Ep.12 Mastering - part 2
In the final episode of Greg Well's Epic Start To Finish Series, Greg and Brian Lucey of Magic Garden Mastering, complete the master of Bryce Drew's "Lucky Number".
In part 1 of this two part mastering video, Greg and Brian cleaned up some areas of the mix with digital EQ, did broad tonal shaping with Brian's well curated analog mastering chain, and focused on a few key moments of the song with specific techniques.
In part 2, watch as Brian and Greg:
- Discuss Loudness
- Emphasize the bass
- Discuss revisions, communication, and collaboration
- Fix some "crunchiness"
- Keep the energy building throughout the master
- Manage the low end
- Complete the production of "Lucky Number"!
This is your chance to see what an attended mastering session looks like with two of the world's most highly regarded music creators, in real-time.
Watch the rest of the series here.
Hardware
- Mytek 8x192 DA
- Focusrite Blue 315 MkII
- Elysia Alpha
- Fairman TMEQ
- Pacific Microsonics AD
- Waves L2 Limiter
- Crane Song HEDD
- Bricasti M1
Software
- Sequoia
- Fab Filter Pro-C2
- Fab Filter Pro-Q2
The emotional landscape of Bryce Drew's music is brilliantly unsteady, with peaks and valleys ascending from emotive ballads into rhythmic pop anthems that carry the heartbeat of her Trinidadian-American roots. But in her soulful dexterity as an artist, and her innate ability to draw out complex emotions often hidden in the mundane, Bryce Drew shows she has all the elements of an icon in the making.