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Join Davide Carbone on an analog mastering session where he passes a track through analog EQ, analog saturation and analog compression. Here he talks about his experience mastering tracks for Carl Cox through to why and how he implements his techniques.

He also explains how Pultec EQ's work and gives visual demonstrations on cutting and boosting at the same frequency.

The analog mastering chain is recorded live so you can hear the difference of each parameter tweak and the bypassing of the units.

Davide is running the track through the following chain:

Davide Carbone explains the difference between Peak, RMS and LUFS meters and how we should use them when mixing and mastering our tracks in preparation for export.

In this detailed mastering tutorial Davide demonstrates why understanding LUFS is extremely important when uploading your tunes to streaming services and digital retailers. This video is based on content from his popular Production Masterclass at the School of Synthesis.