MASTERING A FRESH APPROACH
Audio mastering can mean many different things to many different people, and the specific processes involved can vary greatly depending on the nature of the material and type of production. The thing that all audio mastering disciplines have in common, though, is the aim of preparing and optimising the material for the next stage of production, or for final release.
That optimisation may be nothing more than applying the odd volume tweak and transcoding the material to the desired format. But more often than not, it also involves improving and removing rough edges from the material, balancing frequency bands, balancing signal levels and dynamics, modifying the stereo field and more.
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