ROCK & METAL MASTERING COURSE

CONQUER THE MASTER BUS

The complete step-by-step mastering course for bedroom producers and home studio musicians who are done letting their mixes get lost in the noise - and ready to release music that hits hard like it should.

START MASTERING TODAY

STOP GUESSING. START RELEASING.

Conquer the Master Bus gives you a battle-tested, repeatable system for mastering your own rock and metal music - Step by step, from the first EQ move to the final limiter setting.

You'll learn exactly how to make your masters loud, clear, and punishing - while keeping them sounding natural, dynamic, and killer on every speaker system.

Make your masters as loud as commercial releases
Eliminate harshness, mud, and the "bedroom studio" ceiling on your mixes
Understand exactly what every plugin in your mastering chain is doing and why
Get your music sounding consistent across phones, headphones, car stereos, and streaming platforms
Learn my 6-Step LISTEN mastering system so you can master ANY song like a pro
Release music that actually sounds like the way you want it, not like the bedroom you recorded in

YOUR MUSIC DESERVES TO SOUND PRO...

But right now, something's getting in the way... Sound familiar?

🔇 Your masters sound quiet and weak

You put everything into the mix, but when your track plays next to a real release it sounds half-finished and low-energy.

🚀 You're sitting on music that's ready to release

You have songs written, tracked, and mixed — but they're collecting digital dust because you don't trust how they sound.

📻 It sounds great on your headphones, terrible everywhere else

Your mix translates fine in your studio but falls apart in the car, on earbuds, or on Spotify — and you can't figure out why.

🔊 The low end is muddy, the highs are harsh

Dense rock and metal recordings hide a thousand problems. One wrong move on the master bus and everything sounds crushed or brittle.

😤 Mastering feels like black magic

Everyone talks about it differently. Tutorials contradict each other. You're not sure what you're even supposed to be listening for.

💸 Paying for mastering every release drains your budget

You're tired of giving your hard earned money to a mastering engineer - and getting back a master you're not even sure is better.

After Taking This Course, You Will Know How To:

✅ Properly set up a mastering session in any DAW
✅ Trick for unlocking mid-side processing for ANY plugin
✅ Find the ideal listening position in your studio for maximum translation
✅ The cheapest way to acoustically treat your studio
✅ Avoid our innate human biases so we don’t make poor mastering decisions
✅ Use my simple 6-Step LISTEN framework to take all of the guess work out of mastering
✅ Hear compression and song movement
✅ Optimize both macro and micro dynamics and what the differences are
✅ Glue a mix together for a more coherent sonic image
✅ Enhance the groove of a song by dialing in the perfect attack and release settings of a compressor
✅ Make a song sound wider, more 3D, and larger than life
✅ Use my secret formula for maximum loudness by combining two common audio tools together
✅ Reference music correctly (this is so important)
✅ Export audio with the best settings so it sounds as good as it can possibly be when distributed both digitally and on CDs

IT'S ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE...

A single professional master costs $100–$300+.

This course pays for itself the first time you use it - and you'll use it on every release.

READY TO CONQUER YOUR MASTER BUS?

🔥 Most Popular — Full Course

One-time payment · Instant access · Works with any DAW

Every module is built for rock and metal — no fluff, no filler. Just the exact process used to master heavy music professionally.

✔ Master Music in ANY Home Studio
✔ Find the BEST Listening Position in YOUR Room
✔ My 6-Step Mastering System for Hard-Hitting & LOUD Masters
✔ Eliminate Your Biases to Dial in Perfect EQ and Compression
✔ 100% In the Box Mastering - No Analog Gear Needed!

CTMB Course Includes:
✔ 30+ HD Videos
✔ Downloadable Workbook & Action Steps
✔ Plugin Discounts
✔ DIY Acoustic Panel Building Guide
✔ Lifetime Access + FREE Updates

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WHAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING...

-Brian

“I was mind blown many times, even on topics I thought I knew. I've picked up so much knowledge and my mixes and masters now sound a lot better.”

-Caravan

"The best mastering tutorial for me. Most understandable, well explained and not too complicated! I'm not just copying the techniques, but actually understanding the what, when, and why parts of mastering. Thank you."

-Steve

"As a driven audio engineer who mixes and masters my own music, I really appreciate your explanations on WHY you make your moves. Your evaluations are spot on. Great work. You're a talented young man."

