Trailer
14 min

Part 1

Monitoring, separation vs. cohesiveness, dimension, distortion, listening room size, dimensions, acoustics, materials
13 min

Part 2

Testing and comparing equipment, phase shift, power, gear modification, clocking, low end judgement & translation
15 min

Part 3

Mastering console, analog vs. digital EQ & limiters, converters, effects of tape, solid state vs. tube circuitry
14 min

Part 4

Mastering 'Baby I'm a Fool' by Melody Gardot – approach, techniques, process, commentary
10 min

Part 5

Mastering 'It Gonna Come' by Melody Gardot – approach, techniques, process, commentary

Mastering

Baby I'm A Fool

Melody Gardot

Bernie Grundman

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Song : Baby I'm A Fool

Duration:13 min / 1h08 Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, French, Japanese

Description

Hosted at Bernie Grundman Mastering studios in Hollywood, this special series dives deep into the art and science of mastering audio with Mr. Grundman himself! The iconic engineer goes into great detail on a variety of pertinent issues to mastering, from listening environment and speaker design to evaluating and modifying equipment. He imparts his philosophy on using only what is absolutely necessary in the signal chain, and elaborates on why he favours certain types of equipment, software, power supplies, cabling, and other elements that are essential in achieving the most pristine result possible. Aside from fascinating insight into the many facets of his profession, you can learn how Bernie applies his techniques by watching him master two songs by the singer Melody Gardot – 'Baby I'm a Fool' and 'It Gonna Come’.

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Trailer
14 min

Part 1

Monitoring, separation vs. cohesiveness, dimension, distortion, listening room size, dimensions, acoustics, materials
13 min

Part 2

Testing and comparing equipment, phase shift, power, gear modification, clocking, low end judgement & translation
15 min

Part 3

Mastering console, analog vs. digital EQ & limiters, converters, effects of tape, solid state vs. tube circuitry
14 min

Part 4

Mastering 'Baby I'm a Fool' by Melody Gardot – approach, techniques, process, commentary
10 min

Part 5

Mastering 'It Gonna Come' by Melody Gardot – approach, techniques, process, commentary

Comments

(20)

Eliseo Lopez January 14, 2023 at 1:03 AM

give us more space for the audio recovering level vs your speak. thank you.
Ethan's Shitlist October 2, 2024 at 2:03 AM

was just going to say. I couldnt get a split second to hear the difference as he flipped back and forth
Eliseo Lopez January 14, 2023 at 1:01 AM

I love your work, but when you tell us that you made ; the result we ear far, and it make inexactly the outcomes.
Steve Greene January 2, 2023 at 8:57 AM

Happy New Year Bernie! Thank you for this very insightful, clear and well-thoughout-out presentation. I learned a lot!
Siobhan Vogel September 27, 2022 at 7:59 PM

What an absolute Gem
Sean Friday May 5, 2022 at 11:09 PM

Very informative indeed ...
Benjamin April 7, 2022 at 5:26 PM

Please get Bernie back on!
Colin Preston October 22, 2021 at 8:58 PM

Got to love Bernie, he talks complete musical sense. Shame there isn't more time and a little less dialog between the A&B. Can't really hear the difference with the ducking.
Jorge Zevallos July 15, 2021 at 12:46 PM

Excellent video!
Mike Wallace January 7, 2021 at 12:31 PM

I'm half way through the series and find Bernie's talk absolutely fascinating. I could listen to him all day. Great choice by MWTM.
Benjamin August 12, 2020 at 9:06 PM

WOuld love another video from this guy
Aaron Martin March 23, 2020 at 7:04 AM

Excellent video but once again no zoom on the gear, no details about how much compression he is using what ratio, attack release, how much Eq is done ... how hard is it to take some snapshots and add subs to let the viewer vizualize what's going on ?
Daniel Castro January 13, 2019 at 7:26 PM

Great, love Bernie and all his concept. Please bring more mastering engineers. Bob Ludwig would be great too!
Sergio Carlo Bianchi July 1, 2018 at 3:06 PM

Nice, would be interesting also a mastering series in the box
Scott Blevins June 13, 2018 at 4:57 PM

Loving this series!!
Brad Lauchert May 17, 2018 at 3:14 AM

Great series! I just wish there was a version that we could listen to without the levels ducking to compensate for his lav during all the A/B-ing.
Nikolai Gabriel Gabrielsen Vikene September 24, 2018 at 7:17 PM

Yes agreed. Or just don't have talking right around the switching. It feels a bit rushed. It would be nice to have some time to listen to the changes before moving on to the the next bit.

Michael Hass December 29, 2018 at 6:24 PM

Absolutely! Maybe the editors can do that more in the future. It's like watching a cook from the back while he tells what and how much of what he puts in the soup. A little pointless.

john fiorilla January 29, 2021 at 4:40 PM

came to the comments to say exactly this

About Bernie Grundman

Bernie Grundman is one of the most prominent names in Mastering world wide. He has been directly or indirectly, by his studio staff of engineers, behind hundreds of gold and platinum recordings. He has personally mastered some of the industry's landmark recordings, such as: Carol King's "tapestry", Steely Dan's "Aja", Michael Jackson's "Thriller", Prince's "Purple rain", and Dr. Dre's "the Chronic". In addition He has worked on albums by a veritable who's who of the music industry, such as: The...

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