***Open me, DAWg*** Howdy doody, Buckaroonies! Today we're here to talk about mastering your tracks from start to finish using only FREE plugins! These tips will apply to any genre of music, and should make for a good starting point to get your track release ready! We'll be talking through each stage of the process, and checking out some awesome plugins from D16 Group, Melda Productions, Tokyo Dawn Records, and a few others! Become a Patron ► venustheory.com/buckaroonie-babez Samples and Presets ► venustheory.com/store Gear List ► venustheory.com/gear Reference Track: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YegUKAbdmHU Plugins Used: Loudness Analyzer: www.meldaproduction.com/MLoudnessAnalyzer Melda EQ: www.meldaproduction.com/MEqualizer Frontier: d16.pl/frontier Kotelnikov: www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-kotelnikov/ Loudmax: loudmax.blogspot.com/ Stereo Widener: a1audio.alexhilton.net/a1stereocontrol My Awesome Partners: 🎶 Get Bitwig! ► bit.ly/2S3cqvP 💿 DistroKid (Save 7%) ► distrokid.com/vip/venustheory 🎼 Hooktheory! ► hooktheory.com/affiliate/209.html 💙 Kilohearts ► bit.ly/2S7dZZP 🟧 Reason Studios ► bit.ly/2RUqSWK 🎹 Perfect Circuit ► bit.ly/3nwp4PL 🕺 Cableguys ► bit.ly/2T4Or0a 🌊 Waves Plugins ► bit.ly/3yHTMJX 🔊 ADSR Sounds ► bit.ly/3e5xCcD 👽 PSY Acoustics: psyacoustics.com/ (Save 10% with code VENUSTHEORY) ▼▼▼TIMESTAMPZ:▼▼▼ 0:00 Learn You Some Music 0:19 Howdy 1:09 Getting Started / Reference Tracks 2:56 Stereo Widening 5:53 Mastering EQ 9:09 Setting Up Loudness 10:14 Dynamics Plugin #1 12:54 True Peak Limiting 15:25 Dynamics Plugin #2 18:03 A Note About Loudness 18:40 Too Much Loudness 20:01 Loudness Through Saturation 22:12 When Is Loud Good? 22:33 Fade Ins / Outs 23:08 Final Export Settings 24:36 Closing Thoughts Stay classy! ▼▼▼Join My Discord!▼▼▼ discordapp.com/invite/p7RUmTt ▼▼▼Follow Venus Theory▼▼▼ Official Site → www.venustheory.com Audius→ www.audius.co/venustheory Bandcamp→ venustheory.bandcamp.com/ Twitter→ www.twitter.com/venustheory Instagram→ www.instagram.com/venustheory Soundcloud → www.soundcloud.com/venustheory VK → vk.com/venustheory --- Disclosure: If you make a purchase using any of the affiliate links, I will earn a small commission with no extra cost to you. This is a great way to get cool new stuff, and support the channel so I can make more videos like this one! I only promote products and services that I love myself, and I'm sure you'll love them too! I appreciate it! 😁

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