The best mastering chain for music production

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As a 15+ year professional, I find most people who are tempted by the 'dark art' of mastering, are really just delaying blame to a later process, because their track doesn't sound good at mix. That's all you need to know, it's a mix problem! I promise you there's literally no difference between a good mix at commercial level and a master. If the mix is good there is no need to master, fact. Many a great mastering engineer has said as much. I have released and engineered thousands of tracks and there are some out there with millions of views that are just mixes that got released, no master at all, and in many cases not even a limiter! The difference is in your ear training not the specific processes or gear/plugins.

This is the best explanation of a limiter, and beginner mastering concept, that I have ever heard! Great work. Short but very informative. Thank you!

If only someone would have told me this back in the 90's i might be a lot further into this journey than i am now!

Producing/Mixing into a limiter is the secret sauce. Totally on board with that. I also have a clipper (KClip) before the limiter, to catch the strays before it feeds into the limiter. Keeps things nice and tidy.

Thank you for speaking up on this. After more than a decade of mastering my own productions, it really does boil down to working as you described. The sooner this is understood, the better! Thanks again for your insights and great teachings, Oscar! God Bless!

Simplicity at it's best! Simply fabulous Oscar. Thank you 🔊

thanks for all the tutorials, i'm not taking this for granted and appreciate all the work you put into it. Merry Christmas and a happy healthy creative new year!

Thanks again Oscar, I always enjoy watching your videos. I like this simple approach of just a limiter.

also the loop in the end is such a banger i love it

You do a great job! Thank you for you work and time you spent to educate us 🤝

Dude that is such a sick loop you made! Great tips too.

amazing tutorials from this man, helped me move from flstudio to ableton, so glad i made the switch, thankyou so much, xxx

This is actually the most helpful video addressing mastering I‘ve seen so far.

This pushed me, in the right direction, to remove my mastering chains and actually fix my mix. Spent 5 hours fixing things, but it was worth it. Thank you for the video!

man, you're just awesome. I don't like your music (just not my genre), but omg how much more logical my production has become since I watch your channel! Cheers mate!

Thanks - complete agree. And great track you're playing

this actuallymade my workflow 100x better. excellent vid. puts most of the focus on the mixdown

Super clear and interesting video as always Oscar !

good advice Oscar. i have been using this method of late and it really helps to get your mix down correct so that you dont rely on a lot of xtra effects to get your track to sound decent