Mastering Archives - Music Guy Mixing https://www.musicguymixing.com/category/mastering/ Mixing Services and Tutorials Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:06:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://www.musicguymixing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-music-guy-favicon-32x32.png Mastering Archives - Music Guy Mixing https://www.musicguymixing.com/category/mastering/ 32 32 How to Use Mastering Compression – The Best Settings https://www.musicguymixing.com/mastering-compression/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/mastering-compression/#respond Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:06:14 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=5433 Amongst the many effects mastering engineers employ during the final phase of audio production that is mastering, compression in one form or another might be the most ubiquitously used. This can be used to glue together the final mix for a needed extra touch of cohesion or it can certainly be used in a limiting […]

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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/mastering-compression/feed/ 0 Stem Mastering Vs Mastering – The Pros and Cons https://www.musicguymixing.com/stem-mastering-vs-mastering/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/stem-mastering-vs-mastering/#respond Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:00:44 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=5216 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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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/stem-mastering-vs-mastering/feed/ 0 Stem Mastering Vs Mixing – How They Differ https://www.musicguymixing.com/stem-mastering-vs-mixing/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/stem-mastering-vs-mixing/#respond Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:03:44 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=5215 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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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/stem-mastering-vs-mixing/feed/ 0 What is Stem Mastering (And Why You Might Want It) https://www.musicguymixing.com/stem-mastering/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/stem-mastering/#respond Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:11:28 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=5214 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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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/stem-mastering/feed/ 0 Mastering Louder – How to Get a Louder Master https://www.musicguymixing.com/mastering-louder/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/mastering-louder/#respond Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:35:29 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=4871 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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