What is Mastering?
Mastering is the final stage in audio production, where the music is monitored in a critically accurate listening environment and adjusted for best final playback performance for all formats and within a wide-range of audio systems.
Typical audio adjustments or enhancements are designed to accurately translate the mix engineer’s work to multiple audio playback devices, via subtle dynamic, EQ and levelling choices. During the mastering stage potential or existing problems are detected and addressed including incorrect frequency troughs or peaks, unbalanced stereo image, dynamics and levelling.
