Sage Audio Articles

Mastering Compression Settings

Get a FREE Mastered Sample of Your Song ➜ Mastering Compression Settings Overview In this video, the chapters are in no particular order, but we will be discussing various forms of compression in-depth, as well as introducing some useful techniques you can use when mastering.

Clean Vocal Chain

Clean Vocal Chain OverviewPhase Alignment FirstCorrective Subtractive EQClean Vocal CompressionClean Vocal Compression With Free AlternativeDisharmonious Transient De-emphasisHigh-Frequency Vocal CompressionCleanest Possible Vocal SaturationFree Alternative Clean SaturationMid-Frequency Gate and Upward CompressNatural <1000Hz. Attenuation on BusNatural Studio Room ReflectionsHigh Vocal Range DelayAdditive EQ to Important Ranges

10 Mastering EQ Tips

Get a FREE Mastered Sample of Your Song ➜ Make No Change Greater Than 1dB For this video, the tips will be in no particular order - we’ll cover various concepts and explain when a tip would work well, but be sure to use your best judgment when introducing some of these ideas to your mastering chain.

Making a Clean Master

Get a FREE Mastered Sample of Your Song ➜ Overall Strategy for the Chain For this chain, I want to get it to a loud LUFS but retain a clean sound - or in others words, one without significant distortion, pumping, aliasing, artifacts, or anything that doesn’t augment the quality of the track.