The Complete EDM Mastering Course

Name: The Complete EDM Mastering Course
Rating: 4.7 (115 reviews)

Learn how to master your EDM tracks using professional techniques and understand the mastering process using any plugins

Created byFuad Murad

Last updated 8/2019

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What you'll learn

Gain a deeper understanding of the mastering process
Understand the tools and techniques involved in mastering an EDM track
Make your tracks loud, clear, clean
Get your tracks up to commercial standard and ready for release

Course content

3 sections • 13 lectures • 1h 29m total length

Critical Listening - Figuring Out What To Do And Why7:16
Practice critical listening by noting issues on paper before mastering, using a spectrum analyzer to guide plugin order and decisions on low end, harsh frequencies, and compression.
Mastering Notes - Identifying Issues And Setting Goals4:38
Identify issues and set goals during mastering by listening critically, balancing low-mid warmth around 200–300 Hz, applying glue compression, and addressing mid-frequency dips with targeted multi-band strategies.

Mid Side EQ - A Superb Technique For Creating Width And Depth10:12
Apply mid-side EQ to split the signal into mid and side components, cutting low frequencies from both and boosting the high end on the side for width and depth.
EQ Continued - Cleaning Problem Frequencies, Adding Clarity and Punch6:26
Sweep the frequency spectrum to identify and cut problem regions, like 500 Hz and 1.6 kHz, boost high end cautiously, and compare before and after at equal loudness with oversampling.
Glue Compression - Adding Thickness and Presence5:34
This lecture explains glue compression for EDM mastering, using slow attack and low ratio to bring kick and bass peaks together, boosting presence and enabling parallel compression options.
Peak Compression - Precise Peak Control for More Loudness and Headroom12:11
Use peak compression with a 4:1 ratio, fast attack, and look ahead, filter out kicks before compression, then adjust make up gain and compare before/after for louder sound with headroom.
Multiband Compression - Controlling Low-Mid Peaks and Muddy Frequencies6:01
Apply multiband compression to tame low-mid peaks in the 300–700 Hz range, smoothing dynamics and focusing the low mids by adjusting threshold and ratio.
Saturation - Adding Richness and Warmth Using Harmonic Distortion10:35
In mastering, apply saturation to add warmth and flavor by driving a saturation plug-in and tweaking color, drive, and output with stock plug-ins in Ableton Live.
Parallel Compression - Your Secret Weapon For Power and Punch11:11
Explore parallel compression on the entire track to add power and punch, using a glue compressor with extreme settings, fast attack, soft clipping, and a controlled dry/wet blend.
Limiting - How To Get Maximum Loudness Without Distortion5:55
Use a limiter to drive levels and maximize loudness without crushing the track, aiming for around minus nine, and set the ceiling to minus 0.3 dB to avoid clipping.
Dithering3:34
Master your EDM with in-the-box plug-ins and a spectrum analyzer, then apply dithering when exporting from 24-bit to 16-bit for CD to achieve professional, radio-quality results.

Requirements

Music production software (Live, Logic, Protools, Reason, Cubase, etc...)
Headphones with good bass frequency response or studio monitors
Pen and Paper

Description

Learn how to master your EDM tracks using professional techniques and understand the mastering process. Learn how to use EQ, compression, distortion, limiting and more to transform your mixes into professional sounding tracks.

Start mastering your EDM tracks like a pro with no expensive or fancy 3rd party plugins whatsoever.

Note - If you're looking for the "magic plugin" that transforms your tracks from amateur to professional then please do not take this course. This course will teach you how to use native plugins to finalize your mix and create professional sounding masters.

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About This Course

Over 700 amazing producers
No expensive plugins at all required - only free plugins!
Excellent reviews and feedback, a 5 star rating
All future lectures and upgrades are included for free
Unconditional Udemy 30 day money-back guarantee
Periodical, free advice and tips from me to help improve your production skills
Every once in a while I send out freebies and goodies for my students!

SEE HOW I GET

Professional sounding EDM tracks using only native plugins, forget about expensive plugins. Everything is done in Ableton Live
Loudness, punch, depth and clarity
Balanced and polished sounding tracks

...all in an easy to follow course with everything clearly explained.

Today, you can start making your tracks sound better, more professional, easily and quickly without expensive plugins or complicated techniques.

Take the guesswork out of mastering your next hit track. Learn all the techniques, tools and tricks used by the pros to achieve a clear, punchy and loud final mastered version of your track. This course will cover basic mastering tools such as:

EQ
Compression
Saturation and Harmonic Exciting
Limiting

As well as more advanced techniques such as:

Mid/Side EQ
Multiband Dynamics
Parallel Compression
Volume Matching
Peak & RMS Monitoring
Dithering
Spectrum Analysis

The course is structured in such a way to help you understand the flow of the mastering process and the reasoning behind each of the individual steps and techniques involved.

The course should take 1 day to complete and will give you a comprehensive understanding of the mastering process.

If you've ever felt that your songs don't stand up to commercially released tracks in terms of clarity, punch, loudness and power, or you need a deeper understanding of the mastering process, this course is perfect for you. What makes this course unique is that you're shown the mastering process using native plugins in Ableton Live, which means you can forget about fancy plugins that you may or may not have.

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Learn EDM mastering now and I guarantee you'll make your tracks sound better.

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Who this course is for:

EDM producers looking to make their tracks sound professional
Audio engineers looking for a deeper understanding of the mastering process
Musicians and recording artists curious about music production

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 12min

Mastering9 lectures • 1hr 12min

Finale2 lectures • 6min

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