Digital Domain at Sterling Sound Mastering Workshop 10 TUTORIAL
Brought to you from Sterling Sound in New Jersey, this series is led by mastering engineer Idania Valencia!
For her MWTM debut, Idania gives a comprehensive walkthrough of her philosophy, workflow, and techniques. Demonstrating her expertise on six different projects, she conveys how to efficiently use a handful of plug-ins to consistently achieve ‘in the box’ results on par with high-end analog chains. She also discusses monitoring, SRC, loudness penalisation, and much more!
Part 1
13 min
Philosophy, studies, internship, assisting, setup, DAW of choice, mix vs. stem mastering, genre-based focus
Part 2
15 min
Target levels, ‘louder vs. better’ psychology, DSP normalisation, penalisation triggers, optimising for algorithms
Part 3
07 min
Sample rate, bit depth, SRC, streaming platform resolutions, playback device capabilities, advancements
Part 4
15 min
Studio design, monitoring environments, translation, headphone QC, distortion, analog vs. digital processing
Part 5
10 min
Mastering ‘It Takes Two’ by Fiji Blue
Part 6
10 min
Mastering ‘Lose my Mind’ by James Arthur
Part 7
12 min
Mastering ‘Casinò’ by Lucrezia
Part 8
08 min
Mastering ‘When’ by Moyka
Part 9
06 min
Mastering ‘Loved You A Little’ by The Maine ft. Taking Back Sunday & Charlotte Sands
Part 10
07 min
Mastering ‘Handle with Care’ by Francis Karel