How To Master DJ Mixes Like A Pro For FREE // Audacity Tutorial

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Welcome to today's video, How To Master DJ Mixes Like A Pro For FREE.
I'll be explaining & demonstrating my mastering process using free software called Audacity which you can download here: www.audacityteam.org/
I hope you find today's video useful & it helps you master your own dj mixes going forward. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments.
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@djcsharp8800 3 года назад

The AUMultibandCompressor is on Mac, but on Windows I found that the reaxcomp is the a good one to use that has 4 bands. On the mac, the AUMultibandCompressor appears to be at the defaults, and so I ran it on a mac and go the details. The settings are then the following band1:topFreq = 200, band2:topFreq = 900, and band3:topFreq = 4000. Band1:threshold=-30db, Band1:Attack=20ms, Band1:Release=40ms. Band2:threshold=-32.5db, Band2:Attack=20ms, Band2:Release=40ms. Band3:threshhold=-40db, Band3:Attack=20ms, Band3:Release=40ms.Band4:threshhold=-42.5, Band4:Attack=20ms, Band4:Release=40ms. I hope this helps folks.

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing this info :)

@xTheLostProphetx 2 года назад

Thanks for posting, please could you tell us the other settings you used such as Gain for each band and the master?

@kurashvili Год назад

this is really helpful. thanks

@brandonpas4693 7 месяцев назад

THANK YOU

@conormallon3115 Месяц назад

Can you explain what you mean by reaxcomp? I am on windows and the only option I am seeing is "compressor" which doesn't have any of the options you are explaining or thats in the video.

@djsteviemitch Год назад

Even after 2 years this is the best and easiest to follow explanation of editing mixes on youtube. Brilliant video, thank you.

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

Thanks, happy to help

@BboyCorrosive Год назад

Thanks man, after a lot of collecting, I'm finally getting my act together to make some short mixes for mixcloud to have a go at getting out there a bit, maybe get some small bar shows or something, this will help a lot as I'm all vinyl so run into the loudness/quietness issue and was a bit stuck looking for the right filter to fix it per track

@toshgiles 7 месяцев назад

Finally! So helpful, and actually the answers I needed. Thank you.

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

Happy to help

@dimonwait9079 2 года назад

Thanks man, you are literally the only one speaking about volume limits and why they matters after viewing 8 videos about how to record a dj set!

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

happy to help

@silverdoosan 3 года назад

Cheers Blighty spot on mate my mix sounds Epic!

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

Happy to hear that :)

@rodrigotancredi7397 Год назад

wowwwwww!!! Thank you so much for this!

@alexhandshaw5021 Год назад

Big up for this !! Such a help, subscribed !

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

Thanks Alex

@shaun919 2 года назад

Thank you for taking the time to make this very easy to follow tutorial :)

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

glad it heled Shaun

@JacksonCohen 2 года назад

Great video. Thank you!

@SadiqakaSTH 3 года назад

Absolute G for this one bro, appreciate the help!!

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

Happy to help!

@PNolan 11 месяцев назад

Best video I've found on this topic. Thank you!

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

Thanks, happy to help

@barrakkila Год назад

thanks for the info bro 👍🏻

@petesky 11 месяцев назад

Great and very helpful. video mate. Cheers for that

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

Happy to help

@bazukaran 2 года назад

Amazing Tutor man, Thanks A LOT. Its Too bad ii cant hear the audio of what your doing. it could bring this whole tutorial to another level and really make us understand exactly what you are doing. Thanks Again - Love It

@DJBlighty 2 года назад

Slight oversight on my part, hope it was useful regardless.

@michaelsinclair1509 3 года назад

Appreciate it bro. Thank for the information.

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

You're welcome Michael. Hope it helps.

@erickcrvz 18 дней назад

Thank you!

@jeffersonkaka1275 3 года назад

Thanks for Sharing the Knowledge, Very Helpful

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

Glad to help

@MrTiBeN11 Год назад

Thank you very much man, very insightful and all with a free tool :) I made some very conclusives tests :) It sounds !

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

happy to help

@bodio_ua Год назад

Thanks a lot for these tips! I'll try them and see how it works!

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

anytime

@djdeezy1493 3 года назад

Epic mate !!! life saver🥂

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

Glad it helped

@Jacques80120 Год назад

Only 3 minutes in and you already gained another subscriber. Quality content.

