If you’re new to mastering or are wondering why you’re supposed to pay good money just to have something
turned up then read on…
Audio mastering is the critical final step in the music production process and there are many different aspects to the process:
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Quality Check: getting your music mastered by a professional can enhance your music by making you aware of anything that could be improved upon, ensuring that there is no unwanted clipping, and checking for errors
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Audio Processing: enhancing Stereo mix files for optimum translation between listening applications using a variety of techniques, including EQ, mid-side processing and limiting, on both digital and analogue equipment
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Audio Restoration: removing any unwanted noise from recordings, by using a combination of EQ filtering and phase cancellation
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Providing Mix Feedback: critical listening to evaluate the recorded audio, liaising with the mix engineer and producer, recommendation of any changes that would result in a better sounding end product
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Loudness: being sensitive to different styles without compromising the audio quality for the sake of loudness
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Embedding ISRC and other metadata codes onto audio files
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Creating DDP & CD ‘Red Book’ standard files for duplication
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Delivering high quality masters which translate across all formats and in all listening environments
