Mastering Plugin Chain, START to FINISH | Mastering Masterclass Ep. 6

In our last major episode of the series, John Mayfield walks through his entire mastering chain from start to finish, showing the plugins and processes he takes when mastering a song. We hope you enjoy this deep-dive and learn more about mastering along the way.

The song we are using is Jenny Tolman's "So Pretty"

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ADAM Audio was founded in March 1999 in Berlin. Since then the company has been developing, manufacturing and distributing loudspeakers in the field of Professional Audio.

The development of the X-ART (eXtended Accelerating Ribbon Technology) tweeter based on the 1960’s invention of the Air Motion Transformer by Oskar Heil was largely responsible for the company’s founding. Producing sound not with a piston-like diaphragm as is done in most of the loudspeakers that are on the market, but using a pleated diaphragm that is capable of moving the air 4 times faster than the folds themselves are moving was the appealing idea behind it all. The achieved results were intriguing and gave ample reason for moving forward.

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[mixedbydense]

a Master Giving Class With Years Of Experience 😃Thanks Adam Audio For Great Content 🙂

[moksoundstudios]

Easy way to see when you are being taught by someone who knows the craft inside and out, is by how simple they can explain it. So many good pieces of info in this video.

[Crispymusic]

This was a gem. Thank you Sir, John Mayfield and ADAM Audio! Subscribed!!

[felipousismix]

Great video, an amazing song, and such a nice engineer explaining the whole process. Thanks!

[cherisecarvermusic]

What a wonderful perspective from Mr. Mayfield and such an honor to have a pro like him reveal some of his process.

[lukassbeataddicts]

What a wonderful man with passion for his job. I truly enjoyed watching this video. Made me a bit emotional actually.

[Simeon_Harris]

gotta say, that's an amazing sounding mix. each stage just needs to add a little kiss...he doesn't have to work too hard to make it sound amazing! the slate fg sounded really nice.

[murraywebster]

Iove your style of speaking and explanation, all clear and concise, nicely done, so well done!

[tyloeteeg]

Just what I needed for the night, thanks a millions times John.

[clau]

Amazing! Each stage and step is so subtle, but all added up, the print is night and day.

[iammusicp]

That was awesome! Thanks John Mayfield & Adam Audio!

[vadimmartynyuk]

Another great video, thank you Adam Audio and John Mayfield

[kelvinfunkner]

such a great video on the benefits of small wins all along the way! I love the non-exaggerated and balanced focus of the work and that it isn't smashed to death....very nicely done! one small caveat that I have though, is that I don't necessarily agree that the mid and side signals can be processed completely independent of each other....Mathew Weiss proves this in his video called "The Truth About Mid Side Processing" where he shows that they are actually inter-dependent to some degree, and that changes to one, indeed affect the other.

[rickdeaguiar-musicreflecti]

What great insight and experience. I gained so much knowledge from this :)

[esonicsound]

Great Masterclass! Also sounds amazing!

[joshcoxmusic]

this video is the number one hidden mastering gem on youtube! This is how you get a radio quality master, no doubt

[bdger]

Thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing

[nielserikmogensen-larsen]

Thank you for this. Absolutely soothing for the ears listening to the end result.
Really the sound, dynamics, differentiation and clarity I'm working to get in my work. A really inspiring lesson and walk-through...

[royhimlalyd]

I am so happy with your mastering on my mixes here from Norway / Himlalyd... Mvh. Roy

[cmkyuhy]

Thank you so much for the valuable knowledges! 😇🙂