Uploaded March 2014 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Mastering your own music is essential to finalize your recording to maximize its loudness, enhance its stereo field, idealize the frequency balance and finish it in its target format.

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This tutorial walks you through the tips and tricks you need to know to master your own music and get the most out of the song you've recorded and mixed.

You'll learn: compression, equalization, de-essing, saturation, limiting and k-metering as it relates to mastering music.

Demonstrated using Fab-Filter's Pro-C (compressor), Pro-Q (EQ), Pro-DS (de-esser), Saturn (saturator) and Pro-L (limiter).

Get the software used in this video:
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FabFilter Saturn: go.magik.ly/ml/3gdj
FabFilter Pro-Q2: go.magik.ly/ml/3gdk
FabFilter Pro-DS: go.magik.ly/ml/3gdm

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