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Using The Mastered for iTunes tools Test Pressing Feature

Using The Mastered for iTunes tools Test Pressing Feature

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Using The Mastered for iTunes tools Test Pressing Feature

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One unique aspect of Mastered for iTunes is something that's not been publicized called Test Pressing. To all artists, labels, and mastering engineers in the Mastered for iTunes program, iTunes will send the AAC file back via a time link to check before it's posted. The mastering engineer is then able to either audition the file with a quick listen or do a Null Test in the Digital Audio Workstation, In order to the Null Test, the Test Pressing is dropped into the Audio to WAVE Droplet. And both the original Source file and the new WAVE file are imported into the DAW. One of the WAVE files is inverted out of phase by using an Invert tool. When both files are played at the same time, they should cancel each other out and result in no audio output. Any audio output after a Null Test means that a different master might have been sent to iTunes to encode. Once a Test Pressing is signed off on, the song then goes on sale in the iTunes Store. This has been found to be a great tool, not so…

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