![]() ![]() The typical mastering process begins with simply listening to all the tracks that are to be included in the finished product and deciding whether there is anything that can be done at this stage to make them sound better. ![]() The important thing is that any processing that is done to the mix should be in the spirit of what already exists. That’s not to say that a good mastering engineer might not use certain trickery to alter internal balances a little for the benefit of the production, such as bringing the vocal to the fore with a little judicious use of EQ. The ME should be enhancing the mix, not changing the mix. Once again, the number one rule for any good mastering engineer is do no harm. If you wanted it to sound nothing like the mix you sent, you would have sent a different mix, right? You can probably tell a bad mastering engineer when your master comes back and it sound nothing like the mix you sent in. Of course, a bad mastering engineer would have no problem giving your delicately balanced mix an unwanted boob job and any amount of unneeded botox if it made his dick feel bigger (apologies to all the female mastering engineers out there, I’m sure you can think of a suitably disgusting replacement metaphor if you want to). If something makes the mix sound worse, it should not be done. Yes, BAD mastering can do untold damage to your carefully crafted mixes destroying balances, mangling high or low frequencies, and introducing horrible distortion through an over-use of brick wall limiters or clipping.Ī good mastering engineer is like a good doctor, and the first rule of his oath is do no harm. ![]()
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