The Fiverr Engineer Who BEAT ABBEY ROAD!

I’m talking live with Marvin, the Fiverr engineer who beat Abbey Road and WON my mastering shootout.
I want to find out his reaction to the video, what his mastering process is like, and how things have changed since the video came out.

[LasCosasComoSean]

MASTERING CHAIN:
- Oeksound Soothe to tame Low-Mid (Bass) resonances and 0, 5 dB De-Essing/De-Breathing with a very narrow band.
- Softube Tape saturation.
- Fabfilter PRO MB Low End control (subs below 60Hz Kick).
- Fabfilter PRO MB (5 bands, around +/- 1 dB comp).
- Universal Audio Pultec / Unknown settings / Probably Andrew Scheps-style settings (Low band 100hz +2, 5-3 dBs / Hi band 10 kHz +3-4 dBs / Bandwidth size 7, 5). Free alternative: Rare by Analog Obsession.
- Sonnox Oxford Inflator / Free alternative by Melda Production MWaveShaper 1:1 clone preset (Paul Third channel)
- Soundtheory Gulfoss Master.
- Slate FGX (Low punch).
- Brainworx V3 EQ (stereo widening 105% + mono below 80Hz).
- SIR Audio Tools Standard Clip (shave transients).
- Fabfilter PRO L2 (limiting) 1, 5 dB gain / -7 LUFS / True Peak -1 dB.

[flexame]

He absolutely nailed our first 2 songs as a band space between and actually did our live sound in London too. Incredible talent and even nicer guy to talk to in person! So glad to see him get this recognition! Huge love! <3

[malvernsoundtherapy]

How refreshing that such a talented and humble guy isn't all about grabbing more money - he deserves to get well paid jobs because of his attitude and ethical approach to his contribution in this world. Great job, Marvin - and you're al lovely guy!

[HighSideYT]

dude. this is a perfect use of your platform and reach. love that you are helping small businesses grow

[LambertDriveStudios]

what a humble dude!! great interview!!

[Zealed]

Marvin is definitely a master of his craft! He did an amazing job with our Master. Thanks Jordan for all that you do. Definitely have learned a lot through your videos. I am a big fan of your work. Can’t thank you enough.

[charliekey]

That's very nice Jordan, given Marvin the credit he deserves was very kind. I'm really happy to find out that still people out there helping others to grow. Marvin is such a humbled person.

[Chupacabramusic]

1st, This is cool you fallowed up on this dude...
2nd, jordan it says so much that you were happy to bless his buisness and carrer with your efforts..
This really secures my opinion of you on a personal level.

[kazlee]

14:00 1st plug-in Soothe control low/mid & highend

14:58 2nd plug-in softube tape for saturation

15:00 pro mb with narrow q to control kick around 60 hz. If the Multiband only reacts to the kick then he knows the low-end will translate right.

The above mentioned changes was made on the track and then fed into mixbus ---> master bus

mixbus template : overall very small changes with following plug-in order;

1 Pro MB with 5 bands - usually a set and forget for him

2. Pulltech EQ with the Pulltech trick and 10k boost 1 db

3. Oxford Inflator for percieved loudness

4. Gulfoss Master

5. Slate FGX for low end punch

6. bx v3 eq mono 80 hz cut and stereo-width 105%

This is routed to the Masterbus


18:20 Masterbus;

1.Sir StandardClip

2. Pro L2


Great video, thanks alot!

[seekhisface]

He mixed and mastered a tune of ours this week and did a great job!!!

[IbanMieZ]

Marvin did such a stellar job on our songs! Thanks for introducing him to the world!

[saardean]

Very cool interview. It also proves that knowing what you are doing is way more important than 20k monitors and a 50k analog chain

[blackedelweiss]

Gullfoss is seriously a secret weapon. Feeding it decent mixes just really glues everything together and gives you a fat sound.

[irishmm]

Humble dude, mad skills. Great work and thanks for supporting Marvin, Jordan.

[soundsmudgeEgy]

We had the pleasure of working with tide studio London on 3 of our songs and words can’t describe the level of professionalism and high quality service he provides…. Thanks for bearing up with us 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[jasonricard]

This guy was cool. Very humble guy. Great demeanour. Thanks Jordan

[VX-cydu]

This sounds like a great way to create content. You test different businesses/people, and interview the best one

[toddkelly]

Great conversation. Clearly, Marvin has some serious natural talent to be operating at this level with typical home studio gear, and so early in his career. Well done!

[Heaven-dylj]

For me this is a classic example of someone who loves their craft over the love of just money. Good on him.

[RafaelBelor]

actally inflator is a pretty unique proccessor that is very mathematical and tries to make things louder, kind of like waves mv2 or ursa DSP boost, but intelligent. from the manual: The Inflator process functions by changing the relative probability of samples in the programme material such that there is a greater probability of larger values than the original signal. The Inflator does not employ signal compression, so there is no ‘pumping’, dynamic level change, loss of presence or flattening of percussive attacks. The full dynamic information of the music content is largely preserved despite the increase in average modulation density.

In addition to loudness enhancement, the Inflator can create a harmonic profile in the signal spectrum that not only increases the apparent dynamic impact of instruments and performances, but also provides ’warmth’ to the programme, reminiscent of good valve systems. When used in this way, the Inflator even has the ability of good valve systems to produce great sounding programme when significantly overdriven, and can therefore be used as an artistic enhancement tool on single performances within a mix.