Mastering Articles
This is where I write about mastering. The gear, the technique, the decisions behind the work. Some of it is practical. Some of it is what I needed to get down.
Mix Preparation and File Delivery for Mastering
A weak mix rarely becomes a great master. Love your mixes before you send them. Everything else is detail.
Loudness, Dynamics, and Translation in Mastering
If everything is loud all the time, nothing actually feels loud. Loudness is a tool. Dynamics are the material you are working with. Translation is how you know whether the decisions you made actually worked.
The Room, the Ears, and the Trust: What a Mastering Engineer Actually Does
The mastering engineer hears the mix for the first time with no attachment to any of the decisions made along the way. That fresh perspective in an accurate room is useful. The feedback loop it creates is what turns a mastering engineer from someone you hire once into someone you call first.
What Is Mastering? | Audio Mastering Explained
By the time a record reaches mastering, the creative decisions have already been made. The role of mastering is to ensure those decisions translate clearly, consistently, and intentionally wherever the music is heard. When it is done well, it does not call attention to itself.