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MASTERING ENGINEERS ADVICE — EQ

A TOUCH OF CLASS - Softubes Weiss EQ1 Review

June 30, 2020 • dynamics • EQ

A TOUCH OF CLASS - Softubes Weiss EQ1 Review

Hi, I'm Streaky. Today, I'm going to be reviewing the new Softubes Weiss EQ1. Which means my old Weiss EQ1, £5000, now becomes a doorstop. Here we are in photos with the Weiss EQ1 in your face. So this is how it looks in the hardware. So you have all the knobs that you would normally expect. There is one extra one there. But let me just explain to people who don't know what the Weiss is. Let me go left from right. Bypass, 2 banks, A and B to store different patterns in A and B. Dynamic mode here,...

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SEEING EQ CURVES I NORMALLY HEAR

July 05, 2019 • advice • EQ • mastering

SEEING EQ CURVES I NORMALLY HEAR

So when I first started mastering, I didn't have any plugins whatsoever. There were no computers to master with; I would just use tape. So I'd have an EQ, and I would have some numbers on it, cues and gains and stuff. What I would do is I'd have to change them and listen to what they did. The thing that's been quite strange for me is now that I've got plugins, I use them in a similar way, where I'll do stuff, and I'll listen to it. The curves that I'm using when I go into the presets and...

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THE BEST KEPT SECRET TO MASTERING

June 17, 2019 • advice • EQ • mastering

THE BEST KEPT SECRET TO MASTERING

The secret to mastering is that you shouldn't be doing anything. So, you've finished your track; you mixed it, and it sounds great. You've exported it as a stereo wave file. Now you go into your mastering session, turn it up with a limiter and then don't do anything. That's mastering. That's how I earn a living, listening to something. I just collect cash and do nothing. You shouldn't do anything, either. If you're adding or taking away things, you've got to make sure that you're doing it for the right reasons. The secret is you don't want to do...

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QUICK TIP: HOW TO MAKE THE SNARE SNAPPY

June 15, 2019 • EQ • mastering • snare

QUICK TIP: HOW TO MAKE THE SNARE SNAPPY

    The first thing with a snare is that it's very much the transient that's hitting in: you want it to be really fast and sharp. You can lose that quite a lot in mastering. It's important to be between what you're doing so that you don't lose what the mix engineer or producer has done with their snare.     It's key to get that snare heavy in the lower part so that it gets that hard whack with some EQ. Make sure the compression isn't too tight. If you're using something like a mastering and SSL compressor, it'll sound...

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