At our sister site, MusicGuyMastering.com, I provide audio mastering services for clients who want to release their music digitally, on CD, vinyl, even cassette tape in rare cases. In addition to all of that, I also provide stem mastering services, so I thought in the wake of covering how mixing is different from stem mastering, […]
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Stem mastering and mixing are two distinct types of audio production which sometimes get confused for one another because they share one major concept in common: stems! As such, I thought I’d give a brief overview of and comparison between stem mastering vs mixing. Stem Mastering Vs Mixing As I just mentioned, stem mastering and
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The next time you finish your mix, you may decide that you want it professionally mastered as it always helps to have a second set of ears in the mixing and/or mastering process. Before you opt for a conventional master, you may want to give stem mastering a consideration instead. What is Stem Mastering Stem
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I recently did an overview of how to make a mix louder, and while I referenced the mastering stage to some extent, I thought I’d dig deeper in focusing on maximizing loudness in the final step of audio production. With that in mind, here are some tips on mastering louder. Mastering Louder Let’s first revisit
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The Loudness War has had countless musicians wanting their music louder and to a fault in many cases (including a good chunk of my audio mastering clients at Music Guy Mastering), begging the question what is the best RMS level for mastering. Let’s talk where you should aim for when it comes to the RMS
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