What does Mastering actually do?
The mastering engineer analyses the audio and makes decisions as to the overall tone, level and dynamic range of the music as a whole. By using compression and EQ (Digital Signal Processing and more), we can make your record sound the best it can sound. With EQ we can clear up frequencies to make your record sound clearer and bigger. By using compression we can help glue the mix together and give your record the sonic loudness that other CDs have. Using Digital editing we are able to cut out unwanted parts, make songs flow smoother and clean up beginnings and endings of songs (we are also able to de-noise projects with a high noise level, talk to us beforehand and we can make certain we ll have all the right additional audio). There are also many special effects we can add to your record (let us know if you have any ideas initially. We won t normally add effects without consulting you first).
