Linear phase vs minimum phase EQ for mastering? | Mastering Explained

When should you use linear phase EQ or minimum phase EQ? What are the differences in sound? Does pre-ringing matter? That's what this video is about!

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[matrixate]

Brilliantly done my friend. I tend to use it on multi mic recordings, more often on the higher frequencies. I don't use it on lower frequencies. For years, I followed the advice of others to use on the master but I usually tend to use it on the upper frequency band because it does have a more transparent sound. Most of those changes are small but broad.

[michaeltablet]

Thank you so much! I always look forward to your videos! So helpful!

[kadiummusic]

The ironic thing is that although pre-ringing can make sounds seem "unnatural" we actually spend most of our time equing sounds with the actual intention of making them sound unnatural! Processed drum are not natural, processed vocals are not natural. So at the end of the day it is ALL about what we like and what we don't like. 😎

[compoundaudio]

Thank you, as always, It's a real pleasure watching your videos :)

[briancase]

Great video, and it's unique in the YouTube realm. One question that you might address: some EQs have an explicit choice between linear and minimum. Are there EQs that make that choice "automatically" based on the frequency, Q, and frequency? Are there EQs that are only one or the other? What do we do then?

[ertugrullgul]

Lets say we master a stereo track and not using any parallel processing. Assuming (and believing) we can't understand phase shifts over a stereo file and also we know linear phase can cause audible pre-ringing at lower frequencies with high q and gain values, is there any point of using a linear phase eq? Theoretically there should be a phase difference between the channels if we process L&R or M/S channels seperately, but in my scenario I'm talking about only stereo processing and I know modern digital eq plugins can process L&R channels exactly the same, so there shouldn't be any difference in phase coherence. I can say that because I tried an all pass filter (as we know it only affects the phase response) with a stereo file and couldn't hear any difference. Also I'm curious about the same thing between minimum phase and natural phase eqs. Why should I prefer one over another if we can't perceive phase shifts in a single stereo file? Additionaly I think phase shifts shouldn't be so noticable at high frequencies near the nyquist and also I realized a little pre-ring in natural phase eq's at high frequencies in plugin doctor's IR analyzer. I think it shouldn't be noticable too but I still wonder is it worth it to choose it over a standard minimum phase eq? Thanks for the video by the way.

[MR_Cellarpop]

Welcome back Mastering Explained, i have missed you :). Thanks for a new great video. So what do you recomand using when doing hi-pass and low-pass in mastering, natural or linear phase or is it just a taste thing?.