I've been around a lot of engineers and mastering engineers and learnt a lot from all, but I really love your no bs approach to what is normally hard to explain without becoming too technical. Thank you Streaky 🙏🏽🙌🏽
I love you so much you changed my whole life,I have earned more money and got more understanding in mixing and mastering ever since I came across your channel you are my hero thank you being there for people like us,you give us details on every single topics thank you
I really agree with your comments on M/S. I get quite a bit of tracks where the M/S eq or M/S power shift to the sides is so extreme that the image is squashed. I think all the hardware that now widen or the plugins that "over widen" have become overused. Its remarkable as a mastering engineer how many people are amazed at how tight and hard hitting their tracks are just by starting with bringing the image back into proper spacing. thanks for your vids, you say a lot of the things I'm always fuming about.
Streaky, its a fortune to learn from your 25 years of experience! youve reviewed so many pieces of gear that i was not sure about, and your tutorials help me learn, like i would from a mentor, and we all know, no one can become a pro without learning from a mentor
Flawless video once again, Streaky. Many thanks. One of the biggest problems I struggle with is; nowhere near enough mid. Nice bass and top end clarity, but If I do boost the mids carefully, it just sounds too resonant, and if I cut them it's way too dull. I think the mid range is potentially the hardest range to get right out of 20Hz - 20kHz
i was always told to low Cut the bottom frequencies on the MID/SIDE just for vinyl cutting purposes and for playing in clubs with possible stereo field acoustic issues
I've checked my last 2 tracks after watching this video. I've found my master bus to have generic EQ at 1-2 dB range and 1-3 db at M/S EQ. I'm good. Thanks a lot. Good job 🙂
I love your videos streaky you have taught me a lot the right way to do things thanks for the great videos keep up the great work I’m always looking forward to your next video coming out have a great day and be safe
Good advice. It's like graphic equilizer so as 2 obtain a pleasant sound quality 4 listening. It's like adding spices in the curry 2 make good taste. I wish 2 be the proud owner of meselec EQ.
I used to low cut between 25-30 Hz and sometimes as high as 35 Hz. After watching several of your videos, these days I try to fix things at the individual track level so if I do cut it's usually between 15-20 Hz and sometimes as low as 10 Hz. Thanks for the invaluable lessons.
Great channel. I'm not a mixer as such but a lot of your advice can be applied to the composition process. I'm getting more confident in my demo mixes for collaboration. Thanks.
Thanks for another excellent vid! It would be cool to see you do one where you run the Master Assistant in Ozone on a track, and then go through each module and address what you would do differently and why. Or maybe you take a track and master it as you would normally, and then do an A/B with the same track run through Master Assistant in Ozone. Seems like something that would be entertaining on the whole, but that also might reveal some insights that might not otherwise come to mind.
Warren Huart (Produce Like a Pro) did something similar with Ozone 9, I recommend checking it out. He had a few of his own mixes mastered by a mastering engineer, then ran his pre-mastered mix through the Master Assistant to compare to the commercial master. He was very impressed with the results. Like you, I would be interested in Streaky's input.
I remember trying Ozone and it was pretty crap. Yeah it can work for someone with no money that can't be arsed learning. It is clever but the mastering engineers will not be shitting themselves that's for sure. I had only a £130 pair of monitors, with a cheapest off ebay noisy amp in an untreated room combined with a £30 pair of headphones and I still managed to make a better master than the Ozone thing. I also found that Ozone mastering tools just guzzle CPU to a totally unacceptable level. I actually missed Warren's video on it (another commenter mentioned) but saw one elsewhere, which made me try it myself. I trust Warren's advice on things a lot but being as heavy in the industry as he is, I think he will be a lot softer in any criticism. You don't bite the hands that could be holding your next pay cheque.
@Phuzion1 Interesting points all around. I totally hear what you are saying. Your overall criticism of Ozone is actually one of the main reasons that I think there is pedagogical value in Streaky going through and comparing what he would do to what the AI in Ozone chooses to do. I think that lots of people use Ozone as a learning tool, however I think that the AI it uses has its quirks (always engages dynamic EQ, doesn't always use standard compression, etc.) and it will be interesting to hear Streaky's take.
