What is mastering a track and how to do it?
What is mastering a track and what is it for?
Mastering is works after final mixing, for release. Mastering is a kind of process for the depth of sound and completeness of the composition. Thanks to him, we can find subtle errors in sounds.
In order to get better, expanded and deeper music, you need to perform mastering:
-Remove all kinds of noise and noise,
-Correct the balance in the stereo expansion.
-Remove the frequency conflict.
-Carefully working with the dynamics.
-Hit the whole album under the volume reference.
Thanks to these points, your music will become alive and voluminous, will get a new sound on any equipment.
How to do mastering - necessary for any record?
In turn, those who believe that mastering must be done for all records are mistaken. If everything suits you in sound and the mixing is done correctly, the project is ready, you can do without it. This process will not fix the problems of mixing and recording. Do not hesitate, after processing the composition will get better, but bad mixing, there is nothing to fix it. In this situation, a mix, it is better to reduce anew. An important point, if the vocals are recorded dryly and lacking in volume, mastering processing can not help 100%. Before registering, check the quality of your preamplifier.
Even at professional studios it is impossible to raise the quality of amateur recording due to mastering. For a more professional recording you need good equipment: microphone, sound card and preamplifier. Accordingly, in most cases, a good soundtrack depends on the vocalist.
Before mastering you need to have a source with a clean sound, and you can get it with monitor monitors. In addition, a qualitative source can only be done by a professional engineer mastering. Even with different specialists, the processed phonogram will be performed in its own style. Therefore, go ahead and you will soon gain experience.
Do mastering where it is necessary and record on good equipment.
