https://www.skillshare.com/en/classes/Audio-Mastering-101-A-Beginners-Guide-to-Modern-Music-Mastering/576020308

 

In this class I will teach you the basic concepts of Modern Audio Mastering and show you how you can create a great sounding ‘Release Ready’ Master. Mastering is the final step in the Music Production process and is crucial to ensure your song is sounding its best and ‘optimized’ before being released to the world.  Mastering is often seen as a ‘Dark Art’ and in this class I will be dispelling some of the ‘Myths’ surrounding Mastering whilst teaching you the fundamental techniques that I use as a Professional Mastering Engineer.

In this class you will learn the basic Mastering techniques as well as background knowledge needed to ensure you create a Mastered Song that will translate well on all platforms.

The class is divided into easy to digest sections that include the following:

• What is Mastering?
• Common Mastering Terms
• Loudness Normalization - The Basics
• How to setup a Mastering Session
• Quality Control
• Limiting 101
• Compression - 'Do I need a Compressor for Mastering?'
• Equalization
• Final Export & Rendering

Mastering is often seen as either a ‘Dark Art’ or as an ‘extension of mixing’ and neither is true. If you embrace the power of Mastering then you can really create a song that will be enjoyed by many.

Mastering allows you to not only enhance your song, and make it sound AMAZING, but it also allows you to take a step back and listen to the song from a fresh perspective.