Mastering the high end

Posted on Jun 27, 2011 08:16 am
GCT
Member Since: May 14, 2011

Hi
I was just mix/mastering some of my own music and thought it was finished. At a distance it sounds good but head between a bright pair of Philips speakers revealed the harsh high end which is mainly the lead female vocalist. So I spent the next few days trying to fix it with good results by playing with high end boost, high end cut and a de-esser on the vocal track. In the end I have started editing the peaks as a kinder way of de-essing before eqing.

Then I compared it with Bob Ludwig's mastering on some similar music. The highs sound "colder" and the frequency analysis showed his mastering has all the peaks much more tightly controlled, gently falling in the high end, then sharply cut off to 20-22K.

Any tips on how I can get closer to this "cold" sounding pro top end ?

GCT

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