Are You Listening? Season 2 is a free video tutorial series from professional mastering engineer and iZotope Education Director Jonathan Wyner. Though this series Jonathan will guide us through audio mastering principles like critical listening, how to set up your room, and using techniques like EQ, compression, and limiting in mastering.

You might want to onsider catching up with Are You Listening Season 1.

The first episode of season 2 covers stereo imaging in mastering. Knowing when, how, and why to adjust the width of your stereo image in mastering is crucial, and it can be a challenge for both amateur and expert engineers. Follow along as iZotope Education Director and professional mastering engineer Jonathan Wyner walks you through how to manage stereo, mono, and mid/side signals in your next session.

Here are the chapters in this free mastering video tutorial…

• 1:08 Optimizing your room for stereo width perception

• 2:26 Visualizing width as a soundstage

• 6:08 Implications of stereo widening

• 7:13 Mono the bass?

• 10:14 Stereo width in the signal chain

• 11:29 Multiband stereo widening techniques

• 17:14 Understanding width in mastering

• 22:18 The importance of checking your mix in mono

Watch out for future episodes from Jonathan Wyner in season 2 of Are You Listening?