Ever wondered why your favorite songs sound so polished and professional when they hit your speakers? That magic happens during a crucial final step called mastering. If you’ve been scratching your head wondering “what does mastering a song mean,” you’re…
You just finished recording a song in your bedroom studio. The vibe is there, the emotion is raw, and you’re practically buzzing with excitement to share it with the world. Your finger hovers over that “upload to Spotify” button, and…
When you’re ready to take your music to the next level, professional online mixing and mastering services can transform your raw recordings into polished, radio-ready tracks. But what exactly do you get when you invest in these services? Let’s break…
Sending your music off for mixing and mastering can feel like a big step—but the process is simpler (and faster) than you might think. At Mix and Master My Song, here’s exactly what you can expect. Step 1: First Mix…
Apple Digital Masters, formerly known as “Mastered for iTunes,” represents Apple’s premium audio quality standard for music distributed through Apple Music and the iTunes Store. An ‘Apple Digital Master’ is a high-quality audio master specifically created to meet Apple’s standards…
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Izotope Ozone 12 Review: Stem Processing Comes to Mastering One of my all-time favourite plugins has just received a significant update. Ozone 12 might look familiar at first glance, but underneath the slightly…
As a mastering engineer, I’ve worked on hundreds of projects using both stereo and stem mastering approaches. Recently, I decided to run an experiment: I took a track I’d already mixed and mastered for the band Red Moon and remastered…
After nearly two decades of mixing and mastering tracks for Billboard-charting artists like Travis Barker, Kelly Clarkson, and A$AP Rocky, I’ve learned that the question “How long will it take to master my song?” doesn’t have a simple answer. Every…
Why Top 40 Hits Crush Spotify’s -14 LUFS Rule – 4 Tips for Loud, Competitive Masters If you’re just getting into music production, you’ve probably heard this advice floating around: “Spotify wants your masters at -14 LUFS, so that’s…
iZotope FXEQ Review – A Creative Game-Changer for Mixing and Mastering Every now and then, a plugin drops that makes you stop what you’re doing, lean in, and say, “OK… that’s new.” iZotope’s FXEQ is one of those. This…
