Interested to find out more on stem mastering and the benefits it can offer over stereo mastering? At the end of last year, Abbey Road mastering engineer, Oli Morgan, explained all in his live stem mastering masterclass and Q&A, presented in conjunction with Andrew Mackay and the studios’ mastering partner for India, Bohemia Junction.
Stem Mastering is a process that offers greater control over the sonic shape and balance of your music. It allows the engineer to not only shape the overall tonal balance of a track, but also to go even deeper into each component part to help achieve an even better result. Each individual stem is treated with a combination of different processes and effects in both the analogue and digital domains to help a track achieve its absolute potential
Masterclass with Oli Morgan
In the below masterclass, Oli deconstructs composer Santhosh Narayanan’s track Karuppi, taken from the film Pariyerum Perumal, to give you an insight into his process when stem mastering and how beneficial it can be for a track.
