Can you use this mastering trick in TDR Nova? | Mastering tutorial
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- We had a question from one of our viewers - Can you use this mastering trick in TDR Nova instead of FabFilter Pro-Q 3? The mastering trick in question was presented by mastering engineer Streaky in one of his videos.
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Well, of course you can! TDR Nova is great! And free! Let's have a look!
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The NOVA is a magical tool for sweetening your sound on one side, on the other side it pushes the proper wanted frequenties without sounding mean. It’s even more humanizing tracks. This NOVA tool is a must for having and implementing on a regular base.
reaper gang! great video. TDR Nova is a an absolute gem
I had to put on headphones to hear this. I am so glad you made this. I finally understand MS EQ.
That’s great to hear ☀️ Sofia
Excellent! I have used TDR Nova on my masters to good effect so far, but this is really going to make some big improvements to my busy mixes. Many thanks! So glad I found this channel. Subscribed!
Just used this in my latest master. The mixdown was already really good, this pushes it over the top, especially that compressing in the mids does something amazing.
Yes, very often, a cut around 160Hz will open up a mix and add some clarity. This is, effectively, the "pultec trick:" on a pultec, boosting and cutting the same low frequency actually creates this low-boost/low-mid-cut as an artifact of the design.
@@briancase6180True, in fact the original manual of the Pulteq said to never used both controls simultaneously 😅
This was fantastic. Thank you. Just when I thought Nova couldn't get any better.
tdr nova the best eq for zero $, excellent tutorial
Great! The only problem I find is that proQ3 dynamic bands are triggered by a relative detector, so it’s not too much about a threshold, it’s more about how much energy is in the frequency range you are putting the EQ curve compared to the energy of the whole spectrum, and you can’t do that with the free version of nova, not even the GE version does that, I own both, so the results will be different, you have to change the intention of your settings when trying to do the same with Nova. An alternative to that could be Kirchhoff EQ, I got it and it’s my go-to EQ and the dynamic EQ can be triggered by a relative detector. Anyway good video and great intentions with NOVA, it’s s great EQ, probably the best free EQ out there.
Really appreciate this feedback regarding the "relative detector" feature in proQ3. In your opinion, can you achieve close enough results with the Nova EQ by using your "intentions" properly? Or is the proQ3 just going to do a better job due to it's relative detector feature? Would greatly appreciate you more deeply describing what you mean by "intentions". Thanks!
Great tutorial. Everyone should know how to amplify the power of their tools. Often, you have everything you need if you are creative like this! Thanks. Also, I think TDR makes some excellent tools and they're not too expensive. ☺️
I LOVE THE BOUNCE IN THE MIX , SUPER DOPA
Awesome. Glad i found this channel. Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge
Thank you for making this video. wow! subscribed!
That was explained very well. I'm going to repost this in the Ableton group on Facebook.
Thanks, much appreciated! Glad you liked the video! 👍 /Thomas
have u a link for the group please
Very nice.
thanks
What a great find. Love your channel already. Subscribed!
👍 Awesome! /Thomas
totally agree this is excellent
helpful video!!
Great explanation. It really brings movement and life to the mix. Tack för förklaringen!
Glad that you liked it! :) /Thomas
yeah this video is gold!
Very enlightening! Thank you.
Great to hear! 👍 /Thomas
Such a good strategy! I am going to have to try this on my next mix!
Thanks !
Great video! Thanks so much.
Excellent!. Keep it up.
Really appreciate this
Awesome tutorial! Is it OK to apply this to the master fader in a mix or only to be used after rendering the whole take?
🤯 What a great tutorial! SUBBED!
GREAAAAAAAT, Thank you soooooo much!!!!
Fantastic👌
Thank you, very easy to understand this video much the same as Streaky,,, thank you for this! subscribed,,
👍 Glad you liked it! /Thomas
Wow, this was just a golden tip! Thank you again for the clear and easy to understand tutorial. I follow Streaky too, but I think you would be the one I could buy mastering some day. Great demonstration track too, sounds a bit like Kraak & Smaak, one of my all time favorites. I will definitely check Ryan Forrest too (thanks to Shazam). 😀
I am just starting to get to a higher level of basics with EQ, mastering and such, and this technique just completely opened up the mix I been working on for a song. Really good video, explanation, and demonstration. Easy to follow and understand. Thank you much!
