What Is Mastering?

Mastering or post production is one of the most misunderstood aspects of making a recording.

Mastering occurs after your recording ismixed and before replication begins. Its is the final tweaking an audio recording needs before its is ready for release. Every major-label release is mastered to prepare it for radio play and retail sale. Mastering makes recordings sound punchy, warm, an full, while raising the overal level volume and highlighting details thats aren't already apparent.

A mastering engineer unifies the sound of a recording by using EQ and compression. Once a good mastering job is complete. the recording will have a consistent sound from track to track, and played against a non- mastered cd, will sound brighter and fuller.