Channel Title: Production Advice Channel Description: Make your music sound great Music production, recording, mixing and mastering advice, hints & tips & commentary from professional mastering engineer Ian Shepherd, founder of Dynamic Range Day and developer of the acclaimed Perception plugin. <video> Dynamics in Action - Workshop Livestream Description: See how balanced dynamics can help your music sound better on Spotify and other online streaming platforms, with Guest Lij Shaw from the Recording Studio Rockstars podcast ! Check out Lij's music here: https://spoti.fi/4ap2VtB </video> <video> Mastering Engineer Reacts to 8 Pro Mixes of the Same Song Description: Exactly how different are these 8 mixes of the same song, by 8 different Pro producers ? Find out what I think from a mastering perspective ! For mix analysis and interviews, see the original @soundonsound article here: https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/masters-art-mixing And watch their mix breakdown video here ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_TtJo2_bh8 </video> <video> Do you NEED to be mastering loud ? - Episode 93 | The Mastering Show Podcast Description: I’m always arguing for balanced dynamics rather than loudness for it’s own sake, but some people have a different opinion - high loudness is important, and even beneficial. Nick Di Lorenzo is one of them - he says that loudness is important regularly on his YouTube channel. So in this episode I invited him on to explore that idea in more detail, and really get into the nuances of the topic. Do you need to be mastering loud ? Topics include: * The practicalities of loudness * What makes things sound loud anyway ? * Record labels versus loudness * Why loudness IS important * Why LUFS don’t matter, and * The difference between loudness and LUFS Full show notes on our website https://themasteringshow.com/episode-93 </video> <video> Higher LUFS - do they REALLY always sound louder ? Description: Everybody keeps telling me that higher LUFS masters still sound louder, EVEN when they're loudness-matched. But I just don't hear it ! So in this video, I investigate... Loudness Penalty Studio: http://www.meterplugs.com/loudness-penalty-studio Silent Gratitude: https://silentgratitude.bandcamp.com/album/the-singularitys-coming Maz O'Conner: https://mazoconnor.com/ </video> <video> These are not the LUFS you are looking for - Episode 92 | The Mastering Show Podcast Description: You can't go a day without someone telling you how loud your music should be, these days. "Everything has to be -8 LUFS" "EDM has to be -6 LUFS or louder" "-11 is the perfect balance" "Just master everything to -14" ...but they can't all be right ! In fact, none of them are, and even more importantly, they may not even be talking about the same thing. And the differences are really important. So in this episode I try explain really clearly and concisely: The 3 different types of LUFS The difference between them Why it’s crucial to know which type you’re talking about Why mastering to integrated targets makes no sense When -14 LUFS isn’t loud enough – and why ? Why it’s not about ‘how loud’, it’s about how you make it loud Why integrated LUFS values are the result, not the goal of mastering Full show notes on our website https://themasteringshow.com/episode-92 </video> <video> Loudness trends in 2024: should you follow them? with Ian Stewart - Episode 95 | The Mastering Show Description: The Billboard Top 50 global singles from the first half of 2024 have an average loudness of -8.3 LUFS So that’s how loud we should be making our masters, right ? Well… It certainly might seem that way, but in reality it’s a bit more complicated than that. This is only one of the interesting results that Ian Stewart presented in his latest blog post for iZoTope, and in this episode I asked him back on to really dig into some of the details and nuance. Plus I also wanted to talk to him about the amazing plug-in that got invented during the last episode he was on ! (Well, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it 😛) During the show we talk about: * What that -8 LUFS average result REALLY means, and how much attention you should pay to it * Who the most successful artist in the Top 50 is, and the loudness statistics of their music * The problem with the title iZotope chose for the post * All the other results, trends and biases in the data * Basslane Pro, the plug-in Ian worked with Tone Projects to develop, why it’s unique - and how The Mastering Show helped it happen ! Full show notes on our site https://themasteringshow.com/episode-95 </video> <video> The Dynamic Range Day 2024 Livestream Description: Do high-LUFS masters REALLY sound louder even when they're loudness-matched ? Plus this year's Award winner, a cool announcement and the traditional Q&A live chat ! </video> <video> The truth