You are excellent sir, i just subscribed 🎉
Thank you! And welcome! ☀️ /Thomas
Thank you guys
Thank you very much, sir. 🙏🏾
Great Trick! Thanks!!!
Tackar. Bra tips igen😀.
Tackar! 👍
nice tutorial sir...thank you🙂🙂🙏🙏
This is good content 💯 can't believe ive found this later
Great tutorial,can you use the same trick in TDR Slick EQ M?
You'd need a dynamic EQ to do the full trick, so Nova would be better suited than Slick EQ M for this. /Thomas
Could you explain the reasoning behind using a dynamic EQ cut in the mids as opposed to a static EQ cut?
Just subscribed to learn more. Tks
Thanks Brilliant
Thanks very efficient but the phase? I am afraid of it.
Very useful. Thank you. Subscribed I would however love to see how it would sound if you applied simple shelving filters for comparisson. Its hard to judge like this cause the original sounds pretty thin and the expansion makes it thicker and all but would like to hear the same in a more "static settings"....setting , just for a more fair comparisson of how much difference the motion of this trick here makes acoustically to a static version of shelves
Good point! The starting point is usually static EQ, and then you try out other things if that doesn't work. We'll leave that as an exercise for the viewer to try it out and tweak it for their own material. :) /Thomas
I have Pro Q3, TDR Nova GE, Kirschoff and some others. But if I could recommend one it would Hornet Total EQ. It’s a Pro Q3 clone and really cheap like $27 or so.😊
Hornet is underrated, Toneboosters Equalizer 4 is another gem.
Haha i did exactly this after the Streaky video 😁
Great minds think alike! 😀👍 /Thomas
@@MasteringExplained Indeed haha😄👍
Thankkkk you!
Thanks man!
Awesome, one question, why did you need to use 2 instances of Nova? Could you not have done it in 1 instance?
Never mind, it just dawned on me that one instance was stereo and one was mid side, or one was mid and the other was side or whatever it was. Pretty cool technique. I'm trying to use upward expansion to reduce some washy cymbals in a stereo drum track I'm trying to work with and I think something similar to this idea is going to be the ticket. I've been going around in circles trying to dial in de-essers and multi band compression and even transient designers to try to accomplish this but everytime it is either not enough or too much and changes the feel of the track too much. It was recorded well with a nice open feel and some well mixed room mics but the cymbals they used had too long of a decay and are putting out way too much high frequency info from the open hi hat on every quarter note in 1 section and a ride in the other section. If I had the multi track I would just pull down the overheads or work on the cymbal decay envelope just in the OH's, but it's been driving me crazy. If anyone has had to deal with anything like this and has any good ideas, I'd love to hear them.
Subbed!
Great! I was wondering how to make nova an expander.... I didN’t think of turning the ratio down. Thanx
same..
lol same
Is it possible to ,match eq in nova in the same way as in slickEQ?
Wich one would be better for it?
Slick EQ isn't dynamic
are you french ?
all so melda dynamic eq,izotope,voxengo gliss,fabfilter
Could you side chain with this plugin in Garageband?
TDR Nova has an external sidechain input, but I don't know how to use that in GarageBand. My guess is that it should be possible somehow. /Thomas
How can I create automatic flat settings?
How do you mean? /Thomas
@@MasteringExplained if possible create sweet(open air sound) automatic low mid and high frequencies
Dommage que je ne trouve pas ce genre de tutoriel en français ! 😱👍
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Where would this go in a mastering chain?
I'd place it after the main EQ but before compression to begin with. It might sound good right before the final limiter as well. Move it around and listen! :) /Thomas
@@MasteringExplained Thanks!
I couldn’t hear fuck all.
Sometimes it’s like that. That’s a dilemma when demonstrating these things 🙃
My attention was drawn to the muffled snare sound. I get the principle but there is still a bit of work to get this track livened up. I do use this plugin, not like this though. I find I'm trying to tame the bottom not expand it. Hey ho, who knows? 😳
@@MasteringExplained I went back with better headphones and no beer to listen again. It is similar to what I do with a mid/side eq for taking away mud and adding width up high. Maybe you should exaggerate the effect for old people like me. Ha ha. Take care.