Mastering

Mastering
The last step in the production process is mastering, which is for most people the most abra-cadabra of the whole production. Mastering nowadays consists of tweaking the final mix for playback on hi-fi speaker sets as well as headphones and phone speakers, bringing it to a  commercially acceptable level in terms of loudness and preparing it for online distribution or CD and Vinyl production. Like with my mixing, I like to keep the music as dynamic as possible instead of only making it loud. After all, that’s what your volume knob is for!