In-depth Mastering – Richard Earnshaw

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Exploring the Essential Features of “In-depth Mastering – Richard Earnshaw”

• Course Preview
• Less than 1 minute
• Looking at the pre-master
• Plugin selection and loudness
• Bass
• Stereo Width & Codecs
• Track listening & loudness
• Mid-Side EQing
• Smooth tops
• Export formats & mastering engineers

LIVE Q & A

• Live Q & A
• Live Q & A 2

About This Course

An accomplished mastering engineer and an apple listed master provider, Richard goes in depth with his mastering chain and highlights important processes and issues to tackle. 

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You will learn:

• How a premaster should be
• Plugin selection
• Stereo Width
• Codecs
• Limiters
• Mid/Side EQing
• Creating Smooth Tops
• Export Formats for streaming
• Technical execution

Lessons:  

1. Looking at The Pre Master 

The finished product should be almost ready in the mixdown stages, a mastering engineers job is to make the sound shine more and balanced across all listening devices, not to fix mixing mistakes. 

2. Plugin Selection & Loudness 

 Sonarworks room correction software can be used to sort out any issues you may encounter in the room. Richard goes through his go-to plugins for mastering and discusses the trivial loudness wars topic.

3. Bass 

Bass takes up the most space in the mix, Richard discusses what you can do to shape the sound and discusses other mix issues. 

4. Stereo Width & Codes

Making small increments to every plug-in in the chain, Richard explains how to apply stereo width into your master while discussing the various codecs to consider when exporting a master. 

5. Track Listening & Loudness 

Keep your bass in mono. 

6. MID/SIDE EQ & Imaging 

An essential tool for any master, it allows you to mix frequencies in the centre of the mix or the sides of the mix. Richard does this using Logics EQ and Ozone 9. 

7. Smooth Tops 

One of the biggest issues is not having your room give you accurate feedback on what you are listening to, as well as your hearing. Hearing damage starts with high frequencies usually so please wear ear protection in loud environments. 

8. Export Formats & Mastering Engineers 

The standard way of delivering masters for all platforms is 16Bit 44.1KHZ WAV. Richard advises against using automatic mastering platforms as it will never be the same as having a human do it.

Meet Your Teacher

Richard Earnshaw 

A classically trained jazz musician, producer, DJ, remixer, songwriter, co-founder of the iCulture brand and Duffnote, One51, Guess Record labels, Richard has been nothing short of prolific when it comes to output having featured on a long list of labels including Soulfuric, Defected, Large, Reel People Music, Groove Culture, Salted Music, Purple Music, Morehouse, Swing City, Peppermint Jam, Hed Kandi, Ministry of Sound, Sony Music and many more.

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