Mastering can be an elusive subject, but it doesn’t have to be. The streaming age has declared war on the loudness war itself with new LUFS standards, allowing you to maximise the dynamic range of your masters without compromising the size and punch of your mixes in order to stay competitive.

Mastering With Fab Dupont

In this Mastering Case Study, Grammy Award Winning Engineer, Fab Dupont, masters a single for the artist “Effee”, and shows you how to:

• Set up Pro Tools for true before and after mastering comparisons

• Read dynamic range and LUFS meters

• Increase low-end definition with high pass filtering

• De-clutter mud and remove harsh frequency buildups with M/S EQ

• Open the top end on mixes without adding harshness

• Add weight to the bottom end without adding mud

While learning how to make great sounding masters, you’ll also learn about Spotify and other streaming platform’s LUFS Standards as well as how to maximise the dynamic range on your masters.

After you’ve seen how Fab does it, download the original mix and practice what you’ve learned. You’ll also receive versions 1.0 and the louder 2.0 masters that Fab did to compare your work.

Learn how to make large, open sounding, dynamic masters, from Fab Dupont. Only on pureMix.

Equipment & Software

• BAX EQ

• Brainwork bx-Digital V2

• FabFilter Pro-DS

• FabFilter Pro-L 2

• FabFilter Pro-Q 2

• MAAT Dynamic Range Meter Mk II

• Sonnox Oxford Dynamics

• UAD Precision Maximizer

• UAD Pultec EQ

How To Watch The Full Video

This video tutorial is available to Pro PureMix members and can be accessed by signing up to a PureMix subscription for $29 a month.

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