an older alternative to this and it’s very sweet indeed.

please explain the shirt changing color, thats fucking cool!

I liked this song.

Btw the song is freaking cool hahaha, and thanks for the info about the EQ

Ay! I know this video is about the EQ and tips, but that song I really like! Could you let me know the name of your single?

are we not gonna talk about the shirt color change?

👍👍👍 it s got to be analog🙂 the song took me back to 80ies.master class.

👂💎

Nice review ! The link for the W495 does not seem to work ?

Very cool. Thanks so much for the tips bro.. where can I see your rates for mastering?

Hi Dom... When using the EQ for enhancing a master (as in step 3) which order would you prefer/recommend to START THE EQing Process...? Is it by starting from the LOWs & moving towards HIGHs ? Or Vise versa ? Or may be getting the MIDs right first & then move on to LOWs/MIDs ? I understand that there is NO perticular ORDER.. But REALLY adore to see how you would tackle the EQ moves to get the best frequency distribution across the full spectrum. Also to make the best use of preserving headroom for maximum possible loudness whilst preserving dynamics & the intended emotional impact when hitting limiters... Much Love...Rezi 🤓👍🥇🥂

I can see that you are using a Mac as your primary computer! did you finally switch? I have a Mac Studio max and it's amazing!!! fast, quite and super stable, I'm using it mostly with Cubase 12 in Native Silicon and DaVinci Resolve. Cheers!

So did you boost the mids on the first instance of W495 because it looks like you boosted the sides and then the sides on the second instance?

To my studio

Hi!

nice content.. i am coming from your video where you spoke about switching to a mac, a year ago. i wanna switch, but would like your opinion on this.. is the mac pro max still a good option?

Hey Dom, what line in trim level you use on your Lynx Hilo with you Neve 1073. I’m having a hard time getting the perfect signal. I have U87 to Neve 1073 Spx to Klark Teknik to Lynx Hilo Usb. Thanks and have a nice day!

Question for Dom: do you use auto-gain as a kind of check for whatever tweaks/adjustments you make?

anyone notice his T-Shirt changing colour? lol

I think I’ll stick to the microphones by them.

Is 8x Oversampling necessary for subtle EQ?Is there Harmonic saturation being added?

Just curious, what headphones did you use for this vid? thx

I know this has nothing to do with the video but How do you work with other producers and studios with using Cubase when most studios use Pro Tools? Do you just send audio clips?

Hey Dom. This w495 plug in by Pulsar is block listed by Steinberg Cubase, therefore this won't work on the Cubase DAW? Let me know your thoughts? Thanks.

Yo, did your shirt change from blue to green then slowly changed back to green.. what the heck was that.. lol.. great video man..

Dom, should most of the items you doing be addressed in the mix directly if possible? Obviously that's not necessarily possible if your not doing the mix as well.

Hey dom any help for sliding 808 bass lines used in trap music mate would be a huge help……

now i will compare this whit my antelope version

Hello, Can I do everything with fabfilter pro q3, pulsar can do?

The song you used reminds me of a Depeche Mode song but I can’t put my finger on it

this t-shirt :-)

it is impossible for me to activate the pulsar eq. It says "free" but after installation it asks me for an activation code which I did not receive. In an email it was written: Your license key(s) W495 (Free) but the fields to activate do not support this code. It's a scam

But I want the colour-changing one 😅

Dear Dom, I have cubase 10 Pro Original and Physical License, and I want to upgrade to version 12, but something is wrong with me. I lost the USB license, but the activation code for version 10 is with me.. Can I upgrade without buying a new Physical e-License, because I will not need it after the upgrade? . Thank you

What happens to your t-shirt it goes from blue to green 🤪🤪🤪. Cool T-shirt though

How to connect my bluetooth

Cool... I think you crashed Pulsar Audio's web site. LOL Thanks, Dom

Old rme fireface

Why does your t-shirt keep changing colour ?

0:42 watch as Dom's shirt changes color repeatedly over 15 seconds or so! ...But notice the green glow on his face and hands - someone intentionally did that in post! I'm looking in your direction, Iro!!! :)

Is it scam! I never received a key to activate.I think they just want to extract personal information

LOL what the f... with your color t-shirt lol 😂!!!

I love your videos Dom but this shirt color changing thing is very distracting.

Why is this free tho?

What’s with that music bro 😂

Te odeo por trucho

As a beginner it's hard to learn when you wanna be teachers don't explain everything you do : like why did you switch the mids to sides on the second instance of 495 with the low end. Anytime you demonstrate and manipulate a knob or parameters you should explain why so beginners like myself don't copy these tips and find ourselves doing this or that because the guy in the video did but I'm not sure why I'm doing it because he moved a parameter without explaining why he moved it. And why toggle between mids and sides if your focusing on the mids... slightly confusing because I tend to replicate what I see in videos. But in the end one eq is to enhance the mids and the second instance the sides.Right? Why does the low end get moved to the sides on the second instance?

Unbelievable! Shall we be friends?