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The Journey Ahead Welcome To The Reverse Engineer Goal Setting Worksheet Choosing Your Path The Only 3 Things That Matter Concepts Come First Choosing Your DAW Introduce Yourself Your First Coaching Call Your First Mastering Assignment Order Sonarworks Sound ID Reference Feedback First Steps What is Mastering? Mastering Exercise Moving Away From The Loudness Wars Getting Inside Your Client’s Head Referencing Referencing Deep Dive How To Get References Virtual Audio Routers Capturing References From Streaming Services Importing References Mastering with References & Notes File Distribution Mastering: Amateur Mix vs. Pro Mix File Formats WAV vs. AIFF MP3 vs. WAV Sample Rate & Bit Depth Bit Depth: A Bit Deeper! Client Checklist Build Your Form Practice The Process Prepping The Session Getting Organized Buy a Hard Drive Get Cloud Storage File Hierarchy Cheatsheet Create a Resources Folder Organization in Action Mastering Session Setup Translating for your DAW Create Your Mastering Template Know Your Shortcuts Getting Your Volume Right Achieve Volume Consistency Mastering Exercise Room Acoustics Room Acoustics Basics Setting Up Your Room Setup Your Room Speaker and Subwoofer Setup Get Correct Speaker/Sub Settings Sonarworks Overview Sound ID Reference Tutorial Get First Sonarworks Reading Listen to a Frequency Sweep Acoustic Treatment 101 Treatment Deep Dive To Build or To Buy? Advanced Room Acoustics How to measure your room with REW How to interpret the data/graphs in REW Amroc Room Mode Calculator Use The Amroc Room Mode Calculator Dane’s Room — Amroc and REW in Action How thick should my treatment be? Advanced Room Acoustics Resources Room Construction and Soundproofing Studio Gear Overview Studio Gear Options Learning To Listen Training Your Ear Start Your Daily Training Frequency Matching Beyond The Cube Cube Listening Exercise The 5 Truths of Mastering Reverse Problem Solving Master Jimmy Eat World Master Any 5 Songs Bridging The Gap Transformation Cheatsheet Identify The Gaps Master 10 Songs Master Project 2 Sonic Spectrum Campsite Lingo Frequency Balance Chart Home On The Range Frequency Range Cheatsheet Mastering EQ Arsenal EQ Arsenal Cheatsheet Global vs. Local Local EQ Global EQ The Process: Mastering With EQ Live EQ: Single Song Sessions EQ 35 Songs Live EQ: Multi Song Sessions EQ 5 Albums Dynamic Spectrum Peaks & Transients How To Hear Compression Enhancement Compression Bringing Things To Baseline Advanced Mastering Compressors Advanced Compression — Character Mastering Compressor Arsenal Compressor Arsenal Cheatsheet Live Compression: 35 Singles Mastering Compression Flowchart Compress 35 Singles Live Compression: Multi Song Sessions Compress 5 Albums Loudness Spectrum Making It Loud Inter-Sample Peaks & True Peaks The End of the Loudness War How To Get Your Masters Loud AND Dynamic Mastering Limiter Arsenal Limiter Arsenal Cheatsheet Live Limiting: Single Song Sessions A ‘Lil More About Loudness… Limit 35 Singles Live Limiting: Multi Song Sessions Limit 5 Albums The Big Picture Master Project 7 Finalizing Masters Final Delivery Final Mastering Cheatsheet Finalize Project 7 Handling Revisions Become a Mastering Engineer ISRC Masters for CD & Vinyl Total Mastering Workflow Mastering For Vinyl Stem Mastering Live Stem Mastering Stem Master 5 Songs Analog Gear Listening Levels Find Your Preferred Listening Level Proving You’re A Pro Shadow Mindsets Shadow Mindsets Worksheet Making A Living In Music What You Should Know Journey To Full-Time Music Industry Podcasts Landing Your First Client Prime Your Profile(s) Find People Meet People Offer Value Mastering.com