Audio mastering is the final step in audio production, but it’s still a nebulous term which isn’t especially obvious in terms of what it is or why it’s needed. While I’ve always mixed my own music, I started out as an audio mastering engineer professionally before I began mixing professionally shortly after. Let’s demystify and […]
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When we’re talking audio masters, metadata is information about the music which is written as part of the audio file itself. While relevant information like artist name, album name, and song titles all get written to your music in the case of a CD release via a DDP, you can actually add this information to
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Since hitting their peak in sales at the turn of the millennium, CDs have seen a steady decline year after year. That said, all physical mediums are experiencing a small resurgence these days, and while that’s primarily led by vinyl, CDs have trended upward the last couple of years, as well. Getting your music ready
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I do daily audio mixing tutorials and offer mixing services here at MusicGuyMixing.com, but I ALSO offer audio mastering services at my sister site, MusicGuyMastering.com. Both are essential steps and stages in the world of audio production, but what’s the difference between mixing vs mastering? Mixing Vs Mastering Simplifying things as much as possible, audio
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Multiband compression is a useful tool for adding a little cohesion or nudging the profile of your audio in one direction or the other. While it can be used on a bus or even a track level, arguably multiband compression is best suited for the audio mastering stage. Here are the best multiband compression master
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