Mixing And Mastering Explained

Published: 09 April 2017
on channel: FireWalk
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What is the difference between mixing and mastering? This video will explain what mixing and mastering is, and how it's used. This tutorial will teach you the difference between Mixing and Mastering and give you some good mixing and mastering examples. It will also give you some good tips and tricks on how to mix and master a song.
Mixing and mastering are two of the most fundamental processes in any song. If you don't know how to do this right, your music will never be as good as the competition, so this is something you simply have to learn eventually.
You can choose to let someone else do the mixing and mastering, but sooner or later you will have to learn to mix and master a track yourself. Knowing how to mix AND master a track is something every serious producer will need to know eventually.
Mixing a track has more to do with getting the volume right on the individual tracks in the mix. Processing such as EQ, compression, delay, and reverb is also typically added during mixing. Mastering is what happens after mixing a track. It's the final stage where the song is optimized to get the proper loudness, added clarity, and so on.
This mixing and mastering tutorial will teach you the difference between mixing and mastering, how we do it and why. it will show you some examples of what plugins are used for mixing and mastering, such as EQ, Compression, Saturation, Sidechaining, delay, reverb, etc.
Music that is not mixed and mastered won't sound good compared to mixed and mastered music.

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00:00 introduction
00:18 Mixing explained - What is mixing in music?
01:04 panning and volume
01:45 Making room for every element in the mix
02:56 Using EQ to make room for all the frequencies in the mix
03:13 Sidechaining
03:26 Reverb, compression and stereo separation
04:04 Mastering explained - What is mastering in music?
04:49 Mastering effects
05:43 Dedicated Mastering Studio VS Typical Bedroom Studio
06:23 Should you master your own music?

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