Check out our free mastering racks for Ableton Live 9 and use them as a good starting point to make your tracks loud and shiny! Inside this pack you will find 3 racks: Basic Mastering Rack – perfect starting point for the mastering process. EDM Mastering Rack –. Check out our free mastering racks for Ableton Live 9 and use them as a good starting point to make your tracks loud and shiny! Inside this pack you will find 3 racks: Basic Mastering Rack – perfect starting point for the mastering process. EDM Mastering Rack – designed to make your mixes loud and explosive.
This is what a beginner standard Ableton Live mastering chain with only native devices should have in it!
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The real issue with these questions are that each track is different. Each genre is different. Everything is specific. That doesn’t mean, however, that we can’t get something like a starter kit going.
I have made a number of mastering racks in the past and most come with tutorials and/or walk-throughs. Downloading them and watching the video tutorials will go a long way to helping you understand what goes into a mastering chain in Ableton Live.
This post is a guide to what most mastering chains will have in them and some of the settings to be aware of and explanations of why. This is not the end all be all, and like I said before all tracks will be different. This is just enough to get you started!
Read through and / or Download the Mastering Rack Below!
From first to Last Device (left to right in the chain).Saturator
“Saturation is a process that has its roots firmly in the analog domain. Mix engineers using tape would print ‘hot’ levels to create a type of compression, which is known as tape saturation.
“When tape is driven in this way and the level meets 0db (and a fair way beyond) the level clips, but in the analog realm this is known as ‘soft clipping’. The end result is a satisfying, fuzzy overloaded signal which displays natural compression and limiting characteristics. Engineers would use this as a tool on certain elements on the mix.” – music.tutsplus.com
We add Ableton’s Saturator to the mastering chain first to add warmth to the mix and also an almost vintage feel, as if our digital noise is being processed through physical hardware.
A good setting to start with might be the Analog Clip or Soft Sine algorithms. Drive +1 , DC filter on, no Coloring, no Soft Clipping, Output at 0dB, and at 50% Dry / Wet.
Dynamic Tube
A Bit Warmer, Dynamic Tube Preset, 50% Wet
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“Dynamic Tube is a tube saturation effect that has a built in envelope follower that is perfect for dynamic tonal variations. There are three tube models available, labelled A, B, and C.” – proabletonproducer.com
We add this for a bit more digital warm that follows the signal pathways dynamically. A good starting point is the “A Bit Warmer” preset in Live. Just go ahead and turn the Dry / Wet to 50% to start with.
Glue Compressor | Drums
Glue Compressor, Mastering Chian – Gentle Two Buss Modified
“Glue Compressor, a new device modeled on a popular vintage bus compressor [SSL] from the 1980s, known for “gluing” the mix together.” – Ableton.com
Next we will compress the drums. Live has a number of great Glue Compressor presets for this! I suggest using the Full Parallel or Soft Two Buss presets to see how they sound.
You want to be careful not to use two much make-up, if any at all. The goal here is only to tighten up the lower end of the drums and percussion, and even some bass, not add any gain in volume.
If you are looking for a good video tutorial on the Glue Compressor you should check out this one by Dubspot. I found it on Ableton’s website, so it is safe to assume the information is on point!
EQ 8
“The EQ Eight effect is an equalizer featuring up to eight parametric filters per input channel, useful for changing a sound’s timbre.” – Ableton User Manual
Just like all the other devices this one is going to highly depend on your premaster, genre, and desired result. I have made a number of great presets for EQ 8, from Ozone 6 and Ozone 5 mastering software. I believe they are great starting points.
Some general tips for mastering with the EQ 8.
Compressor
Standard Compression in the Mastering Chain
“A compressor reduces gain for signals above a user-settable threshold. Compression reduces the levels of peaks, opening up more headroom and allowing the overall signal level to be turned up. This gives the signal a higher average level, resulting in a sound that is subjectively louder and ”punchier” than an uncompressed signal.” – Ableton User Manual
He we are going for a bit louder, tighter, and punchier, but without over compressing and losing too much dynamic information in the process!
Limiter
Limiter, Mastering Chain, Increases Final Volume without Clipping
“The Limiter effect is a mastering-quality dynamic range processor that ensures that the output does not exceed a specified level. Limiter is ideal for use in the Master track, to prevent clipping. A limiter is essentially a compressor with an infinite ratio.” – Ableton User Manual
We use this bad boy last in the chain to get our volume. You still need to be careful of over compression though! I think it is best to leave this at 0dB to start. Then slowly turn it up until the loss in dynamics is more than the volume gained.
