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What Is Mastering?
From a historical point of view, the name is ' pre-mastering', and "mastering" used to be referred to the creation of the replication medium {the master} needed at manufacturing plants.

These days pre-mastering is synonymous of mastering which from a technical point of view, is also the process of optimizing all individual frequency levels to meet the industry standards. For the most part this process is source dependent, so the better your mix, the better the results to be obtained. Because of this, results vary from recording to recording, making it a crucial step for best system translation .

The mastering engineer {'ME'} should be able to make a great mix louder, punchier and clearer better than anyone else and without significant sonic sacrifices. Next to experience he has all the tools needed, e.g., the gear and the acoustic environment. But, he is certainly not the deciding factor to achieve great recordings. Since many mixes don't come out, in terms of tonal balance, 'perfect' all the time, mastering still takes a crucial role to improve upon your record's presentation by means of harmonic balancing.

While many engineers regard their mastering service as a process to add more 'color' and 'vibe', that's not Music Mastering Online's philosophy, our goal is to keep a transparent mastering chain and enhance only if you ask. The job may also include disc assembly and quality control for manufacturing purposes. To read more click here

Good Translation

There are thousands of playback systems with all kinds of sound qualities and frequency responses. From a cheap boom box to an audiophile home stereo, not two systems sound the same, especially when you also factor in room acoustics. That's the reason why once you've finished your work in the studio your music mix needs to go through one more final and crucial step, mastering. Music mastering is not mixing where tracks from a multi-track format are reduced to a two channel stereo mix format (left & right stereo). Read article
Frequency Alignment

Our mastering engineer checks for the harmonic balance in your mix, making sure that there are no excessively high peak transients, or any rogue frequencies across the spectrum (1Hz-20,000Hz). He may cut or boost a group of frequencies using equalizers and compressors, and guided by frequency spectrum analyzers for accuracy and precision. This allows for a more balanced (harmonically balanced) mix/master for the best possible translation on all playback systems. He also determines the best overall loudness level, making sure it's the best possible so as to achieve a "maximum delivery potential". For more information about "harmonic balance", read article