---
name: mastering-handshake
description: >
  Grok-to-Grok handshake of JJ Enbloom's music mastering wisdom and preferences.
  Read and follow it before any mix, master, de-AI, LANDR, loudness pass, Suno-to-FL
  finish, vocal-over-instrumental export, or live DJ master. Use when the user says
  master, mix, LANDR, de-AI, LUFS, finish the song, or /mastering-handshake.
---

# Mastering handshake

This is the packet. Another Grok agent reads it and applies it. Song-specific numbers in the active session lock win over the global targets below.

JJ Enbloom has 20 years in FL Studio. Do the prep. Do not tutor the DAW. Ship one product.

## 01 Order

1. **A** Source audit — file, BPM, key, what cut this is.
2. **de-AI** the gen. Never send a raw Suno gen to LANDR.
3. **Mix** moves (vocal, dip, rides) if a real vocal sits on an instrumental.
4. Export the **combined WAV**.
5. **LANDR.app** stamps the release.
6. **C** Output audit (LUFS, true peak, length, AI-floor if this cut has one).
7. **D** Accommodation — numbered labels, Bang Wong colors on the tracks.
8. **E** One product. Open it. No Desktop pile.

Full stack when he asks for a finish: stems + grid + markers + template + map. Empty + 4 sends, or a true custom rack. No hybrid EDM-house template.

## 02 Global master targets

| | Value |
|---|---|
| Integrated loudness | **−9.6 LUFS** |
| True peak | **−1.0 dBTP** |

Learned Antigravity prefs. A named song override replaces both.

## 03 Vocal over Suno instrumental

1. Compress the vocal hard.
2. Dip the instrumental **1–2 dB** from **1–3 kHz**.
3. Automation rides.
4. Export the combined WAV.
5. Then LANDR.app.

## 04 de-AI

Chains are artifact-shaped. They are not frozen to one Suno version.

**Deadpan / cipher full mix** (Have You Seen My Vape — Deadpan Favela Chain):

`afftdn=nf=-30:nr=14:nt=w` → high shelf **8.5 kHz, −5 dB** → LPF **13.5 kHz** → HPF **28 Hz** → limiter **−1.0 dBTP**

Shipped release: **−13.5 LUFS**, **−1.0 dBTP**, 48 kHz / 24-bit, 4:17.

`~/Desktop/WHERESMYVAPE_FULL/05_HaveYouSeenMyVape_CIPHER_DEAI_RELEASE.wav`

Source wav only:

`~/Music/JJE-Masters/IdKoZbFVocruwuZK/src/Have-You-Seen-My-Vape-Deadpan-Favela-Chain-SRC-48k32f.wav`

Suno id `4c173c46-fdca-4a38-969b-7d3dd7224b59`. Full mix, deadpan male, tight bars. Measure quiet RMS and 5–12 kHz before and after. Shimmer `noise-resynth` raised the AI hash on this record. Do not use it here.

Shimmer glaze + resynth is for **Take a Break** sung glaze, not this cipher.

Do not treat as this song: MCP_FLOW hooks, KGV takes, the 2:55 `Have You Seen My Vape_.wav`, trap mixtape club crush, stacked EMaster-GRID44, ZZ_QUARANTINE.

Trap vs cipher, both F minor ~120, measured about **−11.6 LUFS**. That is a measurement, not the target.

## 05 Where each master lives

| Job | Tool |
|---|---|
| Release stamp | **LANDR.app** |
| Live DJ insert | `~/JJ-PROJECTS/landr-master-live/` — pedalboard only |
| Working DAW | FL Studio. Product path `~/Documents/Image-Line/FL Studio/Projects/` |
| Demo partner | Google Flow Music in the browser |
| Muddy / un-analyzable gen | Local `analyze_track.py` first. Gemini on the **user** account only if local analysis cannot do it, the track is a severe mess, or he orders it. Paste the critique. Say **make a demo song**. |

Live route: djay Pro → BlackHole 2ch → landr-master-live → PA / headphones. Insert only. No dry+wet double. Detect floor **−48 dB**. Styles: **WARM / BALANCED / OPEN**. Keys: `1/2` in, `3/4` out, `[ ]` intensity, `S` style, `B` bypass, `Q` quit.

