• £299.99

Analog Hybrid Mastering Masterclass

  • Course
  • 48 Lessons

Take a seat next to Dom in the studio and dive into the art of analog mastering in a modern DAW workflow. This course includes nearly 6 hours of material, covering:

  • Preparing your music for hybrid analog mastering

  • Techniques for creating punchy, wide, professional masters

  • Integrating analog gear with industry-leading plugins

  • Harnessing the warmth and character of analog gear

  • Analog EQ, dynamic processing, stereo imaging, saturation, limiting, and clipping

  • Achieving optimal loudness in the hybrid analog domain

Dom Sigalas, with over 20 years of mastering experience, will guide you through these techniques, indispensable even if you don't own hardware gear.

All You Need To Know About Analog Mastering

What makes analog special? Why do Pros rave about analog?- See it all in-action and learn the industry secrets and techniques they don't want you to know

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Learn The Secrets Of Analog Mastering

Here's what you will learn in this course

Who is this course for:

This course is for every Mastering enthusiast whether you own analog gear or not. Learn the secrets employed by top mastering engineers by incorporating analog gear to a DAW workflow for the ultimate mastering results

Analog Hybrid Workflow Secrets

Dive into the magical world of analog mastering! Learn:

✅ How to incorporate analog gear into your DAW

✅ Why you might "want" to use analog gear

✅ Create masters that pop out of the speakers

✅ Get LOUD - the secrets they won't tell you

What you get

✅ A complete analog mastering workflow

✅ Inside look at professional equipment

✅ Techniques for professional, quality masters

✅ Techniques for Loudness if you need to get loud!

✅ Most well-kept Mastering Secrets revealed

Do these sound familiar?

I can't get my Masters LOUD!

We've all been there. You do all the right things but your masters still sound narrow, dull and lifeless.

🚫 Low end is distorted

🚫 Vocals are painful to listen to

🚫 Snares are flat with no punch

🚫 Mastering hits the right LUFS but sounds quiet!

Something is always missing: Proper mastering technique. No plugin can give you the perfect mastering - but with the right method you will be able to master with confidence every single time

The mixes I work with are NOT perfect- Now what?

Most online masterclasses are great but more often than not, they show mastering on a perfect-sounding mix that only needs a couple of adjustments.

Not helpful right?

I hear you 😉

In my courses, you will find techniques for TOUGH situations. Not ideal scenarios ✅

No matter how you want to approach mastering, I have the method for you. It's all about making the best out of the tools you own with proper technique, deep understanding of music and sound.

No plugins fix my masters!

No, they won't. Not on their own.

In my courses, I demonstrate how you can achieve professional mastering results no matter what tools you use!

✅ Do you want to use only stock plugins in your DAW? No problem!

✅ Do you want to use more specialized plugins that are considered industry-standard? I got you covered?

✅ Do you want to master using analog gear and plugins in a hybrid setup? Oh yeah!

Contents

Introduction to Hybrid Analog Mastering

Analog Hybrid Mastering- A Warm Welcome By Dom
Meet Your Instructor- An Introduction By Dom Sigalas

Mastering Fundamentals

My Mastering Approach
Room Treatment
Headphones VS Monitors
Sample Rates- Which One Should You Use?
Bit Depth And Why It Matters

Preparations for Analog Mastering

Preparing The Project For Hybrid Mastering
Preparing The Hybrid Analogue Mastering Chain
Gain Staging For The Mastering Chain

Corrective Processing In-The-Box

Corrective EQing In The Box

Analog Processing

Tour Of The Analog Mastering Chain
Analogue EQ Stage 1 Zäel EQ
Tube Saturation For Richness
Calibrating Analog Gear
Increasing Perceived Loudness With Tube Saturation
Analog Bus Compression - The Legendary SSL Bus Compressor
API2500+ :The Punch Secret Weapon
Analog Mid-Side EQ - Bettermaker Mastering EQ
Adding Depth And Color - Master Bus Transformer
Mid-Side Parallel Compression - The Sauce
Tube Mastering EQ - The Manley Massive Passive

Making things LOUD- The Final Touches

Comparing To The Reference Track
Analog Limiting And Clipping- Converter Clipping Secrets
Adding The Final Touches
Go Out And Master

Genre-specific Mastering Tips

Mastering A Rock Track
Mastering Orchestral Classical Music

Cubase Template Workflow

These chapters give you an overview of my own personal Cubase mastering template I've been using professionally. If you use another DAW these chapters will still be useful as most of the techniques I'm showing here can be applied to your own DAW

Overview Of Dom's Personal Mastering Template
Setting Up Your Reference Tracks
Setting Up For Album Mastering
Setting Up You Metering For Mastering

Mastering Power Knowledgebase (Common Mastering Chapters)

The Crest Factor And Why You Should Care About It.mov
Resetting Your Ears.mov
Dithering-Why It's Important.mp4
Stem Separation.mp4
Sample Rate VS Bit Depth.mov
Too Much Processing.mov
Listening To Multiple Monitor Speakers.mov
Spectral Editing.mp4
Making Mastering Revisions.mov
Unreasonable Mastering Requests.mov

Bonus Material

Mastering with a Tube Saturation EQ - BlackBox HG-Q

Supporting Material

Dom Sigalas Hybrid Mastering Template.cpr
Emotionless_Course Edition.wav
Lacrimoza Dom Arrangement_Course Edition.wav
Crime Reborn Mix_Course Edition.wav
Mastering Signal Flow.pdf

Some of the Analog Gear used in this Course

About Dom

Dom Sigalas is a London-based music producer & mixing and mastering engineer with over two decades of experience in the music business.

He has written music for films, TV & radio commercials, documentaries, musicals, video games and hundreds of tracks of library music. You can hear his music on countless commercials and promo videos, especially on those of audio, music software and musical instrument manufacturers.

 Dom has worked in some of the most prestigious mixing and mastering studios worldwide in the course of 20 years.

I also work as a sound designer and preset creator for Award-Winning industry-leading hardware and software companies and have released several software instruments. 

His credits include Universal Music, StudioCanal, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, National Geographic and much more.

Learn From An Industry Expert

Dom Sigalas has been working as a mastering engineer for professional studios worldwide and has been hosting private and public masterclasses for music production and audio engineering all over the world

Dom Sigalas Workshops

Frequently asked questions

I am a beginner in Mastering- Can I take this course?

Yes you can! However this is the more advanced course I offer on Mastering. I would suggest you also check out the Mastering In-The-Box Masterclass and the Mastering In Cubase course.

Do I need to have all this analog gear to follow?

No, certainly not! What I show in this mastering masterclass are techniques and workflows. You can apply them to any plugin or analog piece you own. Remember, it's not about the gear but about the skills!

How does the course work?

You can work at your own pace. Binge-learn for 6+ hours or watch 15 minutes at a time- it's up to you!

The course is web, mobile, and tablet-ready. You can stream lessons on any device.

What do I need for this course?

You will need a computer, a DAW, a pair of good headphones or monitors and lots of passion for Mastering ❤️

Do I need to have Cubase to follow this course?

No, the techniques I show on this course can be applied on any DAW. However, if you own Cubase 13 Pro, you will be able to take advantage of my personal mastering template.

Which version of Cubase do you use?

I am using the latest version of Cubase 13 Pro. This is the version I recommend you have if you want to be able to use all the tools I show.

Do I need to have any basic knowledge to enroll in this course?

I recommend that you have a very basic understanding of how a DAW works. This is a course on Mastering not how to use a DAW :)

Do I have Lifetime Access to the course?

Once you buy the course, you have full access to it forever. It's not a subscription.