LANDR Online Mastering VS LANDR Mastering Plugin

so I want to do some AI mastering with Lander but should I go for the online mastering service or their mastering plugin let's take a look at them both and do an audio comparison let's dive straight [Music] in if you're interested in buying either of these two products I want to let you know there's a link below this video which will get you a decent discount and a kickback to real home studio 2 but it's really important to let you know that all the views in this video are my own so both these options are incredibly easy to use uh let me guide you first off through Lander online mastering and how it works so first off you're going to upload your mix to uh the Lander online platform that really only takes maybe a minute or two to do its uh mastering Wizardry and then you get presented with this window where you can volume match between the original the master which is really handy for referencing it gives you a few options warm balanced and open and the loudness low medium and high it also gives the the option to to reference Master as well so you can click on that and you can upload uh a reference track something in a similar genre with similar instrumentation to use as a mastering guide for the AI engine at that point you can also choose what format you want to master to so MP3 just for checking and emailing and referencing you got wavs and HD wav as well and your access to these will depend what um plan that you've purchased now after checking your master back you don't feel it's quite there you can choose to revive within the online platform which is super cool you just clip on click on revise there and what I like about this is it just asks you questions you're not going to have to do anything technical here it's literally saying okay how's the loudness how's the EQ is it too low too high is it too boomy is it too thin muddy weak harsh dull all those things which you may have made a note on when you're comparing it with other references do the voices sound too low does the sibilance sound too light and heavy you know it's asking you questions it's like having some someone else in the room going you tell me what you think Johnny what do you feel about this this master right now and I'm like I don't know it just doesn't sound very full okay well you can go in there and you can address that um with um these questions here you know I might be like you know the mids feel a bit weak that might help that mix um sound a bit Fuller or maybe the sounds a bit harsh or maybe the low end sounds a bit thin you know and that's going to uh then go back into the AI engine and spit you out another Master having an your needs which I think is really super cool once you are happy with the online master then that's when you can download that um wav or HD wav uh and that is it you've committed and that's your file obviously you can always go back and edit that but that's going to cost you another credit to to grab that highquality master so one of the big advantages then of using the mastering plug-in is you don't have to think about credits you can spit out high high quality Masters all day long and rather having rather than having that um survey style revision which might suit some people this gives you a bit more Hands-On into tweaking it doesn't get really indepth and tentacle it's still very user friendly we're still talking about low middle and high in the EQ we've got a a one knob compression but it's a bit more tweakable and twiddle friendly than just answering some survey questions and then letting the AI do its job so really depends kind of what you prefer there two different roads there I don't think either one of them are necessarily wrong or right it's just what what would suit you the Lander mastering plugin is available as a standalone Plug-In or is included in the Lander Pro Studio plan again uh there's a nice Hefty discount for that Pro Studio plan below this video so if you've been following the mix Mar Kickstart throughout this month you're going to be quite familiar with this mix by now so the top one here in red has gone through the online mastering platform and you can see it's mastered um the one below um which is the mix is then running through the L mastering plugin um they this is how Lander spat them out so I've not played not done any revisions at all this is how it came through from the online master and again I've not played around with the plug-in at all this is just what the um AI has generated so first off let's take a listen to um what the online master sounds like a little story my neighborhood the streets don't look too good don't look in thee a stare but whistle as Hees hanging in the air don't you and now the plugin just a little story about my neighborhood trouble in the streets it don't look too good don't look him in the eye a forbidden stare a whistle as he passes hanging in just listen to a louder section of the [Music] song and the plug in guys Community cops gangs and knives to make it stop someone fre free the be so first off I was surprised there is a definite difference between the two results um I like both of them but referencing them both I was definitely uh ering on the side of the online master um seem to certainly be a little bit have a bit more clarity a little bit brighter uh making the plug-in Master sound a little bit muddy by comparison but on the flip side that's the benefit of this plugin because it's got you in the ballpark and then you can play around comparing to your references using the EQ to dial out a little bit out the mid and maybe bring in a little bit of that high end and just play around a little bit to get that Master where you want it I think that both of these options that give me a really impressive result I think a lot comes down to what suits you and how you want to work I mean let me know in the comments below what you think about the differences between these two what would you prefer to use the online mastering service or does that plugin really float your boat one thing that I do think is really worth saying is you'll really get back what you put in with these AI mastering um platforms plugins so you really want to make sure your mix is as Tip Top as possible if you put it in and your master doesn't uh quite compare or sound right more often than not it's really a case of you're going back and uh it can give you some Clues as to where maybe your mix is falling a little bit short that's another really handy way actually to use uh the mastering plug-in I've got a free seven steps mix method guide that's going to help you get your mixes in that ballpark to get the most out of plugins and products like the uh online mastering uh it's a free guide you can grab it below this video right now I've also got a whole bunch of home studio mix and production courses which once again will help you get your mixes and Productions where they need to be from your home studio I'm going to give you 10% off those courses right now with coupon code YouTube 10 all the links for those courses below this video too of course don't forget to like And subscribe most importantly my friend go and have yourself a great day

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Length: 6min 55sec (415 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 27 2023