Mastering Class | New York
Introduction & Mixing Recap
- →Reference tracks
- →Speakers and headphones
- →Frequencies
- →Dynamic processing
- →Effects
- →Critical listening
Metering and Rendering
- →Gain staging
- →Meters used in mixing and mastering
- →Mixing groups
- →Rendering your premaster
- →How to prepare a mix for mastering
Introduction to Mastering
- →History of mastering
- →Setting up a mastering session
- →Overview of the Ozone and FabFilter suites
- →Critical listening
Mid/Side
- →What mid/side is
- →History of mid/side
- →Mid/side techniques
Maximizers
- →What a maximizer does
- →Ozone Maximizer and FabFilter Pro-L - a walk-through of every function
- →Practical use
Creating a Mastering Chain
- →Building an efficient mastering chain with Ozone and FabFilter
- →Step-by-step hands-on instruction
- →Modules and signal flow explained in depth
Metering, Phase & Dithering Analysis, Stem Mastering
- →Meters used in mastering
- →Phase and dithering
- →Stem mastering for clients
Advanced Mastering
- →Expanding your mastering chain
- →Using virtual-analog signal processors
Mastering for Streaming Audio & Broadcasting
- →Explanation and history
- →Modern-day application - what the platforms do to your master
Referencing, Finalizing, Exporting
- →How to reference
- →Finishing up
- →Exporting
- →Group critique
In our students' words.
“Private time with my instructor meant we could slow right down on the mixing techniques I was stuck on and skip past everything I already knew - nothing generic, nothing I'd already covered elsewhere.”
James Okafor
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Before you enrol.
Yes - the 360° Garnish Music Academy carries mastering inside a full production programme. Ask admissions about the next cohort.
Most students do - it is more affordable, and your session stays exactly as you left it. An iMac with the software loaded can be hired for a $75 supplement if you would rather not.
Yes. Every session runs in person in New York and live online at the same time, so you join whichever suits you.
Yes - controller keyboards and headphones are provided to everyone.
36 hours. Tuition is $1,799 when you book 14 or more days ahead, or $2,099 after that, plus a $200 registration fee.
$1,799 (14+ days out) / $2,099 otherwise, + $200 registration
Ready when you are.
InquireMastering
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Read →Mastering
A full guide to mastering - what it is, how multi-band compressors work on the master buss, choosing crossover points and prepping tracks.
Read →Dynamics
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What a vocoder actually does, the difference between carrier and modulator, how filter bands work, and how to sit one in a mix.
Read →Mixing Desk Basics
Now we have an environment that isn’t coloring what we hear we can start to look at how we can improve the mix itself.
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