What is the difference between mixing and mastering? This video explains what mixing and mastering is and how it is used. In this tutorial you will learn the difference between mixing and mastering and get some good examples of mixing and mastering. You will also get some good tips and tricks on how to mix and master a song.
Mixing and mastering are two of the most fundamental processes in any song, and if you don't know how to do this properly, your music will never be as good as the competition, so this is something you just have to learn at some point.
You can leave the mixing and mastering to someone else, but sooner or later you'll have to learn how to mix and master a track yourself. Every serious producer needs to know how to mix AND master a track at some point.
Mixing a track is more about getting the volume of each track in the mix right. Mixing also usually involves adding processing steps like EQ, compression, delay, and reverb. Mastering is done after a track is mixed. This is the final stage where the song is tweaked to get the right volume, added clarity, etc.
In this mixing and mastering tutorial you will learn the difference between mixing and mastering and how and why we do it. It will show you some examples of what plug-ins are used for mixing and mastering such as EQ, compression, saturation, sidechaining, delay, reverb, etc.
Music that is not mixed and mastered does not sound good compared to mixed and mastered music.

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00:00 Introduction
00:18 Mixing explained – What is mixing in music?
01:04 Panning and volume
01:45 Make room for every element in the mix
02:56 Use the EQ to make room for all frequencies in the mix
03:13 Sidechaining
03:26 Reverb, compression and stereo separation
04:04 Mastering explained – What is mastering in music?
04:49 Mastering effects
05:43 Dedicated mastering studio VS. typical bedroom studio
06:23 Should you master your own music?

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