Basic Mastering Tools! (What You Need To Start)

Basic Mastering Tools! (What You Need To Start)

Written By: Eric “Realistic” Michael

This week’s tutorial is a breakdown of Basic Mastering Tools & what the bare essentials are you need to get started.

There’s a lot of questions & speculation that goes on when it comes to mastering & most people don’t realize they probably already have the tools they need to get started right inside their DAW!

There’s a lot of questions & speculation that goes on when it comes to mastering & most people don’t realize they probably already have the tools they need to get started right inside their DAW!

Does analog gear & high-quality plugins make a difference? Yes, but they are not necessary to start & actually if you know how the tools work, you can create a professional sounding master with the tools you already have. Even if they’re stock plugins! You know the saying: it’s all about the ear, not about the gear!

Follow along as professional engineer Realistic breaks down Basic Mastering Tools & shows you what you need to get started!

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MUSIC MAKERS

SoundOracle - Owner

SoundOracle (Sound Designer for Timbaland, whose sounds have been heard in over 20 Grammy award-winning songs by artists like Drake, Jay Z, Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, and more)

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Realistic Production - Engineer

Realistic is a Producer/Engineer located in Atlanta, GA specializing in Hip-Hop, R&B & Pop music. Realistic has been involved in the music industry for over 15 years. He has worked on projects for Talib Kweli, Just Blaze, Musiq Soulchild, Pharoahe Monch, NBA 2k, Skyzoo, BJ The Chicago Kid, Madlib, Ayo-N-Keyz, Billboard Hitmakers, Atmosphere, Brother Ali, Rhymesayers, Hamburger Helper, & LoveOfPharaoh.

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THE ART OF MASTERING

Everything You Need To Know In Order To Perfectly Master Records With Any DAW And The Plugins You Already Have

It is NOT just another mastering course that uses vague information that wastes your time and money.

It is NOT about just balancing the volume levels - yet this will happen as a result of using these secrets and your beats and songs will sound BETTER than they've ever sounded before.

It is NOT just about showing you what settings to dial in - every project and every song is different. This course will easily explain the knowledge you need to know what to "dial in" in any situation.

What's Included...

Over 9 Hours Of Expert Techniques

 Get years of experience & hundreds of thousands of dollars of education all packed into this professional, affordable course.

Mastering Cheat Sheets In PDF Form

These guides will come in clutch when you need to reference information quickly or are in a pinch when you’re not able to watch a video.

Easy To Understand, Concise Layout

 Not only is the information easy to understand, the chapters are laid out in concise bite size format for quick reference to a specific technique whenever you need it.

THE ART OF BEAT MIXING

Our new online video course dropped last week & since then we have been flooded with orders!

The Art Of Beat Mixing is filled with industry mixing secretes like the simple drum summing technique that can get your kicks and snares to smack 10x BETTER INSTANTLY. SoundOracle used this summing technique on the Nicki Minaj & Mario song "Somebody Else". It works so well that the track didn't even need a baseline or an 808. The drums were that powerful!

The Art Of Beat Mixing is a full length video course with over 5 hours of content provided by a professional certified engineer! With 15 chapters packed into this course, each video gives you detailed visual guides on mixing your beats from start to finish.

What's included?
- Over 5 hours of expert techniques
- Mixing cheat sheets in PDF form
- An easy to understand, concise layout
- Small, digestible chapters with quick access to the info you need
- Everything you need to know to mix your beats professionally

THE ART OF VOCAL MIXING

Producers, beat makers, engineers, & artists - the perfect video course for guaranteeing your vocals have amazing professional quality is finally here!

Gone will be the days of your vocal mixes being cursed by muddiness, clipping, & lack of clarity.

The Art Of Vocal Mixing is a full length video course with over 14 hours of content provided by a professional certified engineer! With 20 chapters packed into this course, each video gives you detailed visual guides on mixing your vocals from start to finish.

You’ll learn how to achieve incredible vocal mixes with brilliantly designed short, easy to understand videos breaking down the entire process of mixing vocals professionally. Each stage of the mixing process has its own video making it easy to find the information you want to know, when you want it.

What's included?
- Over 150 high quality tutorial videos
- Over 14 hours of expert techniques
- Useful mixing guides in PDF form
- An easy to understand, concise layout
- A beautifully designed interface
- Small, digestible chapters with quick access to the info you need
- Everything you need to know to mix your vocals professionally
- A bonus sound kit made by SoundOracle himself!