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

Thank you

@larrycoffey806 2 года назад

Watched this a few months ago. Mades no sense. DJed clubs/radio late 70s-mid 90s on vinyl. Retired, bought controller, learning digital. Masters sounded like s**t. Just watched again. Applied ur process to a mashup. Wow! Amazing difference. Thank you!!!

@djzero7331 2 года назад

Thanks a lot for this, great tutorial

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

Happy to help

@coalcocoalco 6 месяцев назад

thank you sooo much for this video it's the best out there

@DJBlighty 6 месяцев назад

You're very welcome!

@djxanderdls 3 года назад

Nice tutorial bro. I just wish we could here the audio while you are doing the mastering. Anyway, I learned a lot. Thank you DJ Blighty.

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

Thanks Xander, glad it helped. That wasn't actually intentional, I didn't realise I didn't have the audio capture on, you should be able to get all the info you need visually from the waveforms though, but always best to check the audio as well whilst you're doing it.

@djxanderdls 3 года назад

@@DJBlighty Yes. Thank you.

@youme77324 3 года назад

Gonna gonna! Thanks!

@jackedkerouac4414 2 года назад

Concise and clear step by step tutorial. Thank you. My latest mix sounds more professional

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

Great stuff

@cgrcgr7432 2 года назад

Great Video mate got a lot from this ...Do you do any drops or recommend anyone for Drops ???

@curtisfreeman4551 Год назад

Amazing! Now I have to go and edit my last 20 mixes!

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

hahaha enjoy

@markgasparro 3 года назад

Very helpful ! Thanks

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@travelhopper_TV 3 месяца назад

I love your Job you are awsome

@rudyhernandez8462 3 года назад

finally!!!!

@iam_djmeech 2 года назад

Thanks 🙏 so much

@user-xg7tf3vx6y 10 месяцев назад

Love the video and explantion. Would love an explanation on the multiband compressor so i can apply that step better.

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

I explain it in the vid?

@IgnizerTrading 2 года назад

Thank you! I use windows and there is no multiband compressor on audacity, which other option can be used?

@mtb_zen89 3 года назад

this is excellent man - far more in-depth then any video like it i've seen before. just beginning to realize how powerful audacity actually is. what exactly is the multi-band compressor doing and is it a cleaner option than the limiter for cutting down the peaks? i've noticed before that limiters (audacity's as well as dj software's) can absolutely destroy quality files making it sound like a tin can. currently i try to keep my levels at -3dB (recorder, master and channel) but maybe i should be using more...

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

You have to be very careful with limiters. The multiband compressor is a bit more subtle than a standard compressor if used correctly & it can really brighten the eq and give a nice punchy/loud finish.

@PacketElf Месяц назад

Thanks for the video it’s great! A question: how is your process of limiting and normalizing different that using a limiter with amplification on?

@paulcarlton598 11 месяцев назад

Fantastic! That saves a ton of time.

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

Glad it helps

@optifyoce7879 2 года назад

your a legend mate thank you

@DJBlighty 2 года назад

Happy To Help

@ikerm4110 3 месяца назад

Nice vídeo ! I use only normalíce 0 db and loud Max limiter and its a great óptiion too. All ten best

@ronydrod Месяц назад

Thanks m8

@karlpoulton3587 Год назад

Very helpful, cheers.

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

Glad to help

@kostajotic581 3 года назад

Thank you bro!

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

Welcome bro. Hope it was useful.

@Joe-DnB-Tambo Год назад

Nice tutorial, do you have one for a vinyl mix

@kelseyw587 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

Glad to help

@andyEFCmyatt Год назад

Hi mate, can I ask how you recorded you set? Im struggling to compress and get my sets all sounding at the same level because I record from my REC OUT of my mixer and it keeps the recording levels the same throughout, however, there seems to be a difference in levels and I can't work out how to compress properly and get my set sounding constant. any help would be amazing, thanks

@mxmulz121 2 года назад

Great Tutorial, I got one more question though, the latest version of Audacity comes with the "Loudness Normalisation" , which has been added to meet the standards of the streaming platforms. Do you include that effect at the end of the mastering? Regards David

@DJBlighty Год назад

Yeah, that would be the same thing as you can adjust the volumes before applying it.

@dattrax7 3 года назад

Thank you Sir!

