WEBVTT FILE

1
00:02.550 --> 00:05.897
When you like someone's sound,
as a mastering engineer,

2
00:05.898 --> 00:08.767
you really just like
their taste

3
00:08.768 --> 00:12.527
and their take on things,
how they transform sounds.

4
00:18.340 --> 00:22.049
Hi. I'm Idania Valencia,
and I'm a mastering engineer

5
00:22.050 --> 00:25.189
at Sterling Sound
in Edgewater, New Jersey.

6
00:25.190 --> 00:27.707
And I'm here today
with Mix With The Masters.

7
00:30.400 --> 00:35.429
Today, we're going to talk a little bit
about my mastering philosophy,

8
00:35.430 --> 00:37.479
some tricks
that I do.

9
00:37.480 --> 00:41.192
And hopefully, these will help you
just understand the mixing

10
00:41.193 --> 00:43.646
and then the mastering stage,
and finally,

11
00:43.647 --> 00:47.129
the final product that's out there
on streaming services.

12
00:50.690 --> 00:53.099
I love the saturation
on the Inflator.

13
00:53.100 --> 00:54.509
It's very subtle.

14
00:54.510 --> 00:55.622
It's really nice.

15
00:55.623 --> 00:58.791
Sometimes, obviously, "Oh,
this is not working right now,"

16
00:58.792 --> 01:04.069
so I will go into another limiters,
Limitless, Invisible Limiter.

17
01:04.070 --> 01:04.930
We have many.

18
01:04.931 --> 01:08.819
Sometimes, if my go-to
is not working, I use Elevate.

19
01:08.820 --> 01:10.219
That sounds
pretty cool too.

20
01:10.220 --> 01:15.434
It just depends on how
the music reacts to my tools,

21
01:15.435 --> 01:17.235
and that's how
I change them.

22
01:21.297 --> 01:23.097
This is EQ.

23
01:26.570 --> 01:28.931
Now, this
is the limiter.

24
01:30.090 --> 01:32.215
Now, adding
the imager.

25
01:34.600 --> 01:38.588
Now, I'm adding just
the Inflator for headroom.

26
01:39.170 --> 01:45.626
The post-EQ is going to be subtle,
but I really like how it sounds.

27
01:46.650 --> 01:48.614
And then just
the de-esser.

28
01:51.900 --> 01:57.024
When you start putting limiters and
things, they have a sound to them

29
01:57.025 --> 01:58.619
and they have
EQ to them.

30
01:58.620 --> 02:04.144
Sometimes, without even thinking
about it or really wanting to do it,

31
02:04.145 --> 02:05.889
you end up
changing the song.

32
02:05.890 --> 02:10.824
You have to be mindful of the tools
you use, know exactly how they sound

33
02:10.825 --> 02:12.724
and how they
alter the sound.