Is private instruction available?

Yes - see Mastering Audio Private Instruction.

What's covered under "Advanced Mastering"?

Expanding your mastering chain, using virtual-analog signal processors, and mastering for streaming and broadcast.

How long is the course?

36 hours as a group course, or 20 hours 1-on-1.

What tools will I actually learn to use?

Ozone and the FabFilter suite, including their maximizer and limiter tools, walked through function by function.

Is there a group critique element?

Yes - group critique is part of the final referencing and exporting stage.

Do I need mastering experience to take this course?

The course starts from a mixing recap and builds up through mastering fundamentals, so prior mastering experience isn't required.

Mastering Class

Name: Mastering Class
Price: 1499 USD

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Course — Chicago

Mastering Class – Loud. Clear. Release-Ready.

At a glance

Duration

36 hours

Format

In-person in Chicago or Live Online

You leave with

A fully mastered track, and a chain you can reuse on the next one

Taught in the box

No outboard to buy - your own DAW, Ozone and FabFilter

Every genre

The analog circuits behind commercial sound, and when to reach for each

Audio Mastering Course

Our Mastering Course is designed for today’s multi-genre modern engineer. While being completely focused on mastering “in-the-box” (in a computer), we provide you with the ability to achieve that commercial sound through the understanding of various analog circuits and effect processors. You will leave with a fully mastered track, and all the steps to continue improving and forwarding your abilities for years to come.

The techniques can be applied within any digital audio workstation, which learners are required to bring with them. Classes are available in-person or LIVE Online.

In Chicago, the city that gave the world house music, the Mastering Class runs the way it does everywhere we teach: small groups, hands-on, with working producers as instructors. If getting to the studio is not practical, the same sessions run live online, using our specialist music collaboration software, Muse. Discover qualities that distinguish us, here.

Testimonials

Hear it from our students.

“Darryl Swann. Enough said. He is a passionate, humble, experienced, and incredible human. He would help any of his students in anyway he could and he loves teaching. We now work together outside of Garnish and I couldn't be happier to have connected with him through Garnish.”

Patrick McCutcheon