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How to Master Your Songs with Abbey Road TG Tone

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Mastering engineer Ian Shepherd from Production Advice presents a full mastering tutorial covering loudness, compression, and EQ, and explores the rich tonal color that Waves’ Abbey Road TG Mastering plugin imparts. Learn more: https://www.waves.com/artgmc

Plugins included in this tutorial:
Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain: https://www.waves.com/plugins/abbey-r...
WLM Plus Loudness Meter: https://www.waves.com/plugins/wlm-lou...
Abbey Road J37 Tape: https://www.waves.com/plugins/j37-tape
VU Meter: https://www.waves.com/plugins/vu-meter

Get Ian Shepherd’s free Home Mastering Guide PDF here: http://www.HomeMasteringGuide.com

20 Comments

@andrewgreening3202 6 years ago

Great tutorial - no hard sell, just honesty and authentic enthusiasm.

@TayIwarOfficial 6 years ago

best waves tutorial i've ever seen

@OverdriveMusic 6 years ago

The best Waves tutorial EVER!!! Perfectly explained, no fancy bullshit. Ian's not claiming the plugin is anything it's not. Great song, really well produced and mixed.
I purchased this on Black Friday, and use it on every master now. Gives great colour to a flat mix.

@keithdunwoody1302 4 years ago

My favourite Waves plug.

@DiamondWoodStudios 4 years ago

Always come back to this video every now and then for a refresher, thank you kindly ❤️🙏🏽

@kelvinfunkner 6 years ago

wow. love that gentle boost in the mid lows at 256...makes the vocal sound like butter!

@theturtleproject 6 years ago

i use the tg mastering chain on every track i do since buying it, its so good

@housefinderspa529 4 years ago

Fantastic for anyone looking to understand mastering and also understanding the abbey road mastering chain! I still use this plugin in most of my mastering sessions.

@JimijaymesProductions 6 years ago

Waves have gotten Ian Shepherd which is a great idea!

@nathanhyatt 5 years ago

A master class on gain staging. So helpful! Thank you, Ian!

@Katnipp_ 6 years ago

How to use this plugin first thing disable half of it

@BDB7614 3 years ago (edited)

I like the A to B idea for level comp. This can be hard to get across to people.

I also was experimenting on studio rack and found some really interesting ideas with the multiband rack, using the J37 with wow and flutter only on the high mid. This was on an already mixed song but worth a try for adding life to a dead vocal in an already mixed song.

@MaxCarola 3 years ago

Thank you for that video. I experimented with the TG1 and I was quickly able to archive a great mastered song. And I love the flow of the signal.

@gregorythomasmusic 6 years ago

Ian you are brilliant. That is all. Thank you for sharing your brilliance with us, Waves, thanks for giving people like Ian a larger platform to disseminate such viable information.

@mathyoooo2 6 years ago

Ian's videos are always a treat

@Area51Resort 4 years ago

Thank you, Ian for this incredibly helpful video. I struggled to get a proper sound for so long but this video showed me everything that I needed. Very much appreciated Waves Audio!