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

You are welcome!

@BELTR. 3 года назад

Great tutorial, man! Could you teach us, Windows users, how to use the Multiband Compressor? We can't have this same plugin you're using..

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

Thanks man. I don't have access to windows unfortunately. I'm an avid Mac user. I'm sure the plug ins are available. It's just a question of activating them, I had the same issue when I updated my version.

@stevelopez1693 6 месяцев назад

FANTASTIC tutorial! Question: if I were mastering a DJ mp3 mix to record onto CD or cassette (yeah I know!) is the process the same, or is it different since you mentioned that this was for streaming? I used Bias Peak for Mac back in the day, and it worked for me. Finding a replacement audio waveform editor to replace it has been difficult.

@feels1510 10 месяцев назад

thank you so much!

@DJBlighty 6 месяцев назад

Happy to help

@Ferszty 2 года назад

Can you please make a video for Recording live mashup on decks and putting it through audacity for a quick basic song to upload to Soundcloud? The -1.0 has a lot of distortion and not sure how much limiter and perfecting for a 3min mashup?

@stefanprnsl5646 2 года назад

Hi, I have the latest version of audacity bit can't seem to find any of the effects you're using in this video..

@daniellerenner8383 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

glad to help

@theenemyoftruth8552 7 месяцев назад

What ratio are you using in the compressor? And are you using make up gain?

@RetroAmericano 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for this video. I wanted to ask because I have a little issue. I am looking to master a mix I did on a rig I know longer use. On that mix I have two portion of the mix that sit around -4 db. I saw you commented on a user who also recorded high and you said to use half the i increments used. To be more specific would that mean best to normalize at say -2.0 and Limiter on -4.0 while still doing roughly 4 rounds, or possibly other proper amounts? Or just do two rounds at the regular increments you provided? I did notice slight distortion in those areas doing the regular increments and rounds of normalization and limiting. I appreciate your feedback, and thank you for the video!

@richardmaxim2708 Год назад

I really appreciate the help to get started posting my mixes. I did want to know if there was anyway to remove an unwanted sound that happened to get picked up (such as an element from another song that I am mixing)?

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

That's not possible sadly

@djallg6280 3 года назад

Legend

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

Big Ups

@DjDavidTimothy 2 месяца назад

Multiband Compressor has changed do you have the correct settings for the new look

@giuliapiano 3 года назад

Thanks for this tutorial. Very helpful. Question though, when mixing multiple tracks like if u have a track per instrument and maybe 2-3 vocals, do u compress and normalise per track, or export all of them as one first and normalise as one?

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

Bounce it all out to one file before carrying out this process. I always mix multi tracks no louder than -6.0db hope that helps

@Kerviarris 2 года назад

@@DJBlighty do you export it as a aiff, Wav, or mp3 first? Then master it?

@Philerhall Год назад

Hi guys, this is really useful but does anyone know why the bass or low frequency is lost when I’m recording in audacity thro Serato and tidal. Thanks in advance if anyone has any tips

@dennisschreven2013 3 года назад

Great stuff! One question though. After normalizing -1,0dB I got stuck with limiting towards -2,0dB. It does not seem to limit the full length of the set (1,5 hr). However, when selecting a smaller part of my mix it does apply the limiter. Thoughts? Thanks!

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

That sounds a bit odd. If the whole track is selected, whatever you do affects the whole area that is highlighted.

@sionalunevans Год назад

cheers for the tips! you welsh? where abouts you from?

@niknik2685 Год назад

Great video thanks, only thing I'm struggling with is when you clip the start of your mix your track moves to .5 sec, mine doesn't. It splits/cuts the start but still stays at the 1 sec point.

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

Just trim it to the point you want it to start, it's a manual step :)

@jackpower5036 3 года назад

Quality Tut mate thank you.

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

Hope it helps Jack

@austinroberson1314 Месяц назад

Can I do this to my entire mix after I export or do I need to do it one song at a time? I have a mashup with about 70 songs in it that I’m playing at my wedding reception and want to make sure I have good enough sound quality. I bought all the songs from iTunes (AAC)

@chachoudj 3 месяца назад

Can i export in wav too?

