{"id":3134,"date":"2016-08-28T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=3134"},"modified":"2019-10-03T18:22:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T22:22:19","slug":"producing-future-beats-mastering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/producing-future-beats-mastering\/","title":{"rendered":"Producing Future Beats: Mastering"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are excited to be able to have Ableton Certified Trainer, Alec Ness (producing as “su na<\/a>“) to walk us through his production methods and philosophies on how to produce a Future Beats track. Su Na recently released Surface EP with coverage from The Fader and Thissongissick and much more. You can find out more about Su Na and listen to his music on his SoundCloud<\/a>, and Facebook<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

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Before reading, please check out Part 1: Pre Production<\/a>\u00a0and Part 2: Production & Composition<\/a>, Part 3: Mixing<\/a>\u00a0of this blog series.<\/p>\n

Part 4:\u00a0Mastering<\/h1>\n

For this 4th and final segment there is no accompanying session. Try using this mastering chain as a starting point on your own production and making adjustments as you see fit.<\/em><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Mastering<\/h2>\n

Mastering can be thought of as a final polishing stage that makes any given track sound the best it can on all playback systems<\/strong>. It also strives to make a group of tracks in a project sound cohesive. At this stage we\u2019re working with a stereo mix down, making adjustments to a single audio file.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to walk through a very basic mastering chain in iZotope’s Ozone<\/a>. It\u2019s important to note that opinions vary widely on what an acceptable mastering process is. There are engineers whose sole career is mastering on tens of thousands of dollars of equipment in extensively treated rooms. On the other hand, there are websites and software that will master your music for you immediately. Consequently, a full overview of mastering is well outside the scope of this article. But we\u2019ll walk through a basic and functional mastering chain, that will serve as a great starting point. For a complete breakdown of the mastering process, check out Splice’s Mastering 101 series here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Setting Up a Mastering Session<\/h2>\n