Mastering Film TV Music

How to Master a Film/TV Track

[dylanlovecomposer]

Extremely helpful video man! In prep for submitting library music for a documentary, this is exactly the kind of knowledge I needed!

[MusicalWizardryMarcoIannello]

Loved this video, Ryan! I did a few of the things you show for my album, complete trial and error, but I think I achieved a decent sound quality in it

[AlexKurilovMusic]

Very interesting video. There are barely any videos on mastering orchestral / soundtrack sound.

Cool idea with key frequency, although it might be tricky if key changes a lot, do you automate it?

Tape plugin is also interesting, it does soften the mix indeed. I've always thought that my mixes sound 'jarring', I might try that.

Do you use any reverb plugin?

[jessetimmmiller]

Did you ever make that "other" video you eluded to? I'd love your thoughts on mastering music set to picture.

[MRGOOSE]

I have heard that some of the "muddier" frequencies of a track can accumulate in the 100-200Hz region and that some engineers will search for harsh sounding frequencies and duck them by ~1.5dB. You seem to be taking a different approach by boasting the frequencies in this area according to the key of the track.

How are you combating any dissonant build-up in this region? Are you dealing with it in the mixing stage on a per track basis?

Thanks! I appreciate the tips from the video

[ussoccerrisingstars]

do the infos in your video also work for mastering a song(instrumental with a voice over it) ment for tv and films?

[darrenglover]

Great video, thanks.
Would like to hear how the stems work through the chain. Getting a one size fits all mastering set up when creating stems is a task I find difficult. I have tried many setups. At present I’m just getting each stem to hit hard as a bus and then at the master out there’s a little L2 ‘gain’ to use as it’s almost there before hand. Kind of like I’ve mastered the stems already if you get me? I only use this approach on this style of ‘library’ music.
I’m curious why you set up an out 1&2 after the master ?
Thanks for the video-there’s very little of this kind :)

[lalithkiran]

It's pretty cool brother., if I Master the tracks with sub mix and bounce the individual tracks, is the same quality is there for every track?

[offlinemode]

Where can i enroll to learn how to make... Music for film and tv... From scratch... I have no idea... Where to start please... Help me... I need to learn from basic to advanced... I am ready to give myself next three to three years... Dedicatedly. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[leogerman]

Is the duduk from a soundback? If yes which one?

[alansommer]

Can you help me, man? My mix sounds GREAT on various headphones but terrible on the TV alone! Why? What should I do? What is the secret to make a mix sound great on good media and also on the shitty TV plain sound?