As a mastering engineer I think you highlighted some key points when it comes to EQ in mastering, but personally I think that the issue and the misunderstanding with EQ has to do with the fact that most people don’t now the main reason why EQ was invented in the first place, back hundred years or so when we had telephone transmission lines, the sound of a voice would be transmitted through a receiver through a fairly long cable, and there where energy lost in the signal, some roll offs due to the long run of the cable and the source impedance, in order to restore intelligibility to the signal and EQ was place to correct, compensate or emphasize the lost in energy in the signal and restore intelligibility, this principle still holds on to this day, when I’m mastering a program I’m asking myself what was the mixing engineer possibly hearing that I have to restore for them, this is the primary aspect of EQ, now when it comes to the mistakes you highlighted it’s important to not only make people aware of it but to explain why, any manipulation or gesture we apply to the music will result in some kind of artifact, I don’t want to get to technical but most engineers work with a type of EQ that is very industry standard, this is call a Linear Phase EQ, this type of EQ generates an artifact call pre-ringing and phase shift in some way, now when it comes to High Pass Filters this is where this artifacts become even more evident In mastering, that’s the reason why are gestures are small and gentle because we are dealing with a very complex signal, High Pass Filters where design to literally eliminate a noisy or an anomaly in a signal, it’s important to clarify that all these digital circuits we use and manipulate in the context of mastering, they behave exactly the same way as an analog circuit, so they are modeling pretty well the artifacts of an analog circuit, and in the case of a HPF you’ll the impression of bass but you will add distortion and your peak levels are going to rise about 2 to 3dBs, lastly about bell shape filters and shelfs, bell shape filters are usually use to cut and they are very HIFI and musical, shelfs marinating the fidelity of the signal and very HIFI as well, hope this complements a little bit your video but overall very good work and awesome setup.
Just recently stumbled upon your videos and really finding them useful. Be good to see a video on how to tame/fix resonant frequencies in synth sounds as really struggle with this. Subscribed and hope you hit 50k
I've been around a lot of engineers and mastering engineers and learnt a lot from all, but I really love your no bs approach to what is normally hard to explain without becoming too technical. Thank you Streaky 🙏🏽🙌🏽
"If it sounds good, it is good"
-Joe Meek
Yep
He is "the equaliser"
The streakualizer
The best gem on utube is streaky. I take my hat off to you and anyone interested in learning mastering in what ever capacity his course is 2nd to none
Another great vid...can’t tell you how much I appreciate these! Thanks again!
Thank you very much for all this great and insightful videos.
I love that you demonstrate on the logic stock EQ. A man of the people!
I make that low cut mistake all the time! Thank you for upping my mix game, appreciate it loads!!!!
To sum this video up: Don't exaggerate your actions when it comes to mix busses or mastering.
Sigh. This hammered it home for me
Streaky, thanks for all of the helpful advice you constantly put out here. You’re a stand up gent
Thank you!
Am revkhan from Ghana I really like how u explain things 👍
I love you so much you changed my whole life,I have earned more money and got more understanding in mixing and mastering ever since I came across your channel you are my hero thank you being there for people like us,you give us details on every single topics thank you
Great eq advice, specially the low to high route. The masalec is just the right color for my studio and those kiis :)
Classic cars are my 2nd passion ! Welcome to the club Streaky !!
Excellent video; your point about eq’lng from Top-down first is a fault that I fall into often.
straight forward and no non-sense great job man
I really agree with your comments on M/S. I get quite a bit of tracks where the M/S eq or M/S power shift to the sides is so extreme that the image is squashed. I think all the hardware that now widen or the plugins that "over widen" have become overused. Its remarkable as a mastering engineer how many people are amazed at how tight and hard hitting their tracks are just by starting with bringing the image back into proper spacing. thanks for your vids, you say a lot of the things I'm always fuming about.
Thanks for sharing these videos streaky. Gave me confidence to make certain moves during mastering
I hope you hit 50k, well deserved.
appreciate your guidance streaky!!
I'm watching this during a break in a mastering session - I'll have to undo all my work now, thanks a bunch Streaky!!!
:)
Very clearly explained :)
Mastering gems. Got to appreciate these.
Some really good tips. Thanks
love your videos, absolutely true
Need that PHAT EQ 🔥
Thx for all your tips - I appreciate that you give practical context as to why you recommend certain things. Cheers.
Great video! Thanks for the tips!
Blessed love
great advice thank you
You're advice as of late has been absolutely amazing. I'm making new and substantial gains in my mixes. Thank you!
