The BIGGEST Mastering mistake (and how to FIX it) + HUGE Announcement💥 

is that just a thing now? I like it.

yeah. I always wait for it.

Dom got master video editing skills as well 🤌

U still love the effect 😂

What kind of magic is this?

Hope you enjoy them as much I did making them ❤️

@@DomSigalas this was very much needed since I'm a new Cubase user 🙏🙂‍↕️

yeah that series was life changing

Couldnt agree more. Baphometrix clip to zero during mixing stage really is game changing

Thank you so much my friend ❤

Definitely music for National Geographic/animal planet and films that I’ve scored :)

Avec plaisir

Very good idea!!!

Contact Steinberg support. They should be able to help.

That would be my first course of action. But the reality is many people produce and mix their music themselves and cannot necessarily do a better job- or can simply not afford mixing.

@@DomSigalas All fair

Find whatever works for you ofc, but +typically+ you'd solve that with a compressor. (Generally, an opto.. like an LA2A clone...)

That's why I make these videos ❤️

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So true. Analog gear have this amazing ability to shave off transients in a graceful way❤️

It’s in Cubase but the techniques can be used in any DAW :)

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You know what? You’re absolutely right. The Wavescope especially seems to be very unique to Cubase and Wavelab. YouLean meter would be the closest thing. If I find a better one I will post back. Otherwise Hawkeye from SPL is great as well as Decibel from Process Audio I think!

@@DomSigalas ok thank you! I’ll look at those

Indeed, they are 90% of the time

What is best way to tame the snare peaks to tighten up the crest factor? Turning it down makes it sound weak in the mix.

@@SevenSinsChoppershere are a few pointers: 1. Make the rest of the instruments more assertive and rich (compression, saturation- it depends on the music) 2. Add a bus compressor to your snare and drum bus 3. Don’t rely on the snare peaks. Try adding parallel compression to the drum bus so that you can give body to the drums without raising the transients. This will be perceived as a louder and bigger drum sound overall. Just the transients don’t help- we are evolved to perceive something as loud if the loudness has duration 4. Clip your drums if the music calls for it before you go into mastering. Just a few things but that’s why I decide to make courses for these sorts of things :)❤

Dry good question! The reason is clipping is a very aggressive process- and the difference is audible. What I show is transparent- you will not be able to tell the difference. Reserve the clippers for later in the process after you’ve massaged those transients so they have to work less with fewer audible artefacts :)

@@DomSigalas okay 😊 thanks for the quick response 👍

I wouldn’t suggest a clipper at this stage at all. It’s not “wrong” but it’s a way too drastic and audible process. If you follow this strategy you can add clippers later and they’re going to process with more transparency later on. This works on every music genre, if you start adding clipping to certain genres of music you’re asking for trouble :)

@@DomSigalas I was born for trouble! 😁 I mean at the mastering stage as a first insert to narrow down some peaks only so you can increase the overall loudness for further signal processing in mastering, just like you described near the end of your video.

@@Chiefmonks hahahaha -if it sounds good on your material. Go for it!

Hi Matthias, I will look into this option for sure- it requires some platform setup on my side to enable this but whatever I can do to help I will do it :)

I wouldn’t suggest a clipper at this stage at all. It’s not “wrong” but it’s a way too drastic and audible process. It’s like going for a hair trim and the hairdresser also dyes your hair. :) If you follow this strategy you can add clippers later and they’re going to process with more transparency later on. This works on every music genre, if you start adding clipping to certain genres of music you’re asking for trouble :)

@@DomSigalas thanks

I’ve answered this on several comments so here it is again :) : I wouldn’t suggest a clipper at this stage at all. It’s not “wrong” but it’s a way too drastic and audible process. It’s like going for a hair trim and the hairdresser gives you a Color dye as well 😀If you follow this strategy you can add clippers later and they’re going to process with more transparency later on. This works on every music genre, if you start adding clipping to certain genres of music you’re asking for trouble :)

Ok that's clear :) Thanks a lot Dom!

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Yeah I had to look harder too.

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Yes it’s a pretty good place :) but it depends on how loud you want the track to be.

@@DomSigalas between -8 and -12 lufs is perfect for me, thanks Dom!

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