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Mastering Video

Inside MASTERING: Part I

Mixing Tracks Before Mastering

Will Duke talks about a basic but super-important concept to remember when doing your own recording and mixing using Mac or PC software.  Audio mastering will perform miracles on your recordings, but there’s one thing in particular it cannot do…
Whether you use Pro Tools, Audition, or Garage Band, this is a critical thing to remember….

This [...]

Audio Mastering Prices

If you are considering audio mastering for your next recording project, you may be wondering how much it should cost.  First of all, we recommend mailing or uploading your tracks to a mastering house that doesn’t have a huge studio…

LOCAL STUDIOS vs ONLINE STUDIOS

Going to your nearest mastering studio and waiting while they master your recording [...]

CD Mastering Studio Checklist:

7 steps 2 a better master
We wanted to provide a simple checklist for you guys and girls out there who are getting ready to send your songs to SoundOps (or any other mastering studio) for professional mastering.  And for those of you who’ve been doing doing your own recording, there are some easy steps you [...]

Online Audio Mastering: The Studio Gateway from SoundOps

Audio mastering has almost always been delegated to a 3rd party studio or engineer.  But, in recent years, it’s become more and more common for bands to send their music off (by mail or over the Internet) for mastering instead of actually going to the studio.  There are advantages to this type of post production, [...]

Mastering Makes It Louder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OXv45RByEY - Audio Mastering Video from SoundOps about post production for indie recording projects that want to keep that under-produced sound, but still be loud.

Recording, Mixing…AND Mastering?

Will Duke from SoundOps shares a new secret about Mastering that your recording studio won’t tell you… stuff every band should know about CD mastering before they ever record any tracks.

The Cost Of Recording…Per Listen

If you consider the cost of recording as a quantity per listen, or per listener, the price you pay in the studio(s) is almost irrelevant. For most of us, it only costs fractions of a penny to share our music with someone one time. And more often than not, that can lead to a new fan who will potentially buy our music, and our merch!

If It’s Indie, It’s On Evolvor

We all know evolvor.com has great news and other cool stuff for indie artists, but now with a guest post from Will @ SoundOps - its greatness is complete! The article is about distribution, and the new opportunity for the independent musicians out there. Check out evolvor and some other posts by Greg from Gen-Y Rockstars…

The SoundOps Channel

The SoundOps Mastering Studio posts videos often, but to see them before everyone else, subscribe to the SoundOps YouTube channel. You’ll get an email as soon as we upload a video…studio tips, mastering secrets, and other cool stuff for indie recording artists.

Multiply Your Time In The Studio

SoundOps introduces Mastering Secret #36 from their Mastering Secrets series. Will talks about the relationship between production and post production and addresses the question, “which is more important, mixing or mastering?”