Mastering Music for Film and Video 

That's awesome! Thanks for watching Will - glad it was helpful! SageAudio.com

Thanks for watching Hesham! And thanks for the suggestion - maybe we can make this in the future. SageAudio.com

@@sageaudio Thank you for considering.

I think that is why the video recommends to break those different instruments/FX into stems so that the video editor can pick and choose which elements to accentuate depending on the context. Whereas the stereo mix of a song is just as/is! This was my best guess but I hope this helps!

@@joshjet2oo I’ve actually learned the answer to my question since I asked it last year. And basically in the context of film production, the process of audio post-production involves various specialists who handle different aspects of the audio. While mastering engineers primarily focus on the final stage of music production, they are not typically responsible for working on film audio in its entirety. In film post-production. while mastering engineers may occasionally be involved in specific aspects of film audio, the overall process typically requires a specialized team of audio professionals with expertise in film post-production.

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Thanks for watching Bastrk! Loudness penalty is a helpful site that seems to be updated regularly whenever RU-vid or another service changes their normalization settings. SageAudio.com

​@@sageaudio I will have a look, thank you!

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Hey sorry made this a while ago so had to take a moment to see which part you were referring too. So the music itself can be mastered louder - but when the sound designer or mixing engineer for the film uses it, they (or you if you're the one doing the sound for the film) will need to make the overall level (dialogue and music) -27 LKFS with a -2dBTP in order for it to be accepted for Netflix, TV, etc. Make sure you use LKFS (K-weighted) instead of LUFS for the loudness measurement.

Here's a helpful link from Netflix going over some of these points: partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001794307-Netflix-Sound-Mix-Specifications-Best-Practices-v1-4#:~:text=Average%20loudness%20must%20be%20%2D27,not%20exceed%20%2D2db%20True%20Peak.

Thanks alot for the reply. 😊 got it. Also isn't LKFS same as LUFS?

Hey Darshan! We're using Logic Pro X SageAudio.com

Thanks for reaching out! K20 metering would work well for measuring the loudness of audio meant for film. But it also helps to use LUFS instead LKFS, since Netflix, RU-vid, and other services measure in LUFS. SageAudio.com

Sage Audio ohh cool Are you planning for any sound design.

We're creating a new membership - which I'll announce in the next video. If you have questions or want to have some mastering done, contact steve@sageaudio.com