Student Spotlight

“I've been mixing and mastering for quite a few years now, and of all of the many courses, articles, and demonstrations I've seen on the topic of mastering, this one by far had the best value and return on investment for me. I can't recommend The Complete Home Studio Mastering Course highly enough.

The way Bobby teaches makes things simple and direct, and incredibly easy to understand. The first master I did after taking the Complete Home Studio Mastering Course blew away my previous master so thoroughly in an A/B comparison, that I had to double check my routing and make sure I was using the right files.

That's how massive the difference was.”
-Greg F.

THE FULL CURRICULUM

Check Out ALL The Course Content!

Please Read Before Getting Started

0-1-Introduction To This Course.mov

How to Make the Most of This Course

Complete Home Studio Mastering Course - Workbook and Action Steps v1.0.pdf

Mastered and Unmastered Audio Files.zip

01 What is Modern Mastering?

1-1 Introduction to Modern Mastering.mov

1-2 How to Eliminate Our Biases.mov

02 Setting Up Your Studio For Success

2-1 Speaker Setup and Positioning.mov

2-2 Cost Effective Studio Treatment and Panel Placement.mov

2-3 EQ Correction Software.mov

2-4 Mastering With Headphones.mov

Bass Warble Audio Pack.zip

03 Mastering Workflow and Audio Formats

3-1 LISTEN Framework.mov

3-2 File Formats and Upsampling.mov

3-3 DAW and Mastering Workflow.mov

3-4 Best Practices for Referencing.mov

04 Equalization

4-1 EQ Shapes and FIlters.mov

4-2 Linear vs. Minimum Phase EQ.mov

4-3 Yin and Yang of EQ.mov

4-4 EQ Demo.mov

05 Dynamics Processing

5-1 Compression and Expansion.mov

5-2 Flavors of Compressors.mov

5-3 Ways to Use Compression During Mastering.mov

Compression 101 eBook - Raytown Productions Academy.pdf

06 Saturation

6-1 Understanding Saturation.mov

6-2 Saturation Demonstration - Increasing Width, Depth, and Loudness.mov

07 Spatial Widening

7-1 Making a Song Larger Than Life With Spatial Widening.mov

7-2 Spatial Widening Demonstration.mov

08 Mid/Side Processing

8-1 What (Actually) Is Mid Side Processing and How to Use It.mov

8-2 Unlocking Mid Side Processing for Any Plugin Demonstration.mov

09 Clipping and Limiting

9-1 The Power of Clipping.mov

9-2 Limiting Audio and Best Practices.mov

9-3 Intersample Peaks and True Peak vs. Standard Limiters.mov

9-4 Clipping Demonstration.mov

9-5 Limiting Demonstration.mov

10 Final Export Settings

10-1 File Formats and Exporting Audio.mov

10-2 Fading Songs and Track Sequencing in an Album.mov

10-Best File Export Settings For Streaming Platforms and CDs.pdf

11 Start to Finish Demonstrations

11-1 Metal - The Aeons Collapse - MK Ultra - Start To Finish.mov

11-2 Rock - Catch The Lion - Poison - Start To Finish.mov

11-3-1 Swancore - pulses - Run the Ghouls - Start To Finish Part 1.mov

11-3-2 Swancore - pulses - Run the Ghouls - Start To Finish Part 2.mov

12 Mastering Tools (NEW)

12-01 What is a Goniometer/Vector Scope and How to Use It

12-02 Spectrum Analyzers for Mastering

SPAN Mastering Meter Preset.cbf

The Lab

DIY Acoustic Panel Building Guide.pdf

CHSMC Cheat Sheets (PRINT THESE OUT).pdf

Tempo Timing Cheat Sheets.pdf

20% Off Discount on IK Multimedia Plugins.pdf

25% Off Discount on Mastering the Mix Plugins.pdf

Additional Resources

Delivery Recommendations Deep Dive - Recording Academy.pdf

Favorite FREE Plugins - Raytown Productions Academy

MEET YOUR GRAMMY-NOMINATED INSTRUCTOR WITH 20+ YEARS EXPERIENCE

BOBBY BALOW, Ph.D.

Bobby Balow is a Grammy nominated mixing/mastering engineer, producer, and founder of Raytown Productions based outside of Washington, DC, specializing in rock and metal.

