Mastering with Headphones | Are You Listening? Season 3, Episode 1

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Mastering with Headphones | Are You Listening? Season 3, Episode 1

Are You Listening? is back! In episode one of season three, follow along as iZotope Education Director and professional mastering engineer Jonathan Wyner shares how to navigate the challenges —and benefits—of mastering with headphones, including considerations in headphone outputs and impedance ratings when mastering, common fallacies with mastering in headphones, and the tools to use when mastering in headphones to preserve the sonic translation from mix to master across playback systems.

Interested in learning more about mastering and mastering tools? Start your free trial of Music Production Suite Pro to get access to mastering plugins, along with educational lessons based on episodes of “Are You Listening?” taught by the pros: https://www.izotope.com/en/lp/are-you-listening.html?utm_medium=Video&utm_source=YouTube&utm_campaign=are-you-listening-episode-1&utm_content=Organic-Social&utm_term=Are-You-Listening-s3

Improve your mastering skills with Are You Listening? Seasons 1 and 2
Season 1: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4dISychPQEvW2RRu5BqQUciqm8zBfu7q
Season 2: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4dISychPQEuieqDxYhFokROEfA2LRr_5

Chapters
0:00 Welcome to Are You Listening Season 3
0:23 What is the difference between mastering in headphones vs. speakers?
1:37 Why work in headphones?
2:45 Headphone connectors and outputs
3:30 Headphone impedance rating
4:12 Examples of headphones to use or avoid in mastering
5:58 Importance of listening at a consistent playback level in headphones
7:12 Fallacies with mastering in headphones
8:57 Tools to use when mastering in headphones
9:06 Using Tonal Balance Control Pro curves
10:50 Frequency soloing in Ozone Pro to understand low end
12:04 Stereo imaging with Insight Pro
14:26 Benefits of using headphones in mastering
16:53 Outro

#mastering #areyoulistening #ozone #izotope

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How to Mix Professional Vocals Ep. 3 | FX & Volume Automation

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How to Mix Professional Vocals Ep. 3 | FX & Volume Automation

In episode 3 of “How to Mix Professional Vocals” with GRAMMY®-winning producer and engineer Dom Morley, dive into creating “scenes” with FX automation on vocals to make song sections stand out, learn essential tips for volume automation in Pro Tools (or whichever DAW you’re using), identify and attenuate sibilance, and more.

Watch Episode 1 of this series “Making Space for Vocals” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lg1VCkX9OI

Watch Episode 2 of this series “Adding Vocal Effects” here:

Start your free trial of iZotope’s Music Production Suite Pro to get the mixing tools the pros use: https://www.izotope.com/en/products/music-production-plugin-memberships.html?utm_medium=Video&utm_source=YouTube&utm_campaign=mixing-pro-vocals-part-3&utm_content=Organic-Social&utm_term=Dom-Morley

Learn more about Dom Morley and The Mix Consultancy: https://www.themixconsultancy.com/

00:00 – Intro
00:23 – What is automation?
02:50 – Send automation process
04:18 – Automating important moments in the vocal
07:40 – How vocal automation affects the mix
08:34 – The automation mindset, philosophy
10:07 – How to automate the vocal
12:45 – Treating sibilance
14:00 – Final touches with automation
16:18 – Outro

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Are You Listening? Season 3 Coming Soon | Audio Mastering Series

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Are You Listening? Season 3 Coming Soon | Audio Mastering Series

Professional mastering engineer and iZotope Director of Education Jonathan Wyner is coming back with six brand new episodes about the art and science of mastering in Are You Listening? Season 3.

Refresh your mastering skills with Are You Listening? Seasons 1 and 2
Season 1: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4dISychPQEvW2RRu5BqQUciqm8zBfu7q
Season 2: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4dISychPQEuieqDxYhFokROEfA2LRr_5

Preview some of the mastering tools used in Season 3 with a free trial of Music Production Suite Pro: https://www.izotope.com/en/products/music-production-plugin-memberships.html?utm_medium=Video&utm_source=YouTube&utm_campaign=are-you-listening-trailer&utm_content=Organic-Social&utm_term=Are-You-Listening-s3

#mastering #areyoulistening #ozone #izotope

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How to Mix Professional Vocals Ep. 2 | Adding Vocal Effects

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How to Mix Professional Vocals Ep. 2 | Adding Vocal Effects

GRAMMY®-winning producer and engineer Dom Morley takes us through adding vocal effects to vocal tracks to get a professional sound using plug-ins from iZotope’s Music Production Suite Pro.

This second video in the series shares how to use vocal effects on your vocal tracks, using reverbs, delays, and distortion to bring out the best vocal sound with iZotope’s plug-ins including Neoverb Pro, Nectar Pro, and Trash 2.