Just found your channel today and have been going thru a handful of videos and really enjoying them. Thanks for all the great advice!
Didn't know about that low-cut!! Definitely don't have the gear you have to be able to hear changes below 30 hz lol. Thank you so much for the info c:
Streaky, its a fortune to learn from your 25 years of experience! youve reviewed so many pieces of gear that i was not sure about, and your tutorials help me learn, like i would from a mentor, and we all know, no one can become a pro without learning from a mentor
Flawless video once again, Streaky. Many thanks. One of the biggest problems I struggle with is; nowhere near enough mid. Nice bass and top end clarity, but If I do boost the mids carefully, it just sounds too resonant, and if I cut them it's way too dull. I think the mid range is potentially the hardest range to get right out of 20Hz - 20kHz
Never failed to go to the church of sound when I am here.❤️
EQ is tricky - this is helpful
I like to use 2 EQs on an individual channel - one for cutting (Channel EQ) before it hits the compressor and one for boosting (TDR Nova)
I like your style a lot...and I'm an expert at making every mistake humanly possible! Thank you!!
Cool! Thanx mate!
Fanbloodytastic EQ info, love it, love it, love it
I absolutely love your channel
Thanks Streak Man!
Thanx for your fantastic videos...
Thanks, Streaky. I had these in my head but as we all have a leaky mind it's good to be reminded.
Once again Brilliant 👍🏿🙏🏿👏🏿
i was always told to low Cut the bottom frequencies on the MID/SIDE just for vinyl cutting purposes and for playing in clubs with possible stereo field acoustic issues
Yep correct but the person cutting the vinyl will normally do that anyway
This was a really great video Streaky. I wholeheartedly agree with 1 and 2, I use those religiously.
I've found a good channel hear and no mistake, love it. Thank You Streaky
Thanks for your tips, it’s so different than others youtubers !
great video as usual =) thanks a lot for sharing your knowlege!
Come on my hero, show us more of these stuff- f.e. how do you use compression and keeping dynamic at the same time... thanx for your time!
Watching from Cameroon, great work
dude, best saturation for roundness on drums
It's been a big inspiration finding this channel - great stuff - thanks! 🤖🔊
Common sense bits and bobs! Love it Streaky!!!
Learning so much on this channel!
Thank you. So much good info on your channel, I'm learning with every new video!
Eq curves on the screen worth studying, thanks!
I've checked my last 2 tracks after watching this video. I've found my master bus to have generic EQ at 1-2 dB range and 1-3 db at M/S EQ. I'm good. Thanks a lot. Good job 🙂
really helpful, thank you
Thanks Man!,Always look forward to your videos!
I need this EQ
hey Streaky. Can do you a review Toneworks Unisum Compressor ;) ?
Legend
So you're using additive and subtractive eq on one instance?
I love your videos streaky you have taught me a lot the right way to do things thanks for the great videos keep up the great work I’m always looking forward to your next video coming out have a great day and be safe
All good tips for me here, especially how to stop the thinness! I wish you'd made the 50K before yesterday!
Am glad to be part of your tutorials
just find your channel, great content, thanks! Saludos desde México
Good advice. It's like graphic equilizer so as 2 obtain a pleasant sound quality 4 listening. It's like adding spices in the curry 2 make good taste. I wish 2 be the proud owner of meselec EQ.
I used to low cut between 25-30 Hz and sometimes as high as 35 Hz. After watching several of your videos, these days I try to fix things at the individual track level so if I do cut it's usually between 15-20 Hz and sometimes as low as 10 Hz. Thanks for the invaluable lessons.
Thank you
Sick advice
Great tips Streaky !! 👌🏿
Very nice video ad always, thanks!
Great info
Another great tip video from Streaky
Thanks.
Thanks for the tips!
Thx !!!
Great channel. I'm not a mixer as such but a lot of your advice can be applied to the composition process. I'm getting more confident in my demo mixes for collaboration. Thanks.
Good stuff bro. I can relate.
very good stuff here thanks for the tips
Would Love to get the maselec 🙏🏻😄
Thanks for another excellent vid! It would be cool to see you do one where you run the Master Assistant in Ozone on a track, and then go through each module and address what you would do differently and why. Or maybe you take a track and master it as you would normally, and then do an A/B with the same track run through Master Assistant in Ozone. Seems like something that would be entertaining on the whole, but that also might reveal some insights that might not otherwise come to mind.
Great idea will do it
Warren Huart (Produce Like a Pro) did something similar with Ozone 9, I recommend checking it out. He had a few of his own mixes mastered by a mastering engineer, then ran his pre-mastered mix through the Master Assistant to compare to the commercial master. He was very impressed with the results. Like you, I would be interested in Streaky's input.
I remember trying Ozone and it was pretty crap. Yeah it can work for someone with no money that can't be arsed learning. It is clever but the mastering engineers will not be shitting themselves that's for sure. I had only a £130 pair of monitors, with a cheapest off ebay noisy amp in an untreated room combined with a £30 pair of headphones and I still managed to make a better master than the Ozone thing.
I also found that Ozone mastering tools just guzzle CPU to a totally unacceptable level.
I actually missed Warren's video on it (another commenter mentioned) but saw one elsewhere, which made me try it myself. I trust Warren's advice on things a lot but being as heavy in the industry as he is, I think he will be a lot softer in any criticism. You don't bite the hands that could be holding your next pay cheque.
@@Jg-be7it That is a really fun video to watch, good call! I am very curious about Streaky's take.
@Phuzion1 Interesting points all around. I totally hear what you are saying. Your overall criticism of Ozone is actually one of the main reasons that I think there is pedagogical value in Streaky going through and comparing what he would do to what the AI in Ozone chooses to do. I think that lots of people use Ozone as a learning tool, however I think that the AI it uses has its quirks (always engages dynamic EQ, doesn't always use standard compression, etc.) and it will be interesting to hear Streaky's take.
Great info!. Thanks
Thank you man! You nailed it once again! Helpful advice as always :)
I couldn't be without my sub! 20hz give or take a hz or 2 is where i usually end up. Top tips as always!
So instructive !
Great video. A video on Eqing different melodies and counter melodies would be helpful
“it’s like, when you get a new plug-in and you just, stick it on everything…”. 😂 Great stuff, Streaky! This is why I’m such a huge fan 😊
As a mastering engineer I think you highlighted some key points when it comes to EQ in mastering, but personally I think that the issue and the misunderstanding with EQ has to do with the fact that most people don’t now the main reason why EQ was invented in the first place, back hundred years or so when we had telephone transmission lines, the sound of a voice would be transmitted through a receiver through a fairly long cable, and there where energy lost in the signal, some roll offs due to the long run of the cable and the source impedance, in order to restore intelligibility to the signal and EQ was place to correct, compensate or emphasize the lost in energy in the signal and restore intelligibility, this principle still holds on to this day, when I’m mastering a program I’m asking myself what was the mixing engineer possibly hearing that I have to restore for them, this is the primary aspect of EQ, now when it comes to the mistakes you highlighted it’s important to not only make people aware of it but to explain why, any manipulation or gesture we apply to the music will result in some kind of artifact, I don’t want to get to technical but most engineers work with a type of EQ that is very industry standard, this is call a Linear Phase EQ, this type of EQ generates an artifact call pre-ringing and phase shift in some way, now when it comes to High Pass Filters this is where this artifacts become even more evident In mastering, that’s the reason why are gestures are small and gentle because we are dealing with a very complex signal, High Pass Filters where design to literally eliminate a noisy or an anomaly in a signal, it’s important to clarify that all these digital circuits we use and manipulate in the context of mastering, they behave exactly the same way as an analog circuit, so they are modeling pretty well the artifacts of an analog circuit, and in the case of a HPF you’ll the impression of bass but you will add distortion and your peak levels are going to rise about 2 to 3dBs, lastly about bell shape filters and shelfs, bell shape filters are usually use to cut and they are very HIFI and musical, shelfs marinating the fidelity of the signal and very HIFI as well, hope this complements a little bit your video but overall very good work and awesome setup.
Good stuff mentor.
Just recently stumbled upon your videos and really finding them useful. Be good to see a video on how to tame/fix resonant frequencies in synth sounds as really struggle with this. Subscribed and hope you hit 50k
I need to win that😍😍😍 thanks for powerful video
Thank you for sharing so much information! =)
Thank you for great lessons!) I learning a lot from your videos!! 🤗
Nice! it is good idea to High pass around 20 hz for bassy music or better use a shelf dip?