From the course: Audio Mastering Techniques
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Introducing mastering
The term Mastering is either completely misunderstood or shrouded in mystery, but the process is really pretty simple. Technically speaking, mastering is the intermediate step between mixing the audio and preparing it to be replicated or distributed. But it's really much more than that. Mastering is a process of turning a collection of songs into a record by making them sound like they belong together, in terms of tone, volume, and timing, which means the spacing between songs in an album. Here's what mastering is not. It's not a plug-in that you run music through, and it automatically comes out mastered. It's more of an art form that mostly relies on an individuals' skill, experience with various genres of music, and good taste. Just to be sure that we are clear on what you are trying to accomplish by mastering, you are trying to raise the level of the song so that they are competitive with others on the market. Make a group of songs all sound the same in relative level and tonal…
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