This is a guest post from Nick Lewis of your own material. Whilst I stand by that advice, I also know that sometimes you will need to break the golden rule of mastering, break out the compressors and have at it yourself. For the small studio producer, here are my top 5 tips for mastering...
If mixing is an art, then mastering is voodoo magic. Mastering is often considered this taboo thing. Everybody knows that it needs to be done, but no one is quite sure how to do it. It supposedly makes your song sound better and louder, but for some reason you need a specialist that is sensitive...
This is a guest post written by David Rose of Platinum Mastering. Mastering is the final creative process in the production of a piece of music. The song is written, recorded, mixed and finally mastered. The mastering engineers job is to provide an objective view on the sound of a piece of music and make...