@andrewkennedy5484 3 года назад

how did you make that wallpaper saying your name and your logo on your tv thanks love your content

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

It's just my logo bro

@andrewkennedy5484 3 года назад

@@DJBlighty A right thanks mate can you please do a video on how you made it or got it

@d.supreme5358 3 года назад

Hey Blighty what if you do all that mastering work and save it then decide to use the amplify effect after wards would that pretty much undo all the work u did? Should you adjust the volumes first before mastering? I find that my mix was recorded low but I want to increase the volume on it overall....

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

Amplify is similar to normalise but won't control the peaks in the same way. Normalise means none of the peaks will go beyond the threshold resulting in a more consistent overall volume.

@d.supreme5358 3 года назад

@@DJBlighty ok great thanks appreciate it duly noted for next time!

@Playboysnow 3 года назад

Any tips if you have a mix that you recorded at a higher level. Let's say 3/4 of the max level on Serato? Same process?

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

For sure, as long as it's not peaking over 0.0db anywhere you're ok. I would probably half the increments I use in the video as you're already closer to peak volume though.

@Playboysnow 3 года назад

@@DJBlighty thanks for the feedback

@iainmacpherson9005 Год назад

@DJBlightyTV Wondering if you could help me. There is a static buzzing hum underneath my mix. It is there at the beginning in the silence before the mix starts and when breakdowns get low enough it is audible. Infact it is audible all the way through just the louder parts mask it. Do you know what this could be? The usb device I use to record my mixes is about a decade old and has slight signs of a rusty color to it but not sure if this is the issue or something to do with audacity and the mix. I just followed this video step by step. Thanks.

@DJBlighty Год назад

Yeah, that sound is audio interference. Either a connection (wire) or hardware issue.

@Bra1ndon 8 месяцев назад

1. Normalize everything to 0.0 2. AUMultiband Compressor everything (standard) 3. Select peak sections: Limiter (Hard Limit, 0.0, 0.0, -6, 10) 4. Normalize everything to -1.0 5. Limiter (Hard Limit) everything to -2.0 6. Normalize everything to -1.0 7. Limiter (Hard Limit) everything to -2.0 8. Normalize everything to -1.0 9. Limiter (Hard Limit) everything to -2.0 10. Normalize everything to -1.0 11. Limiter (Hard Limit) everything to -2.0 12. Normalize everything to -1.0

@jasabasenara8124 3 года назад

You can't actually clip in the digital format. Clipping affected analogue, not digital. You have a float range. Bounce your mixdown in a 32-bit float and add limiters or compressor in the master with that.

@DJBlighty Год назад

That's not true at all, clipping is a big no, no. Digital or analogue.

@jasabasenara8124 Год назад

@@DJBlighty learn the range. You will understand.

@stam9354 Год назад

@@DJBlighty analogue clipping is used to distort signals in a pleasing way.

@Positive_Tea Год назад

No he means you recorded the mix in 32 bit float which can not be clipped. Nothing you do to that file can clip the waveform. It goes like 250db range. We have to worry about clipping when we bounce down to 16 bit. You have to make sure you're at - 1 before you do that!

@divineumandal4750 4 месяца назад

❣️❣️❣️

@wobbles3906 3 года назад

I cant follow your compressor step because we dont have a Multiband Compressor on PC. Can you show us recommended settings using the default compressor or at least a PC compatible plugin ? I have searched tutorials but I dont really understand in relation to what you are doing

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

Hi Colm, it will be there, you need to activate the plug in manually on newer versions of the software but is easily done, just a quick google search will show you how to do it step by step.

@iDroid93 3 года назад

@@DJBlighty hey, the AU Multiband Compressor is only available on Mac's. Windows has a couple of other alternatives like GMulti etc. But I'm not sure what settings to apply there. Could you help us with what settings you would recommend for the Multiband Compressor ?

@oxytocin6736 3 года назад

@@DJBlighty I also would like to know same as the comment below

@seraphinashinnel5614 10 месяцев назад

How do I install audacity plugins Dj 😅

@dizillian 3 года назад

Do you offer mastering services for DJ mixes? I’m so busy and overwhelmed I feel like I have no time honestly

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

Email me: info@djblighty.com

@TheManInaHat Год назад

where do you download the multiband compressor

@remingtonjensen2231 Год назад

It’s an Apple only compressor

@druthedj Год назад

Just a quick one, when using the limiter, why not select all and set the limit instead of looking for the portions with the peaks?

