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Inside MASTERING: Part I

Selling Music On iTunes

Before you upload your tracks to iTunes, Amazon, or any other Online digital retailer, there’s a few things you should know…
We made this video several months ago and have been sending it to the guys on our mailing list (which is a great list to be on by the way).  Check out the NEWSLETTER page [...]

DIY AUDIO MASTERING: How Much Does It Cost?

For the independent musician, do-it-yourself solutions for recording, mixing, and mastering audio may seem like the only options.  But, if the goal is to save money, they may not be…
We came across this video the other day for a popular piece of audio mastering software called T-RackS.  This video explains how “easy” T-RackS3 is to [...]

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 [...]

Digital Mastering: A Hot Sound

Most people have heard of digital mastering, or know the phrase “digitally remastered.”  But for most of the young artists I talk to, it’s just a vague concept.

In fact, most indie bands today, don’t know (in plain language) what mastering does or is; they just know they’re supposed to have their CDs mastered before they [...]

FREE AUDIO MASTERING

That’s right - no strings attached.  Every month, here at The MASTERING Blog, SoundOps gives away our famous multiMASTERING service for an entire recording project absolutely free! The next one could be your band’s new demo CD or even your full-length album…
Check out the Newsletter page for more info, and watch this quick video.

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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 Music = Band Marketing

Based on how musicians spend money, most bands care about their music in this order…

Gear  ( $$$$$ )
Playing Out  ( $$$$ )
Recording  ( $$$ )
Distribution  ( $$ )
Marketing  ( $ )

However, based on how musicians who make money with their music spend money, most successful bands have different priorities.  Well, the priorities themselves are the [...]

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 More You Know About MASTERING, The Better…

An informative post for indie artists by Will from SoundOps with a simple fill-in-the-blank test attached. Find out how to choose the right mastering studio regardless of what you already know (or don’t know) about audio mastering. It’s good to know a little, but he points out the most important things to look for, and they aren’t about the technical aspects of post-production.

multiMASTERING?

Will from SoundOps talks about where the idea of multiMASTERING first started…as musicians in the same band, he and John were disappointed with the lack of input during post production and started to talk about developing a way to improve the mastering studio model.