A ceiling between -0.3 and -0.5 is a good range with .12 ms release time.
Finally. Group this chain into an Effects Rack!
Now that you have some standard starting points for a decent Ableton Live mastering chain it might be a good idea to wrap them all into a group and save for later! Select all the devices and hit Cntrl + G or right click and select Group from the fly out menu.
Now you can map the important parameters, up to 8 of them, to the macro knobs for easy use in the future! I have mapped what is shown and labeled in the picture. I have also set the parameters up as a simple drag and drop mastering rack, with room to do a lot more processing!
Download the Standard Mastering Chain / Rack Template
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In this article we’re going through the mastering chains of pro producers like Deadmau5 and Laidback Luke. We will also show you our PML Mastering Chain, made with Ableton stock plugins. These racks come in handy when polishing up your tracks - that’s why we have included them as a free download. Enjoy!
Deadmau5's Mastering Chain1) LinEQ (Waves)
Low Cut: roll-off below 32HZ (depends a bit on input track)
Removing low frequencies we can hardly hear on most playback systems and gaining headroom for our other elements.
2) MStereoExpander
Widening the stereo spectrum of the track, achieving a richer stereo image.
34% Depth (in this case)
3) Xfer Records OTT
Multiband Compressor, Compressing our different frequency bands (low, mids, highs) with different intensities, depending on what the track needs
4) FabFilter Pro MB
Used by Deadmau5 as Dynamic EQ - for one band at 59.462 Hz, +3.42dB,
Usually is used as multiband compressor
5) FabFilter Pro-L
Allround Limiting (increasing general loudness of the track)
+13dB (track dependent), Attack 118 ms, Release 500 ms
6) L2 UltraMaximizer (Stereo Mode)
Additional subtle limiting (-2.1 Threshold)
(depends on the source track)
Laidback Luke's Mastering Chain1) Ableton EQ8/FabFilter Pro-Q
Multiple instances for surgical and balance control over the frequency range. Settings vary from track to track.
2) Izotope Ozone 6 - Exciter
Slightly overdriving the higher frequencies for a 'crisp hihats' effect
Dual Triode Setting
Low Band: 0% Amount
Mid Band: 194 Hz - 3.97kHz. 0.7% Amount
High Band: 3.97kHz - 11.9kHz. 3.8 Amount
High Band 2: 11.9kHz - 20k. 6.6 Amount
3) Ableton Stock Compressor
Compressor focussed on adding a bit of punch to the track:
Threshold: -2.07dB (depends on track)
Ratio: 9.14:1
Attack: 5.47 ms
Release: 37.4 ms
Dry/Wet 100%
Makeup Gain On
RMS setting
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Lookahead: 1ms
4. Ableton Stock Chorus
Stereo enhancing for high frequencies. Therefore its highpassed:
Hipass setting at 1.93kHz
Amount 5.22 ms
Rate 1.67 Hz
Fix Mode
32% Feedback
Dry/Wet 15%
5. T-RackS Spectrum Analyzer
Analyses adjustments made before applying the limiter.
6. FabFilter Pro-L
Brickwall limiting at the end
PML „Ableton Only” Mastering Chain
When “mastering” on this basic level, we are trying to accomplish 3 things:
- balance the mix
- clean up resonance
- add loudness (punch) to the track
EQ8
Lowcut - This EQ is operating in mid side mode. We are cutting out frequencies below 100hz on the side and freqs below 35 hz in the mids. That way we have a clean low cut and our bass is operating in mono
Glue compressor
We are catching some of the peaks over the entire frequency range
EQ8
We are flattening out some unwanted resonances
Multiband Dynamics
We are balancing the low, mid and highs with 3-band multiband compression
Compressor Punch
We are adding punch to the mix, emphasizing the dynamics
Compressor Sustain
We are flattening out the mix a little bit (in order to be able to make the sum louder in the end)
EQ8
Final touches, we are pulling up the bass a bit and adding a little bit of brilliance in the top end
Limiter
We are increasing the loudness of the sum of our track. Note: don’t push it too far, Ableton’s limiter starts distorting the sound quite quickly.
Of course, this chain has its limitations - but we found it a good way to start with a basic master for your Ableton productions. Make sure you adjust the loudness of your mix before entering the chain. If the mix plays at low volumes, add a utility in front of the chain an turn up the level to get the chain compressors working - if its getting too heavy - turn it down a tad.
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