LANDR AU/VST are stale. Do not `load_plugin` them. The 2026-09-13 STAX Master Pro slot (load Pro, twin on failure) was a design and was not built. Do not start it. Do not build a fake LANDR.app.

**NLPSTAX is not usable.** Do not start Studio, ports 8765 or 8766, `multilayer_learn.py`, or the `nlp` learn menu. Do not touch NLPSTAX trees. The four-layer idea still stands as judgment only: FL gen + reference DNA + master targets + de-AI chain. Run that judgment here. Do not run that code.

Venice only if he explicitly routes it. Agents finish. He is often faster in the UI. New element he does not usually make = one element, not a genre flip.

## 06 Voice and lyrics (mastering depends on the right take)

- Listen to the Voice sample before selecting it.
- Attach his Voice (Suno Voices / My Voice) before Generate. Male. Deadpan rap unless the song is sung.
- Vocal Gender → **Male**.
- Female vocal or female lyric = fail the take and regen.
- Instrumental only if he asks for instrumental.
- Lyrics are singable words under `[Intro]` `[Verse 1]` `[Pre-Chorus]` `[Chorus]` `[Verse 2]` `[Bridge]` `[Final Chorus]` `[Outro]` `[End]`.
- Flow marks (`—` `/` `→`) go through ReMi in Style. Production rules go in Style / Exclude. Never in Lyrics.
- Simple mode for a quick engine gen. Advanced for ReMi: Weirdness **~35**, Style Influence **~85**, Audio Influence **~30**.
- Grok Engine: short prompt, then ReMi edit. Empty Create is often disabled. Prefer the Suno tab already open.

## 07 Session locks

**TAKE A BREAK** — BPM **129.2**. Never 130.81 or 132 unless re-measured. 4-bar build. Drop on the **ninth** measure. Extra-bar feel is a bug. Folder `~/Documents/Image-Line/FL Studio/Projects/JJ_TAKE_A_BREAK/`. FLP `JJ_TAKE_A_BREAK.flp`. Empty + sends, 25 unique markers, Wong track colors. Sung glaze may use shimmer. Do not mix this BPM with Lost in the Space.

**Lost in the Space (feat. JJ)** — Slap House / Tech House. BPM **130.0**, 4/4. Folder `~/Documents/Image-Line/FL Studio/Projects/lost in the space jj in the cut/`. FLP `lost in the space jj in the cut_2.flp`. Male lead **1.8–3.0 kHz**. Mono sub **under 100 Hz**. 4-on-the-floor kick. 1/16 = **115.38 ms** = `PPQ/4`. Humanize ≤ **±12 ms**.

## 08 This Mac while mastering

8 GB RAM. Buffer **512** for mixing, **1024** if the project is heavy, **256** only for live MIDI. Sample rate 44.1k or 48k and stay there. Multicore on. Monitor on headphones or an interface, not Bluetooth. Do not load a full vocal multi, raw kits, and masters in one rack. One product path.

## 09 Receiving agent

1. Read this file before the first process, export, or plugin load.
2. Apply 01–08.
3. If the open song folder states a different LUFS, BPM, or chain, that statement wins.
4. Report the product path, LUFS, true peak, and which chain ran. Do not claim a master you did not measure.
5. An empty FLP cannot store LANDR plugin state. Say so.

## Sources

Standing law was compiled 2026-09-21 from `~/Agents.md`, `~/.grok/memory/REQUESTS.md`, `~/.grok/notes/multilayer-learn.md`, `~/.grok/notes/wheresmyvape-cipher-reference.md`, `~/.grok/notes/fl-studio-m2-8gb-optimize.md`, `~/.grok/notes/2026-09-13-stax-master-pro-design.md`, and `~/.cursor/skills/landr-master-live/SKILL.md`.

These paths are referenced in Agents.md and were **not on disk**: `~/.grok/notes/suno-vocal-over-instrumental-landr.md`, `suno-voices-models-workflow.md`, `suno-finish-iteration-memory.md`, and `~/.grok/skills/multimodal-multi-agent-song/`. This skill holds that mastering content.