‘Do It Yourself' Mastering
Abstract
Every studio mixing engineer will have to give mixes to a client for approval. Some ‘sweetening’ is always necessary in these cases. This chapter features an introduction to mastering and explains the different processors and their purposes. Some suggestions on how and what to listen for when mastering are given and the difficulty of mastering your own mixes is discussed. Commonly used mastering tools and processors are described, and an example processing chain and operation of the processors are presented.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Music Technology and Sound Studies
Music and Audio Processing
Speech and Audio Processing
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Focal Press eBooks
- Pages
- 328–339
- Publication date
- 6 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter