@@thesongwritingstudio5783 Oh my goodness yes, yes it is. I’m so sorry it didn’t seem that way, I could’ve written that way better. I’m saying you seem and sound like a very friendly, open and nice person.
For the first time I knew clearly the difference between mixing and mastering. I have been mixing for quite while for my amateur project; but didn’t quite know what is mastering. This clarifies that question. Thank you.
This video was perfect! Thank you so much for this! I never really knew what the differences were when people talked to me about mixing and mastering. Then after watching this I realized I do all of this myself anyways lol however, now I know what the phases truly mean!
Hey man, this was really helpful. I am a drummer and I also starting singing very recently! I've always been a bit intimidated with these two terms "mixing" & "mastering", but as much as I am doing it more and more for my videos every week, I think I am getting a bit better. BUT!! Now that I've watched your video, it really gives me a clear picture of what I am supposed to do. Thanks! Informative video. Plus I love the way you included your patreons too. So cool! Subscribing right away!!
Dean, I have just come back to this and I am embarrassed that I didn't say BRAVO ref your track before. So, here goes: BRAVO mate, that is one slice of sunshine right there! So radio-friendly it hurts!!!! 🌞🏆
This is the best time to me understand mixing and mastering in easy way especially visually. Thank you so much Dean. Can we mastering our song on Garageband or only Logic pro x?
Religion aside... You should be commended for publishing this. As a recording artist, it is PARAMOUNT to understand that your goal in mixing is to really hone in on exactly what you want your song to be. Too many hucksters out there are trying to rip people off, having them think, "...yeah, you know how to mix, but you need me to master for you, otherwise you're not gonna have that competitive "professional" sound..." You hit the nail on the head when you described the subtlety of mastering as "micro". If you have finished your mixing, and you feel that what you've got is a mess, don't expect a mastering engineer to perform miracles for you. Your goal is really to mix such that you almost feel you don't need mastering at all!!
I watched a few videos on this topic, but I was left kinda still unsure of what is really the difference. Like he said, they all say Mastering is more like polishing the end product, but it was very hard to really understand without a real world example. This video helped to clarify what exactly Mastering is and why it's important. Thank you for giving an answer with substance. I'm sure I'm not the only person who appreciated this.
Nice explanation, made my understanding about the difference a bit clearer. I often did a bit of "mastering" on the Stereo Out track according to this. :)
Thank you so much for your work! I got a lot of good tips from your videos for mixing of my songs on Garageband, and this video also clearly explains the difference between mixing and mastering. Also, I love your song!! Great lyrics too!
This video made me realize that I've forgotten a major step in the past before releasing my songs. A lil embarrassing, but it totally makes sense why they don't sound that bad, but stand out in a Playlist with other songs from other artist... But hey who says you can't re-release and remix your own songs. 😂
Hey man just wanted to say this is a great explanation - I've found it very helpful starting out in songwriting, very well explained and simple which is the ultimate goal of engineering and teaching. Great job and thank you!:) - Brad Kingdom.
REALLY digging your videos. It's challenging to find paid, much less free, video that have excellent teaching. You've achieved that and thank you so much!
I used to write and record in Ableton and Mix and Master in Logic. I would get so confused and slowed down by the transition between DAW. Now I mix in Ableton - and only master the bounce in Logic. (Just out of habit) I enjoy having this change of scenery every now and then.
This is why the internet sometimes is jus ta beautiful beautiful thing. Thanks so much for explaining. I was totally into your video and then I heard the lyrics and felt a need to subscribe. I havent come across any logic tutorials with a christian host. Thank you! I didn't even know that what I was doing was mixing.
having to turn your headphones down for the mastered process but still not compromising the quality shows that the masting engineer is a vital part of a great production.
Thank you, Dean, for another very helpful video. You're a great tutor in so many ways - nice pace, clear diction and, perhaps best of all, you never 'assume knowledge' on the part of your students and risk losing them in a maze of technical babble as do some other trainers (they shall remain shameless : ) Thank you.
Little advice. Landr is not bad, but if you get the iZotope Ozone plug in, you can get litterly the same Result with the Assistant. But you do not have to pay for each track but just one time. Plus you can use that as a starting point to do your own mastering out of that
The way I tend to see it: -- the mixing engineer makes it sound impressive on the best sound systems, then ... -- the mastering engineer makes it sound decent on the worst sound systems. Am I far off with that?
Amazing video bro! Some producers recommend that even if you can master your track on your own, you should consider sending it to a master engineer as he would have fresh ears for your track, do you agree with this? Greetings from Egypt
Hey Atwa! I agree with it IF you have the budget$ for it AND IF you have been doing it a while and are at a more advanced stage in your producing/mixing. If you're just getting started I don't think you need to spend the money on getting a top dollar master when you could get one from Landr.com or another place for not that much! -Dean
So the purpose of mastering is to brickwall the music to make it stop sounding like music anymore? Perhaps that’s why there are 3 good sounding albums released each year nowadays
Hey there! You can make the master inside if you like but most of the time people will bounce it down into a single file because it's less to process and it keeps you focused on mastering and not mixing, and you can even pull into multiple master files into one project to make sure they are level matched. Hope that helps! -Dean
@@thesongwritingstudio5783 thank you. :) i have another question concerning the mixing phase: if I use the peak meter so nothing is above -3, do I have to check the peak meter also after I added hqchannel and compression and plugin etc? Or the peak meter is something you only check once at the beginning for leveling the tracks?
@@isoladellerosetv Hey there! Typically, you will check the peak after you are done with processing as well because sometimes different plugins will add or subtract volume from your signal. -Dean
@@thesongwritingstudio5783 thank you again :) you are the only one who answered me back in the last weeks. I'm glad I found your channel. I won a new subscriber today. :)
Thanks for the clear explanation. But ironically, the audio of your video video is quite muffled. Your speaking voice is pretty much in the back. Any particular reason for this?
nothing could have prepared me for those Christian vocals 💀
DEADASS WHAT I WAS THINKING
why was I vibing tho 😂
LMAO that moment is exactly when i scrolled down to look at the comments
@@wadball it went from the 1975 to sunday morning at church
HAHAHAHA SAME LOL
Your entire vibe is “the nicest guy you will ever meet”
ha I don't know if that's a compliment or not but I'll take it as one I guess :P
@@thesongwritingstudio5783 Oh my goodness yes, yes it is. I’m so sorry it didn’t seem that way, I could’ve written that way better. I’m saying you seem and sound like a very friendly, open and nice person.
@@NicCorbett It's all good Nic! ha well I appreciate the compliment and I'm sure you're a friendly person yourself as it "takes one to know one"!
@@thesongwritingstudio5783 On the outside yeah. Thank you for putting out videos like this, they are very helpful
@@NicCorbett no problem!
That's the reason why mixing is more important than mastering...
This is literally the exact video I have needed for a while now! Thanks man 🙌🏻
Love hearing that Reuben, glad it was helpful! --Dean
For the first time I knew clearly the difference between mixing and mastering. I have been mixing for quite while for my amateur project; but didn’t quite know what is mastering. This clarifies that question. Thank you.
Yes sir!! another brother in christ that song is nice.
ha yes sir! And thanks Ronje! -Dean
ALWAYS LOVE YOUR VIDEOS DEAN VERY EDUCATIONAL THANKS MAN !!!!!
Thanks WAPTOPIA! -Dean
Dean, your videos are the best, for real. thank you for sharing all of your knowledge
Thanks Steve, that means a lot! So glad the content is helpful! -Dean
This video was perfect! Thank you so much for this! I never really knew what the differences were when people talked to me about mixing and mastering. Then after watching this I realized I do all of this myself anyways lol however, now I know what the phases truly mean!
Hey man, this was really helpful. I am a drummer and I also starting singing very recently! I've always been a bit intimidated with these two terms "mixing" & "mastering", but as much as I am doing it more and more for my videos every week, I think I am getting a bit better. BUT!! Now that I've watched your video, it really gives me a clear picture of what I am supposed to do. Thanks! Informative video. Plus I love the way you included your patreons too. So cool! Subscribing right away!!
Dean, I have just come back to this and I am embarrassed that I didn't say BRAVO ref your track before.
So, here goes: BRAVO mate, that is one slice of sunshine right there!
So radio-friendly it hurts!!!! 🌞🏆
This video was everything I needed, I think I finally got it!!! Thank you.
Love that Babs, so glad it was helpful! -Dean
BRAVO Dean. Another straight to the point gem! Thank you 🏆🇬🇧
You are welcome Nigel, so glad it was helpful and I appreciate the kind feedback! -Dean
This is the best time to me understand mixing and mastering in easy way especially visually. Thank you so much Dean. Can we mastering our song on Garageband or only Logic pro x?
Hey there! You can indeed master in GarageBand but you would need some 3rd party tools like a meter plugin or something like Ozone... -Dean
How do we add the mixing plug in to GarageBand? I seem to struggle with adding any plug-ins that aren't downloaded through the software
It was so nice to hear those Christian lyrics. Can't go wrong with it!
So mixing is leveling all the volumes for individual elements of a song and mastering is making that exported song louder without distorting it!
beautiful jesus!!!!!!!!!!
Religion aside... You should be commended for publishing this. As a recording artist, it is PARAMOUNT to understand that your goal in mixing is to really hone in on exactly what you want your song to be. Too many hucksters out there are trying to rip people off, having them think, "...yeah, you know how to mix, but you need me to master for you, otherwise you're not gonna have that competitive "professional" sound..." You hit the nail on the head when you described the subtlety of mastering as "micro". If you have finished your mixing, and you feel that what you've got is a mess, don't expect a mastering engineer to perform miracles for you. Your goal is really to mix such that you almost feel you don't need mastering at all!!
Thank you very much for explaining such a complex process so simple! I am searching for this kind of answer for years! Respect!
My brother in christ this is a fantastic video.
Nice and easy to understand.
Appreciate the video. Great song too, praise Jesus!
This video was well detailed. Thank you so much
Great video by the way! Love the clear definition and Explanations
Thanks Dean, you are the best.
Exactly what I have been looking for,,thank you so much
So glad it was helpful anup! -Dean
I watched a few videos on this topic, but I was left kinda still unsure of what is really the difference. Like he said, they all say Mastering is more like polishing the end product, but it was very hard to really understand without a real world example. This video helped to clarify what exactly Mastering is and why it's important. Thank you for giving an answer with substance. I'm sure I'm not the only person who appreciated this.
Nice explanation, made my understanding about the difference a bit clearer. I often did a bit of "mastering" on the Stereo Out track according to this. :)
Thank you so much for your work! I got a lot of good tips from your videos for mixing of my songs on Garageband, and this video also clearly explains the difference between mixing and mastering. Also, I love your song!! Great lyrics too!
Jesus Christ you're beautiful, you're beautiful, you're beautiful... wow I love this.. God bless you brother!!
This video made me realize that I've forgotten a major step in the past before releasing my songs. A lil embarrassing, but it totally makes sense why they don't sound that bad, but stand out in a Playlist with other songs from other artist... But hey who says you can't re-release and remix your own songs. 😂
Wonderful... Thanks Dean.
You're welcome Josel! -Dean
Simple. Clean. I loved it!
Jesus is King
Thanks so much.
I look forward to growing into this.
Hey man just wanted to say this is a great explanation - I've found it very helpful starting out in songwriting, very well explained and simple which is the ultimate goal of engineering and teaching. Great job and thank you!:) - Brad Kingdom.
So glad it was helpful Brad and thanks for the encouragement! -Dean
REALLY digging your videos. It's challenging to find paid, much less free, video that have excellent teaching. You've achieved that and thank you so much!
Thank You Dean, very clear and crisp explanation. BTW, nice song!
I used to write and record in Ableton and Mix and Master in Logic. I would get so confused and slowed down by the transition between DAW. Now I mix in Ableton - and only master the bounce in Logic. (Just out of habit) I enjoy having this change of scenery every now and then.
This is why the internet sometimes is jus ta beautiful beautiful thing. Thanks so much for explaining. I was totally into your video and then I heard the lyrics and felt a need to subscribe. I havent come across any logic tutorials with a christian host. Thank you! I didn't even know that what I was doing was mixing.
Thanks, Dean.
having to turn your headphones down for the mastered process but still not compromising the quality shows that the masting engineer is a vital part of a great production.
Very cool video Dean. Can I do the mastering on my music by increasing the compressor, high, EQ and bright in the automation of garage band?
Thank you, Dean, for another very helpful video. You're a great tutor in so many ways - nice pace, clear diction and, perhaps best of all, you never 'assume knowledge' on the part of your students and risk losing them in a maze of technical babble as do some other trainers (they shall remain shameless : ) Thank you.
ha well thanks Papa Medecin, that means a lot! And so glad to hear the content has been useful and attainable! -Dean
Little advice. Landr is not bad, but if you get the iZotope Ozone plug in, you can get litterly the same Result with the Assistant. But you do not have to pay for each track but just one time. Plus you can use that as a starting point to do your own mastering out of that
That song you made was fire
You made a beautiful song!
Thanks Tricia! -Dean
The way I tend to see it:
-- the mixing engineer makes it sound impressive on the best sound systems, then ...
-- the mastering engineer makes it sound decent on the worst sound systems.
Am I far off with that?
thanks over 15 years experienced , i got the truth facts about Mixing and Mastering
Came for the content. Stayed for the smile. And the content.
This was absolutley amazing. Thank you for this!
You are very welcome Marquis, glad it was helpful! -Dean
Amazing video bro!
