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MusicMusic Production

Audio Mastering: the complete guide

The step-by-step course about mastering engineering. Learn how to improve the audio quality of your music
Rating: 4.6 out of 54.6 (671 ratings)
3,091 students
Created by Marco Galvan
Last updated 1/2022
English
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What you'll learn

  • Know the process of audio mastering
  • Understand the importance and use of different audio processors
  • Understand the basic processing chain for mastering
  • Know the sonic effect of different processors while mastering
  • Know the general settings on processors to start getting a better sound
  • Know the standards for audio CD or web platforms (YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, etc.)

Requirements

  • You should have a basic understanding of any DAW (Pro Tools, Cubase, Logic Pro, Live, etc.)
  • You should know how to insert audio plugins for processing in a DAW
  • If you want to use hardware processors, you should know how to connect them to your audio system (optional).
  • A good pair of monitors or headphones

Description

We can describe mastering as the final process in audio and music production. In this stage, we optimize the track's mix and final volume to get a professional result. Mastering can improve the quality of a music production and get it ready for commercial distribution. This could be done for CD, TV, the Internet, video games, etc.

"A way of maximizing music to make it more effective for the listener as well as maybe maximizing it in a competitive way for the industry." -Bernie Grundman

"Mastering is the last creative step in the music production process, the bride between mixing and replication.. -Bob Katz 


Mastering aims to make your audio to sound properly on any kind of audio system, device or application (home system, earphones, club, theaters, etc.). A well-mastered song will have the right volume, avoiding those unpleasant volume changes from song to song. Mastering also brings more clarity and punch to the music, so it can compete with other professional productions.

In this new course, you will learn the most common audio processes for mastering music. The concepts learned in this course can be applied to any kind of audio project. All this knowledge comes from the experience of great mastering engineers, like: Bob Katz, Greg Calbi, Bernie Grundman, Bob Ludwig, Doug Sax, among others.

With practice and patience while following the recommendations, you will get better results each time and your music will sound more professional and well-finished.

A course designed for a step-by-step approach

This course has been designed to be clear and effective. Each lesson explains the most important topics related to music mastering in a clear and direct way. You can study a couple of lessons in just 15 minutes each day! It takes you in a step-by-step process, from file selection to audio bouncing for CD or web platforms (Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, etc.). The lessons include topics like:

  • Monitoring considerations

  • Audio file Editing and noise reduction

  • Equalization techniques

  • Dynamics processing

  • Serial, parallel and multiband processing

  • Compression techniques

  • Control and balance of stereo image

  • Stereo L-R vs M-S processing

  • Use of reverb and harmonic enhancers in mastering

  • Limiters and levels for CD and streaming platforms

  • Loudness, LUFS and dBs

  • Dithering

All these techniques can be applied on any music style: Pop, rock, latin, hip-hop, EDM, urbano, ballad, country, etc. The information in the course is also valuable for other kinds of audio productions, like:

  • Video game audio

  • Audio for Video

  • Podcast production

  • Audio for mobile or web Apps

  • Multimedia


At the end of the course, you will get the knowledge and examples to start mastering your own songs and music productions. You will know how to use your available audio plugins (VST, AU, AAX, etc) in a mastering setup.

You only need any DAW (Logic, Pro Tools, Cubase, Ableton Live, etc.) and its native processors (plugins) to get started!*

You will be guided by a certified audio instructor, with more than 18 years of teaching experience at all levels, from seminars to college-level classes and a top instructor on Udemy, so academic quality is guaranteed. Join more than 10,000 students worldwide and learn more about audio!


*The course shows the use of specialized mastering processors, like iZotope Ozone, yet the use of these processors is optional.

**Este curso también está disponible en español.

Who this course is for:

  • Music producers
  • Sound engineers
  • Musicians
  • Film and video editors
  • Video game developers
  • Anyone who works with audio and needs better sound quality

Featured review

Donna Hunt
Donna H.
14 courses
10 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 52 years ago
This was very useful. I felt a little out of my depth in places but the information is very necessary for my recording projects so I will be studying and practicing very hard with the information learned on this course.

Instructor

Marco Galvan
Avid, Steinberg Certified Audio Engineer, Instructor
Marco Galvan
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 3,951 Reviews
  • 11,358 Students
  • 24 Courses

Marco Galvan has been active in the music and audio business for more than 18 years. He holds a B.Eng with a major in Acoustics from the National Polytechnic Institute. He is a professional musician, arranger and composer with studies at Berklee College of Music and he holds Certificates in Music Theory and Keyboard Performance from the ABRSM and Trinity College London. In the audio field, he studied at Alchemea College in London and holds several certifications like: Pro Tools User, Meyer Sound System Design, Nexo and DiGiCo operator among others. 

Currently, he works as a Mastering Engineer at eMastered and as an Associate Professor at Anahuac University, with more than 16 years of teaching experience. Many of his former students currently work for companies like: Sony Music Entertainment (Grammy Award winner), Televisa, TV Azteca, OCESA, Meyer Sound; and for international Latin artists like Emmanuel, Carlos Vives and Alexander Acha, performing in world-class events like Festival Viña del Mar. 

The recommended order to take his courses from zero is:

- Audio Engineering fundamentals

- Audacity for beginners

- Applied Modern Harmony

- Audio Equalization techniques

- Audio Compression techniques

- Audio Effects and Processors

- Audio Mastering


Marco Galván ha estado activo en la industria de la música y el audio por más de 18 años. Tiene el grado de Ingeniero con especialidad en Acústica por el Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Es músico, arreglista y compositor profesional con estudios en Berklee College of Music y cuenta con certificados en Teoría Musical y Teclados por la ABRSM y el Trinity College London. En el terreno del audio cursó estudios en el Alchemea College de Londres y tiene diversas certificaciones como: Operador Pro Tools, Diseño de Sistemas Meyer Sound, Operador Nexo y DiGiCo entre otras.

Actualmente labora como ingeniero de masterización en eMastered y como profesor asociado en la Universidad Anáhuac, con más de 16 años de experiencia docente. Muchos de sus antiguos estudiantes trabajan para compañías como Sony Music (ganador de premio Grammy), Televisa, TV Azteca, OCESA, Meyer Sound; y  para artistas internacionales como Emmanuel, Carlos Vives y Alexnder Acha, actuando en eventos de clase mundial como el Festival Viña del Mar.

El orden recomendado para tomar sus cursos desde cero es:

- Fundamentos de ingeniería en audio

- Introducción al uso de DAW's

- Armonía y teoría musical aplicada

- Uso de consolas mezcladoras

- Técnicas de ecualización

- Técnicas de compresión

- Efectos y procesadores de audio

- Fundamentos de Pro Tools

- Principios de la mezcla musical

- Masterización de audio

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