5/16/2023 0 Comments Waves nx in masterint chanin![]() And you really need full control over the low-end when you are mastering. Then it will be almost impossible to get a great monitoring setup using speakers, especially when it comes to the low-end. Maybe you do not have the possibilities to go all in with a fully treated control room. Maybe you have your studio in a smaller space, maybe at home in the basement or in your bedroom. But make no mistake, there are huge differences in cost and effort between an ok-ish and an amazing control room. The good thing is that the human brain is amazing and we can learn how a room sounds and work around many obstacles. We are now talking about 10 dB dips and peaks in the low end, or more. The truth is, however, that most smaller control rooms have compromises made in these areas. All of these things need to be addressed if we want a full and flat frequency response as well as a good stereo image. In particular to manage reflections, resonances, bass build-up, sound isolation and many other things. This is where the elaborate and impressive room designs come from. The room will influence what the listener hears to a very large extent. ![]() This usually means big full range speakers, or smaller speakers with subwoofers. We want to hear from preferably 20 Hz, but at least from 30 Hz and up. Then there is the full and flat frequency response. There is usually a correlation between price and performance. Dynamic range and low distortion is mostly a matter of speaker quality. You are able to hear the music cleanly without additional coloration from the monitoring system. This happens without anything getting lost or flattened. Simply put, loud stuff should sound loud, and quiet stuff should sound quiet. Moreover you have a proper balance between the things in the center and the things on the sides. You are able to judge the stereo width of the master. The material is presented neutrally without having some frequencies louder or quieter than others. You need to be able to hear what is going on from the lowest frequencies to the highest. To get a monitoring system that has good translation and is suitable for mastering, there are some things that you need. In general, you will not be surprised by some aspect that you did not notice before. ![]() A great monitoring system will let you create mixes and masters that you can listen to and recognize anywhere. This is a sure sign that the monitoring in the studio does not translate well. Maybe you recognize this situation or have experienced something similar. What happened here?!? The concept of translation when mastering It is really like someone has thrown a blanket over the speakers. The bass is slamming and the whole mix sparkles.Īfter that you take it to a friend to listen and it sounds nothing like it did in the studio. ![]() You are working with a mix or master in your studio until it sounds great. Hopefully, after reading this you will feel much more clarity regarding using headphones for mastering or not. We are going to look into this thoroughly. Now we want to bring up the subject of mastering with headphones. Build your own multiband compressor in Reaper!.Three must-know features in Reaper for mastering.Limitless Tutorials – Limitless from DMG Audio.Equilibrium DMG Audio – How to use it for mastering.Get fatter bass when mixing and mastering using Kotelnikov GE.Dither Tutorial – Everything you need to know!.Gain staging – Build your perfect mastering chain.Mastering with headphones (works for mixing too).Calibrating the Sennheiser HD 600 for a Flat Frequency Response. ![]()
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