@DJBlighty 7 месяцев назад

Because it will take longer, it's only limiting the high peaks, the low ones won't be affected

@tomelliott73 3 года назад

How do you get the same multi band compressor as your using ? is there a alternative already built into audacity? I can only see a compressor and it does not seem the same.

@HeavyweightDj 3 года назад

same not an available effect

@56z41 3 года назад

Unfortunately there are only availabe on Mac

@homebodytreat6203 3 года назад

effect > add/remove plug-ins > select from drop down and click enable

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

Yeah, they are there guys, on newer versions of the software you have to enable them manually unfortunately. A quick google search will give you a quick step by step guide on how to do it.

@marcrtaylor 3 года назад

@@DJBlighty the one you are using is only available for mac.

@drfrankenspine Год назад

So, this was fantastic but I realized that I don't have a multi and compressor in the windows version of audacity. Is there one in particular you'd recommend for windows and what are the settings for this (band ranges, compression amount, etc)?

@drfrankenspine Год назад

Nevermind, I found the setting down below

@hubbertdenfettenhummel Год назад

@@drfrankenspine Can you say where to find this? thanks!

@Uttarayan 11 месяцев назад

why not sharing ?@@drfrankenspine

@jpswerve182 6 месяцев назад

where and how do you find that Multiband Compressor from?

@DJBlighty 6 месяцев назад

If it's not there you'll need to download the plug-in (A quick google search)

@ChuckBosse Год назад

Thanks so much for an easy-to-understand explanation on mastering a mix. I just joined your channel. So, have you done any videos on editing a DJ mix where you need to correct some transitions that were bad? Instead of scrapping the whole 1.5 hr mix and starting again, I would like to be able to somehow correct those mistakes. I record out of RekordBox but after I listen to some of my sets, I am not happy with the transitions. So before putting them up on MixCloud I want to edit them. I've used Audacity for quite some time during my vinyl DJ years when I would rip my vinyl records to MP3. Audacity has come a long way. Thanks again, great work.

@Avatar-the-name Год назад

Acid pro is great for that... It's only for windows though....

@brandonpas4693 7 месяцев назад

With that method u can also mix in chunks. Just dont change the bpm and volume before u reload that same song.

@t4vi4 4 месяца назад

So if my mix is all in the red zone , what would u recommend I should do ? I'm trying to post it on SoundCloud. Thank you in advance.

@DJBlighty 4 месяца назад

Start again

@kelliesemien-smith5874 3 года назад

I was wondering if you would talk sbouy Broadcasting one day just the basics, Thanksgivings

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

Could you be a bit more specific please?

@kelliesemien-smith5874 3 года назад

What is broadcasting exactly’? What are your goals when u Broadcast? More listeners? Does it pay well. Is it stressful to come up With new mixes? How do you put your mixes togrther just wondering when are u coming back to YT miss your mixes DJ Blighty!!

@Jmacccccy Год назад

Does anybody know what software I can use to make and save mixes?

@Jmacccccy Год назад

Free preferably

@alonzojohnson4070 Год назад

I use audacity to record my mixes through the mic port. The quality is not that great. Will this improve the quality.

@DJBlighty Год назад

Yes, 100 times

@cobe6178 3 года назад

Make a short video where you use a pc compatible multiband compressor.. or at least explain that part in more detail so we can use the plug in by ourself

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

I don't have access to windows unfortunately. I can't imagine the plug ins being different, that wouldn't make sense. It's probably a question of finding & activating them, I had to do the same thing when I last updated.

@rurtkuzzel3902 3 года назад

i digress to some extent on the polishing of turds. in my 20 plus years of experience i can firmly attest to you can polish a turd to some extent. i.e. dubstep...... jk jokes aside awesome tutorial :D

@davidaguirre8204 2 года назад

How do I know if I've overdone this process and I'm distorting?

@DJBlighty Год назад

You'll hear distortion & see lots of red on the analyser

@LordanJauzon 3 года назад

No EQ'ing?

@DJBlighty 3 года назад

I do all of my EQing on the mixer while mixing the tracks, I assumed that's what most DJ's do no?

@evianrave7683 2 года назад

Why didn't you master this upload?

@DJBlighty Год назад

What?

@evianrave7683 Год назад

@@DJBlighty the audio for this audio is inconsistent and if it has been mastered it would provide an easier listening experience. Mostly poking you because the content is about mastering.