14 software mastering tips
Here’s our hit-list of top tips for mastering mastering!
01 LOCATION AND SETUP
It sounds incredibly obvious, but looking after your working environment and setup will not only make mastering easier, but most likely produce better results. Ensuring that your ears are right between your monitors, in the sweet spot, means that you can make slight and minute adjustments in mastering, and hear your every alteration. Learn from the professionals; that is the only way they will toil.
02 LISTEN
ELSEWHERE
Once you have a mastered track, try listening on other speaker and headphone formats. Many devices these days provide a trademark sound, which is gratifying in both high and low registers. These devices can really highlight issues with your master, particularly in the lower end, so take your master away from your studio, and listen in the kitchen, car, lounge or even on TV.