Video course: Mastering audio and the art of listening - Conor Dalton

🎧 Learn Audio Mastering with Conor Dalton (Glowcast Mastering) - Video course

Hey there, I’m Conor Dalton, mastering engineer with over 15 years of experience and credits including Daft Punk, Jeff Mills, Amelie Lens, Kobosil, Sara Landry and Rødhåd.

I’ve spent most of my career helping artists and producers shape their sound and now I’ve built a course that distills that experience into just under 5 hours of focused, practical video lessons.

No fluff. Just the real-world mastering workflow I use every day in the studio.

🧠 What you’ll get

A complete introduction to professional mastering, built to get you hands-on results fast.

You’ll learn how to think, listen, and work like a mastering engineer using whatever tools you already have.

You’ll also get a set of written notes packed with deep technical and psychological insights into how we perceive sound and make better decisions in the studio.

🎥 The videos

1️⃣ Mastering a Track (Full Walkthrough)
Watch me master a song from start to finish, explaining every move and decision along the way.

2️⃣ Critical Listening: How the Brain Hears
Train your ear and mindset. Learn what to listen for, and how to identify frequency, depth, and emotion accurately.

3️⃣ Mastering Compression
Understand the why behind compression strategy, settings, and how to find the sweet spot between control and impact.

4️⃣ Advanced EQ
When to use minimum vs. linear phase EQ, how to avoid transient damage, and how to build tonal balance with precision.

5️⃣ Limiters, Clippers & Finishing a Master
Loudness, integrity, true peaks, and the art of getting power without damage.

✅ By the end of this course, you’ll know:

• How to confidently master a song from start to finish
• When and why to use each tool in your chain
• How to hear like a mastering engineer and trust your decisions
• How to achieve loud, dynamic, balanced results that translate everywhere

Whether you’re starting your mastering journey or already mixing and want to master your own music with confidence, this course is designed to give you practical, real-world results fast.

🎓 Duration: ~over 4 hours of HD video + written notes
💬 Level: Beginner to intermediate
📦 Format: Instant online access

See you inside,
Conor Dalton
Glowcast Mastering · linktr.ee/conordalton