Some producers recommend that even if you can master your track on your own, you should consider sending it to a master engineer as he would have fresh ears for your track, do you agree with this?
Greetings from Egypt
Hey Atwa! I agree with it IF you have the budget$ for it AND IF you have been doing it a while and are at a more advanced stage in your producing/mixing. If you're just getting started I don't think you need to spend the money on getting a top dollar master when you could get one from Landr.com or another place for not that much! -Dean
I was delighted to hear the lyrics in the little you shared! A contemporary Christian song! Looking forward to hearing more.
This was great insight
Thank you brother... God bless you 🙏🏻
Glad to help, blessings! -Dean
I’m just a random fan who doesn’t anything about making music but this sounds like a luxury . I could tell no difference in the songs!
Great video, never really understood the difference.
Amazing voice as well!
So precise and informative..love your videos!!
craaaazy I make dark type of music and I'm learning from him lol I love it 🔥
Thanks you are answering the questions I have an it’s straight to the point 🙏
The music is beautiful!! God bless you!!
Thank you for LANDR. Very helpful
excellent explanation. love that you gave audio examples. thank you!
So glad it was helpful TheCheeryElement! -Dean
Thanxs for share..¡¡ Great information..¡¡ Blessings
You're welcome Alfonso, so glad it was helpful! Blessings! -Dean
This was super helpful, thanks Dean
you're awesome. thank you so much for making these videos. they are very helpful.
Thank you so much for making this video
Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely! -Dean
Loved the explanation, loved it even more that the song was about our Lord & savior Jesus Christ !
Thanks I never considered mastering anything until now.
this video was really helpful. thanks for putting it up
Wow, this is very helpful! Thanks so much!🤙
You should definitely master your youtube video voice bro, I had my laptop on max. Thanks for the video, cheers
Great one, make more like these.
When the hook came in 😍😍♥️🙌🏿❤️
Mixing: taking a clear picture.
Mastering: adding the filters.
😂👍🏻
THANK YOU DEAN
You're welcome el atlas! -Dean
thanks for the Help ♥️
So glad it was helpful Arnold!
Thank you 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Wow! This was really helpful. Great song too!!
Thank you !
What a great, informative video! Thank you!
thanks man! also very nice song you got there
You're welcome migulityo... and thanks! -Dean
Praise the lord amen
exactly what i wanted, great explanation thanks!
Thanks for this video brother,
Greetings from India.
I love the lyrics 🫡🔥
You do such a great job of explaining these things! Thanks for passing along your knowledge!
Appreciate that L_A, glad it was helpful! -Dean
Thank you Dean, this was very helpful. Also, great voice and great song. Love from a fellow Christian
So the purpose of mastering is to brickwall the music to make it stop sounding like music anymore? Perhaps that’s why there are 3 good sounding albums released each year nowadays
But why you don’t make the “master” directly inside the mixing face?
Hey there! You can make the master inside if you like but most of the time people will bounce it down into a single file because it's less to process and it keeps you focused on mastering and not mixing, and you can even pull into multiple master files into one project to make sure they are level matched. Hope that helps! -Dean
@@thesongwritingstudio5783 thank you. :) i have another question concerning the mixing phase: if I use the peak meter so nothing is above -3, do I have to check the peak meter also after I added hqchannel and compression and plugin etc? Or the peak meter is something you only check once at the beginning for leveling the tracks?
@@isoladellerosetv Hey there! Typically, you will check the peak after you are done with processing as well because sometimes different plugins will add or subtract volume from your signal. -Dean
@@thesongwritingstudio5783 thank you again :) you are the only one who answered me back in the last weeks. I'm glad I found your channel. I won a new subscriber today. :)
@@isoladellerosetv No problem & glad to have you! -Dean
so hard but huhu, thanks its very helpful.
Good video very helpful
Very helpful indeed, thanks 😁👍🏻🎶🎵
Thanks for this video. I've been looking for a good Christian producer to help me with producing my songs for the Lord🎉
These may not be the official meanings but I think of mixing as adding effects, and mastering as changing the volume levels.
Great explanation! Thanks!
Glad it was helpful Rachel! -Dean
These videos are sooooo good thankyou!!!!
That song was so much tho it was just a little that we got to listen
Hey Jak! The song just released and you can hear it hear! th-cam.com/video/BAo0HlYX1Rs/w-d-xo.html
The Songwriting Studio doing that right away 😇
Thanks for the clear explanation.
But ironically, the audio of your video video is quite muffled. Your speaking voice is pretty much in the back. Any particular reason for this?
Thank you mate