Hiss can be removed, with varying results ranging from totally flawless, to just a bit better.
Badly recorded instruments, or an overall “dull” sound from using cheap mics can be enhanced and enlivened.
Mixes that are badly clipped and have no dynamic range can have their bounce restored and sound alive again.
Bad mix room problems and inexperienced mix decisions can often be evened out dramatically.
The quality of your final result is a reflection of the entire process back from the first time you pressed “record”.īut great mastering can skew the reflection in your favour, like a flattering fairground mirror.Ĭommon mix problems yield different results: To understand this, we need to have a quick understanding of what mastering engineers do, how mastering works, what mastering a song does and of course why mastering is important.Īn experienced (human) mastering engineer will give your music the professional finish you want. Do you have to settle for a rubbish mix? No way! What can mastering fix? It’s always better to fix your mix at the mix stage, rather than waiting to fix the mix in mastering, but what if you don’t have the project file anymore, and still love the track. “Can mastering save a bad mix?” is a common question.
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