Learn the mastering workflow used by Grammy-winning engineers
In this comprehensive mastering tutorial, you’ll learn the exact mastering process used by world renowned engineers, Gavin Lurssen and Reuben Cohen, to take your tracks from “almost there” to release-ready. This course will give you the tools to take your music over the finish line, leaving you with the confidence to master music like the pros.
What's Included
- Complete mastering workflow
- Protools sessions
- Audio files
- Plug-in settings
- Real-world mastering examples
- Lifetime access
Not sure you're ready for mastering?
If you can mix a track in your DAW, you can follow this course. You can learn anytime and from any device you own - desktop, tablet, or smartphone.
We built this course so you could master your music like the pros
Gavin Lurssen is a twelve-time Grammy nominee and a four-time Grammy winner. Artists whose albums he has mastered include the Foo Fighters, Ben Harper, Queens of the Stone Age, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Eric Clapton, Sara Bareilles, and Chvrches, to name just a few. Soundtracks include Hercules, Mortal Kombat, Game of Thrones, Oh Brother Where Art Though?, The Mandalorian, Mulan, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, The Hunger Games and Gladiator.
Reuben Cohen has a Latin Grammy for mastering Diego Torres’ album Distinto, and a TEC Award for mastering “Happy” by Pharrell Williams. He’s mastered albums for artists such as Metallica, Miley Cyrus, Incubus, John Lennon, Sofia Isella, Kid Cudi, Lord Huron, and Edward Sharpe. Soundtracks include F1, Superman, Inside Out 2, House Of The Dragon, Severance, The Last Of Us, Alien Romulus, Slumdog Millionaire, The Wild Robot, Pitch Perfect, Oppenheimer, and Mission Impossible 7 and 8 to name just a few.
Stop Guessing - Start Mastering with a Proven System
This is a proven mastering process, refined over decades of work on major records, film scores, soundtracks, and more—designed to deliver consistent, professional results across any genre or style of music. You’ll learn how to build the chain and then adjust it to fit every project that comes your way.
Follow along with your favorite mixing plugins at home, or if you wish to use the same plugins we do in the tutorial, you can download the curated IK Multimedia T-RackS Lurssen Bundle for 50% off once inside the course.
Curriculum
- Downloads: Pro Tools Sessions, Audio Files, and Plug-in Settings.
- Understand The Concept Of Mastering. (2:06)
- Discover how we approach the mastering process and the techniques we use to achieve professional, release-ready results. (2:43)
- Explore the process of our mastering chain. (2:23)
- Learn the differences between mixing and mastering. (3:19)
- Prepare For Mastering: Set up your monitoring environment so you can hear the music accurately and make decisions with confidence. (2:13)
- Learn the subtle details of each individual stage in the mastering chain, and how they all work together to shape the final sound. (12:40)
- Mastering With Formula Part 1: A global overview of mastering, including limiting, clipping, compression, high-frequency limiting, EQ, and metering. Learn how to use these tools to shape and balance the overall sound. (46:08)
- Mastering With Formula Part 2: A global overview of understanding loudness, various types of compression and their relationship to EQ, advanced EQ techniques, adjusting the mastering chain for specific sections of a song, the history of EQ, and the practice of mixing into bus processing. (38:58)
- Debunking Myths and Additional Tips: Understand when to introduce high-pass filtering, the benefits of needle-dropping, fading and spacing songs, reviewing your work in various listening environments, stereo widening, and the benefits of referencing other mastered material. (5:15)
- Start Mastering Mixes With Everything You’ve Learned: You now have everything you need to master your music like an industry professional. (21:44)
Testimonials
I thought mastering was just making my mixes louder, but now I’m learning about how to make my mixes more musical through this process.
-Ralph G.
"Mastering has always been intimidating to me. I never know how loud to master my mixes and they don’t come out the way I want. After taking the course I now know what to do. Also, the mastering chain is simple to use and brings the results I always hoped for. Wow!"
-Jacob L.
"I love how simple the lessons are. I had no idea mastering could be this easy. I’m still learning, but now I know what to do and there’s way less guesswork."
-Jess B.
I knew how to make my mixes louder in mastering, but now I know how to make my mixes bigger in mastering!
-Scott G.
I’ve always wondered how professional Mastering Engineers do what they do. After watching this course my mind is blown. It’s like I woke up from the Matrix!
-Jeremy A.
I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to follow along with a course like this, but after going through the lessons, I have no doubts I can master on my own. Thanks guys!
-Richard P.
This course put me in touch with what not to do. it's almost more important to figure out what not to do than it is to figure out what to do and they made this very easy for me to understand.
-Darwin T.
This mastering chain and method is my new “go to”. Thanks Gavin and Reuben!
-Elizabeth M.
This IK Multimedia Mastering chain rules! And so easy to use!
-Todd H.
