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Mastering Video

Inside MASTERING: Part I

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 [...]

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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Independent Mastering (for indie bands)

Video post from Will @ SoundOps about 3rd-Party Mastering, and the disadvantages of letting your recording engineer (or the guy working on your mix) also master your tracks. Recording, Mixing, and Mastering require different gear, different skills, and - believe it or not - different ears.

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.

Is Your Music Ready To Sell?

Will from SoundOps talks about the change in distribution from physical to digital (CDs 2 Downloads) and shares a Google secret that has a major implication for indie recording artists in particular who want to get noticed Online…

Mastering Audio: Affiliate Options

What’s in it for YOU and the studio…
It’s no surprise - companies spend a lot of money on marketing.  Mastering studios are a great example.  The average mastering studio spends at least one dollar for a single click in its Pay Per Click advertising campaign.  And since over one hundred people may click through to [...]

Mastering: What’s The Next Step…

after you mix and produce your own recording?
My name is Will, and I want to tell you something very important.  In fact, it’s the most important thing for someone to know who is engineering or producing his own recordings.  The problem is, you probably aren’t going to like it, so let me start by explaining [...]

MASTERING: your audio > your CD > your music

and why multiMASTERING is the only way to keep your sound.

Have you listened to the radio lately?  Every hit song sounds the same.  Studios everywhere are pumping out project after project of high-quality crap.  Don’t get me wrong - I want to hear music that is well produced.  But what happened to hearing something original?  [...]

CD MASTERING: Why Your First Album is Different

and why it has a better chance of success…
I’ve noticed something that most studios don’t tell first-time recording artists…
YOUR FIRST CD HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF MAKING YOU A HIT THAN ANY OTHER. There are several reasons for this.
You don’t have a deadline forced on you by a record label.
You know less about music “boundaries” [...]

MASTERING AUDIO for online distribution:

the facts about compressed files…
Most bands today upload their demo to their Facebook page and several other social networking sites. And every day, hundreds of new CDs show up on iTunes. The question is: is your music ready for that?
If you haven’t sent it off to be mastered, then the answer is “NO”.

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