How To Master DJ Mixes Like A Pro For FREE // Audacity Tutorial

Welcome to today's video, How To Master DJ Mixes Like A Pro For FREE.

I hope you find today's video useful & it helps you master your own dj mixes going forward. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments.

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[djcsharp]

The AUMultibandCompressor is on Mac, but on Windows I found that the reaxcomp is the a good one to use that has 4 bands. On the mac, the AUMultibandCompressor appears to be at the defaults, and so I ran it on a mac and go the details. The settings are then the following band1:topFreq = 200, band2:topFreq = 900, and band3:topFreq = 4000. Band1:threshold=-30db, Band1:Attack=20ms, Band1:Release=40ms. Band2:threshold=-32.5db, Band2:Attack=20ms, Band2:Release=40ms. Band3:threshhold=-40db, Band3:Attack=20ms, Band3:Release=40ms.Band4:threshhold=-42.5, Band4:Attack=20ms, Band4:Release=40ms. I hope this helps folks.

[djsteviemitch]

Even after 2 years this is the best and easiest to follow explanation of editing mixes on youtube. Brilliant video, thank you.

[mandarn__]

Since the new Audacity update, everything kinda changed, would be cool if you could do the updated version of this recording :) loved the old version more and this video helped me always

[bazukaran]

Amazing Tutor man, Thanks A LOT. Its Too bad ii cant hear the audio of what your doing. it could bring this whole tutorial to another level and really make us understand exactly what you are doing. Thanks Again - Love It

[BELTR.]

Great tutorial, man! Could you teach us, Windows users, how to use the Multiband Compressor? We can't have this same plugin you're using..

[toshgiles]

Finally! So helpful, and actually the answers I needed. Thank you.

[BboyCorrosive]

Thanks man, after a lot of collecting, I'm finally getting my act together to make some short mixes for mixcloud to have a go at getting out there a bit, maybe get some small bar shows or something, this will help a lot as I'm all vinyl so run into the loudness/quietness issue and was a bit stuck looking for the right filter to fix it per track

[theenemyoftruth]

What ratio are you using in the compressor? And are you using make up gain?

[mxmulz]

Great Tutorial, I got one more question though, the latest version of Audacity comes with the "Loudness Normalisation", which has been added to meet the standards of the streaming platforms. Do you include that effect at the end of the mastering? Regards David

[IgnizerTrading]

Thank you! I use windows and there is no multiband compressor on audacity, which other option can be used?

[DjDavidTimothy]

Hi mate what are you using to master these days as there has been many updates on Audacity and the multiband compressor has changed

[djxanderdls]

Nice tutorial bro. I just wish we could here the audio while you are doing the mastering. Anyway, I learned a lot. Thank you DJ Blighty.

[MauricioFernandez-kq]

Love the video and explantion. Would love an explanation on the multiband compressor so i can apply that step better.

[Brandon]

1. Normalize everything to 0.0
2. AUMultiband Compressor everything (standard)
3. Select peak sections: Limiter (Hard Limit, 0.0, 0.0, -6, 10)
4. Normalize everything to -1.0
5. Limiter (Hard Limit) everything to -2.0
6. Normalize everything to -1.0
7. Limiter (Hard Limit) everything to -2.0
8. Normalize everything to -1.0
9. Limiter (Hard Limit) everything to -2.0
10. Normalize everything to -1.0
11. Limiter (Hard Limit) everything to -2.0
12. Normalize everything to -1.0

[chachoudj]

Hey the new limiter of Audacity latest update look completely different - would you know what setup I should set for big peak?

[bodio_ua]

Thanks a lot for these tips! I'll try them and see how it works!

[PNolan]

Best video I've found on this topic. Thank you!

[Joe-DnB-Tambo]

Nice tutorial, do you have one for a vinyl mix

[TheManInaHat]

where do you download the multiband compressor

[larrycoffey]

Watched this a few months ago. Mades no sense. DJed clubs/radio late 70s-mid 90s on vinyl. Retired, bought controller, learning digital. Masters sounded like s**t. Just watched again. Applied ur process to a mashup. Wow! Amazing difference. Thank you!!!