Start your free trial of iZotope’s Music Production Suite Pro: https://www.izotope.com/en/products/music-production-plugin-memberships.html?utm_medium=Video&utm_source=YouTube&utm_campaign=mixing-pro-vocals-part-2&utm_content=Organic-Social&utm_term=Dom-Morley

Learn more about Dom Morley and The Mix Consultancy: https://www.themixconsultancy.com/

Chapters

0:00- Intro
0:45 – Using auxiliary sends to apply vocal effects to your tracks
1:30 – What is a pre-fader or post-fader?
4:18 – Adding reverb to your vocals with Neoverb Pro
7:24 – Adding a ‘larger than life’ reverb on the chorus track with Reverb Assistant
9:30 – Differences in reverb application from verse to chorus
10:29 – Applying delay to vocal tracks
14:05 – How to apply vocal unmasking with Nectar Pro
16:16 – Applying a larger reverb onto the verse vocals
17:13 – Adding additional vocal effects with Trash 2
20:55 – Outro

Learn more about Dom Morley and The Mix Consultancy: https://www.themixconsultancy.com/

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How to Mix Professional Vocals Ep. 1 | Making Space for Vocals

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How to Mix Professional Vocals Ep. 1 | Making Space for Vocals

GRAMMY®-winning producer and engineer Dom Morley takes us through mixing vocals professionally from start to finish using Emmrose’s “The Grass Was Greener” in the new multi-part series using plug-ins from iZotope’s Music Production Suite Pro.

This first video in the series shares how to prepare your mix for vocals, how to make space in the mix for vocals, and what initial EQ and compression decisions to make to start getting your vocals to sit well in the mix using Nectar Pro, Neutron Pro, and Neoverb Pro.

Start your free trial of iZotope’s Music Production Suite Pro: https://www.izotope.com/en/products/music-production-plugin-memberships.html?utm_medium=Video&utm_source=YouTube&utm_campaign=mixing-pro-vocals-part-1&utm_content=Organic-Social&utm_term=Dom-Morley

Learn more about Dom Morley and The Mix Consultancy: https://www.themixconsultancy.com/

Chapters
00:00 – Intro
00:50 – Static balance set up
01:10 – The 2K EQ carving trick
03:35 – Unmasking with Nectar Pro
05:50 – Unmasking with Neutron Pro
07:45 – Exploring EQ moves across the session
10:08 – Using Neoverb Pro’s Reverb Assistant
12:24 – Using Neutron Pro’s Exciter on horns
12:54- Backing Vocal treatment with Nectar Pro
15:55 – EQ-ing the lead vocal
19:44 – Compressing the lead vocal
21:16 – De-ssing the lead vocal
21:31 – Using Nectar Pro’s Vocal Assistant as a starting point
23:38 – Outro

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How to Make a Beat by Transforming Stems with Chuck Sutton | (Free Stems!)

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How to Make a Beat by Transforming Stems with Chuck Sutton | (Free Stems!)

Is your music sounding dull or empty? Download free stems and learn how to completely transform them into a polished, finished beat with Chuck Sutton using iZotope plug-ins including Trash 2, Nectar Pro and Neutron Pro. Once you’ve mastered these techniques, tag us with your creation!

Download the stems: izotope.com/downloads/cs-follow-along-stems-01

Get access to all of these plug-ins shown in the video with a free trial of iZotope’s Music Production Suite Pro: https://www.izotope.com/en/products/music-production-plugin-memberships.html?utm_medium=Video&utm_source=YouTube&utm_campaign=transform-a-beat&utm_content=Organic-Social&utm_term=chuck-sutton

#izotope #beats #mixing #musicproduction

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Creating a Remix from Scratch with Chuck Sutton

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Creating a Remix from Scratch with Chuck Sutton

Learn how to master the art of the remix using RX 8 Standard, Stutter Edit 2, BreakTweaker Expanded and Iris 2. In this video, Chuck Sutton covers each step from creating clean a cappellas using Music Rebalance in RX to quickly auditioning ear grabbing rhythms with BreakTweaker Expanded and more.

Learn more here: https://www.izotope.com/en/shop/deals.html?&utm_campaign=2021.07+Remix+Sale&utm_content=Video

#Remixing #iZotope #RX8 #StutterEdit2 #SoundDesign

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Devon Gilfillian Records “The Good Life” On iZotope Spire Studio

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Devon Gilfillian Records "The Good Life" On iZotope Spire Studio

Watch as Nashville-based soul singer-songwriter Devon Gilfillian uses iZotope Spire Studio to capture a dazzling version of his hit single, “The Good Life.” As Gilfillian shows, Spire is a quick and easy way to track songs in high quality and collaborate remotely with other musicians.

Want to record your own version of “The Good Life”? Download the free Spire app for iOS and then grab the “The Good Life” Spire session file to add your vocal or instrument, remove anything, remix, and more. You might even win a Spire Studio of your own…

Download the free Spire app for iOS: https://izo.to/36852mE

Download “The Good Life” Spire session file: https://izo.to/3qHKkmR

Learn more about how to win a Spire Studio and collaborate with Devon on “The Good Life”: https://izo.to/2TjquT1

#goodlifespire #izotopespire #spire #madewithspire #vocalrecording #izotope #spirestudio #devongilfillian

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Sneak Peek: How to Mix & Master a Song Feat. Reid Stefan

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Sneak Peek: How to Mix & Master a Song Feat. Reid Stefan

This is a sneak peek from a 5-part mixing and mastering series taught by Reid Stefan, the realest puppet in the game. The full series is available exclusively to iZotope subscribers, along with the latest product updates, professionally crafted presets, samples, and much more.

Click here https://izo.to/3iKSuZZ to learn more.

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