Audio Mastering

Watch Out! ... 3 Dangers of Audio Mastering
What To Watch Out For When Choosing An Audio Mastering Engineer
If you are reading this, you are probably considering the audio mastering process for one of your projects. Every recording artist should know 3 things before they spend any money on professional mastering services. I called them dangers, because it's that serious. This is your music we're talking about! Don't let all that hard work get ruined during the mastering stage. Many recording studios offer mastering (or a form thereof) as an add-on service. Some even offer it for FREE with the purc...

Audio Mastering: Is your CD ready to sell?
How SoundOps Has Changed Audio Mastering For Bands Online
Today, most bands live or die on the Internet. Those on the fast track have to be connected and available to their fans 24/7 and bring a clean, polished sound to the table. You probably already know that mastering is the secret to a recording that sounds crisp and professional. But what some people don't realize is that out of the hundreds of "online" audio mastering studios, most of them only advertise on the Internet. So, it's easy to find a mastering studio on the Web. And it;s pretty ea...

Why Audio Mastering Is A Power-Up For Your Recording
MASTERING: The Audio Exponent (studio production...multiplied)
Let me start by saying, I failed math on my SAT. Don't be fooled by the graph; this is not a page about math - it's about audio mastering. People ask me all the time, "so, which is most important...the quality of our recording, or getting it mastered?" This is a great question. Most mastering engineers would probably tell you that professional mastering is more important than spending the extra buck in the recording studio. And, I'm sure most producers and recording engineers would stick up f...