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INTRODUCTION
You’ve just finished recording what you think is a pretty good song in your project studio. The
playing is good, the recording is clean and the mix is decent. So you burn it to a CD and
playing is good, the recording is clean and the mix is decent. So you burn it to a CD and
proudly pop it in your CD player. But when you hear it played after a “commercial” CD, you
realize that something is wrong.
What’s Wrong With My Song?
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It’s not loud enough. It sounds wimpy next to other CDs. Turning it up or mixing down
at a higher level doesn’t solve the problem. It sounds louder, but not, well LOUDER.
at a higher level doesn’t solve the problem. It sounds louder, but not, well LOUDER.
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It sounds dull. Other CDs have a sparkle that cuts through with excitement. You try
boosting the EQ at high frequencies, but now your song just sounds harsh and noisy.
boosting the EQ at high frequencies, but now your song just sounds harsh and noisy.
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The instruments and vocals sound thin. Commercial songs have a fullness that you
know comes from some sort of compression. So you patch in a compressor and turn
some controls. Now the whole mix sounds squashed. The vocal might sound fuller, but
some controls. Now the whole mix sounds squashed. The vocal might sound fuller, but
the cymbals have no dynamics. It’s full…and lifeless.
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The bass doesn’t have punch. You boost it with some low end EQ, but that just sounds
louder and muddier. Not punchier.
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You can hear all the instruments in your mix, and they all seem to have their own
“place” in the stereo image, but the overall image sounds wrong. Your other CDs have
width and image that you just can’t seem to get from panning the individual tracks.
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You had reverb on the individual tracks, but it just sounds like a bunch of instruments
in a bunch of different spaces. Your other CDs have a sort of cohesive space that
brings all the parts together. Not like rooms within a room, but a “sheen” that works
across the entire mix.
across the entire mix.
Don’t worry. It’s not that you’re doing anything wrong. There are just some things you still
need to do to get that “sound”. You just need the right tools and an understanding of how to
need to do to get that “sound”. You just need the right tools and an understanding of how to
use them. You won’t become Bob Ludwig
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overnight (or probably ever) but you can make
dramatic improvements in your master recordings with a little work.
We put this document together to help others in their quest for better sounding masters. We
don’t claim to be mastering masters. If we could master the next Christina Aguilera hit would
we be writing code and manuals or sitting in a mastering studio with Christina Aguilera?
What we can give you is professional quality mastering software (iZotope Ozone™) and
guidance on how to use it. But in the end there are no right answers, no wrong answers, and
guidance on how to use it. But in the end there are no right answers, no wrong answers, and
no rules. At least if there are, we still haven’t found them. So in the end just experiment and
have fun.
Intended Audience For This Guide
• If you don’t know anything about mastering and don’t have Ozone, we still
hope this guide will help you. Sure, we think you should use Ozone. But we
learned a lot about mastering from “the online audio community” and we
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http://www.gatewaymastering.com/
Bob Ludwig has won the TEC award for mastering every year he’s
been eligible. That pretty much sums it up.
Ozone™ Mastering Guide
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