Adding a Sub-Master to your projects can take your mixes to the next level.

I recently started doing something similar and like it. Just a quick suggestion, when you use a term like "Sub-Master", a quick definition of terms at the start of your video will make the video that much easier to understand and your message could be absorbed easier, by a larger % of watchers.

Love this! 😎👍 I've been using the Sub Master idea for a few years now. This idea has enhanced and increased my workflow. Brilliant!

Awesome! Definitely going to try this technique

Clear explanation and improvement in how I mix on Cubase.

Great info. Thanks for sharing !!

Great! Thanks Steve really enjoy your videos !😊

You had me subscribe to your channel with this video! Always a fan of people who worked in Sound City <3

Thanks for this. I am absolutely going to integrate this in my Cubase mixing. I wish more of the Pro Tools guys would look at Cubase as their DAW. In the live mixing world, this sub master might be called a Matrix. Here simply a group of groups.

This is amazing! Thanks for this

Nice job I've been using that technique but not putting much on the master 1. I like what you did

Slamming tape was a given on all my recordings back in the day. Strictly DAW for me today, however. But I miss that unmistakeable warmth of tape compression. I’m very pleased to see that this wonderful effect is at least somewhat reproducible in the digital realm. Thanks for the great video!

Great stuff 💯

Three minutes into the video and I still have no idea what a sub-master is...

Great video! Thanks.

Hi Steve...Im pretty fussy and old (been mixing for 40 years)...hehe...but loved your vid. Your presentation actually reminded be of the technique which I havent used for a long time as I had gone off on a tangent...it really inspired me to revisit but as cubase allows multi outs (summing via direct out)...Im thinking of using is a pushing into a parallel comp track as that allows modding the addition to have a diff character and not be too fatiguing (but what you have done is very tasteful ;-). Keep up the good work...clear, straight to the point. All the best from Sydney! Couple of points 1. Im pretty sure Cubase you dont need to set project to 32bit float as thats only for tracking format. The engine of cubase is 64 bit internal path and its virtually impossible to ever clip the signal ie on busses etc. You only need to select 32bit float if your file format needs it. 2. Isnt it the same thing to just load it all the plugs on to the master bus (all as post fader) and simply ride the master fader? ie set the tape and comp at unity gain and any push over that rides into the plugs, limiter still picks up the overs? (and ideally -1db on the limiter unless you have a true peak plug). 3. I never use a tape sim on the master buss...when sub transients are important; why? Tape sims are generally doing like a 2:1 with massive knee like a fairchild...I urge you all to sit down very carefully with just a puchy track with really pointy sub, apply a LP @100hz (phase linear) with 24db rolloff. Very carefully A/B the 'felt' part of the spectrum...it mushes it on all the ones I have used including actually bouncing to tape. I love tape but I use xover if bouncing to tape and sum it back with the dig. Dig sucks? Yeah for a lot of stuff...but not clean pure punch goodness <100hz 4. IF you mix into the limiter (I know you mention comp etc which is fine) arent you are already pulling into 0DBFS and that is really the mastering engineers domain although its fine for feel. Is it a good idea to do this as the print will already be locked in with peak clipping? Perhaps might be better to turn off the limiter and reduce the headroom by 6db? (or print/export as 32bit float and give the engineer full range which by this time would be pretty compressed anyway?) esp for rock/edm etc and let them do the clipping magic Just my 2c, with full respect!

After testing a bunch of different tape plugins I have to say those IK Multimedia ones are some of the best.

Thanks! I were just thinking about, should I create another master buss in my project, to do a bit of what you showed in the video. (I didn't think of the compression though, but it makes a lot of sense) Seems like a good idea!

Great 👍 video. I’ve subscribed.

Amazing information bless

Sweet!