about vinyl (with Scott Hull) - Episode 94 | The Mastering Show Podcast Description: People are always asking me about mastering for vinyl, and I’m happy to try and help based on the experience I have. I don’t actually cut vinyl myself though, so that advice is always limited and second-hand. So for this episode I decided to talk to a genuine expert on the topic - Scott Hull from Masterdisk - and really get into the details. Scott’s knowledge and experience of cutting vinyl is enormous, as you’ll hear, and I took full advantage of that in this episode ! Some of the things we talked about include: The 4 stages of vinyl production, and why each is important How making assumptions about vinyl mastering can backfire Why choosing which plant is going to press the records is crucial The crucial role of the lathe - and it’s setup The myth of duration on vinyl - why “20 minutes per side” isn’t a hard and fast rule Why less limiting allows you to cut louder on vinyl What is the magic of vinyl ? Full show notes and links on our website https://themasteringshow.com/episode-94 </video> <video> Mastering on headphones with Audeze ??? Description: People are always asking me - can you master on headphones ? And then the next question - which ones are best ? And one name keeps on coming up - Audeze. In this video I try out several different pairs of Audeze headphones, and let you know what I think of them ! </video> <video> STOP looking at waveforms !! Description: Waveforms are everywhere, but can be deeply misleading - in this video I show you what you can and CAN'T tell by looking at a waveform - and why http://www.productionadvice.co.uk/waveforms </video> <video> Welcome to Dynamic Range Day 2024 ! Description: Kicking things off this year - come and say Hello in the chat ! </video> <video> YouTube ruined all my videos - UNLESS you change this setting... Description: Until recently I always told people YouTube didn't use any dynamic range compression when adjusting the loudness of its videos. Well, not any more. They recently added a new "feature" and if you don't disable it, you're NEVER going to hear my videos the way I intended them ! </video> <video> Should you learn mastering FIRST ?! (with Ken Scott) - Episode 97 | The Mastering Show Podcast Description: The term “legend” gets thrown all the time in audio production circles, but my guest this episode really deserves it.  I’m sure you already know this but Ken Scott has worked with the Beatles, David Bowie, Elton John and Supertramp amongst so many others, so I was delighted when he agreed to join me for this episode ! There were so many things we could have talked about it was hard to know where to start, but here are just a few of the topics we covered: * Why Abbey Road trained their engineers in mastering before they were ever allowed to engineer a recording session * The value of mentors - and being thrown in at the deep end * Mixing in sections (instead of using automation) * When limited resources are a Good Thing * Re-mixing Ziggy Stardust in Dolby Atmos (with added drum samples…!) * …and how the new mix translates to stereo Full show notes on our website https://themasteringshow.com/episode-97 </video> <video> Flippin' Clippin' ! - Episode 96 | The Mastering Show Podcast Description: We’ve been using “soft clipping" in mastering for over 20 years at this point, but it suddenly feels as if it’s all anyone is talking about ! New plugins, new suggestions about how to use it, and wild new claims about how amazing it sounds. Except it doesn’t. At least – not all the time, and not for all material. In this episode Joe Caithness and I dig deep into the details and talk about: * What clipping is, and what it isn’t * The crucial differences between hard and soft clipping * What makes a great clipping plugin (and why comparing them is a nightmare) * Some of our favourite clipping plugins and how we use them * The kinds of material that work best with clipping, and what type to use * The golden rule to follow if you want to experiment with clipping yourself Full show notes and links on our website: https://themasteringshow.com/episode-96 </video> <video> Realtime audio metering - with plugins Description: Measure any audio source on your Mac, using plugins, in realtime ! Software links: https://rogueamoeba.com https://meterplugs.com/dynameter https://meterplugs.com/lcast https://klanghelm.com/contents/products/VUMT https://nugenaudio.com/visualizer/ Music: "Fire Every Day" from "Roots" by DubFX (www.dubfx.com) </video>

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Make your music sound great

Music production, recording, mixing and mastering advice, hints & tips & commentary from professional mastering engineer Ian Shepherd, founder of Dynamic Range Day and developer of the acclaimed Perception plugin.

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