He's been producing, recording, and mixing/mastering music for over 20 years, working with bands across a wide spectrum of heavy music genres. Bobby built Raytown Productions on one belief: that bedroom producers can make music that sounds just as good as million dollar commercial studios.

He's helped thousands of home studio musicians through the full mastering process — and this course is his complete playbook.

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Risk Free, 30 Day Money Back Guarantee

I know you are going to get so much out of this course, that I'm offering a 30 day, money back guarantee.

So go ahead - sign up now. Watch all of the videos, do the action steps, fill out your workbook, and practice with the included unmastered audio files. If you don’t enjoy the results within the first 30 days, I don’t deserve your money.

Simply email [email protected] within 30 days of your initial purchase and I'll refund your entire order immediately.

No guilt. No hard feelings 👍

If it doesn’t work, you don’t pay. It’s that simple.

QUESTIONS?

I am a complete beginner and haven’t recorded a song before – is this course for me?

Probably not! You should be somewhat familiar with recording software and basic mixing principles to get the most from this course.

I don't make rock or metal music. Would this course still be helpful?

The concepts and demonstrations in this course are universal for ANY genre of music. Any genre that is beat driven with dynamics will greatly benefit from learning these concepts. In fact, the things you learn in this course will greatly improve your MIXING as well!

This course just uses Rock and Metal music as examples because these genres have lots of details that need to be PERFECT to sound professional (retaining drum transients, reducing harshness, minimizing pumping, adding width, etc.). However, all these details can be directly applied to ANY genre, and will give you new tools to make your music even more unique and special!

I also offer a 30-day money back guarantee, so pick up the course now and if you feel the course isn't for you just ask for a refund - no hard feelings 🤘

I only own stock plugins. Will this course still be helpful?

YES! This course doesn’t teach you how to use a specific set of plugins, but instead gives you the TOOLS and KNOWLEDGE you need to dial in ANY plugin.

Do I need to use a specific digital audio workstation (DAW) or mastering software?

NOPE. You will learn my mastering workflow that works in almost any digital audio workstation (Ableton, Cubase, Logic, ProTools, Sonar, FL Studio, etc).

I live in an apartment and I can’t set up acoustic treatment. Can I still make great masters if I take this course?

YES. Even if you mix or master on headphones, the strategies taught in this course can be used anywhere and in any studio!

I'm not really a mastering engineer, but want to release my own music. Will this course help me?

Absolutely! Mastering has a different mindset than mixing, and this course will give you all the tools you need to make the BEST mastering decisions possible.

You can IMMEDIATELY implement all these mastering concepts and strategies into your workflow and start seeing results almost instantly.

In fact, many of these mastering concepts will help you dial in the BEST settings during mixing!

I’ve taken other online courses on mixing and mastering – will this still be beneficial?

YES! Every teacher has their own unique way of mixing or mastering audio, so there are tricks you can pick up from any online course.

Additionally, this course goes ONE STEP FURTHER by digesting all the technical scientific jargon that only a few people care about and giving you only the most important and useful information possible so you can QUICKLY level up the quality of your music.

I record and mix my own music. Everyone tells me I should have a different mastering engineer master my songs. Is that true?

This is a great question and depends on YOU and how strong of a vision you have for your music. While it can be helpful to have an outside ear help shape the sound of your music, finding the right mastering engineer can be tricky, time consuming, and EXPENSIVE. Oftentimes, it makes more sense to master your own music which will help you get your music out faster and cheaper.

As a bonus, if you mix other people's music, you can start offering mastering services and make some extra $$$!

Does this course come with songs to practice mastering?

Yes! This course includes a rock and metal song that you can master with me as you go through the course. You have lifetime access to all the material, and I will be adding more songs in the future!

What if I’m unhappy with my purchase?

Just send me an email ([email protected]) and as long as it’s within 30 days of your purchase, I’ll happily refund your money.

Conquer The Master Bus: Rock and Metal

Course
51 Lessons

This is your LAST CHANCE to start confidently releasing your music!

Don't Wait - start using this proven mastering framework on your music NOW!

CONFIDENTLY RELEASE YOUR NEXT SONG!

Don't miss out on this opportunity making some incredible sounding music.

I'll see you on the inside!
-Bobby