Mastering Process for Streaming, CD and Radio Ready Tracks

In this second part of our visit to Lismore Mastering Sam runs through the processing he applied and why he applied it to our mix of Hard Times. He identifies that the mix is somewhat veiled and that in comparison to the rest of the EP tracks it was a little darker in tone. So he corrects the balance between the tracks.

He also talks about the different file formats he produces and how he applies dither to those differing formats.

We couldn't recommend Sam highly enough and below are his contact details for your next mastering job.

Sam Proctor
Lismore Mastering
email: [email protected]
Address: Sheffield, England. 
Also check out some of Sams previous work on his website https://www.samproctor.com/portfolio/

Our debut single Hard Times will be released on all streaming platforms on Friday 26th April 2024 and the video will stream on our sister YouTube Channel ‪@maybenever1984‬

Our debut EP, Timed Out, will be released on Friday 24th May 2024.

   • How to Prepare A Track for MASTERING:...  

00:00 Previously
00:41 The processes
02:06 First Impressions
03:21 The Bottom End
04:04 Process Detail EQ
06:20 Process Detail Compression
07:40 Transformer Saturation
09:04 Mastering Engineers attuned hearing
09:46 Can Mix Engineers be Mastering Engineers?
12:18 Plugin Use
13:20 Limiters
14:25 Dither
15:28 File Formats
16:49 DDP Process for CD manufacture
18:31 Mix assessment and areas for improvement.
21:52 Outro
22:09 End