An intro to transforming your final mix into a properly loud, listenable track.
In the Mix has a series of videos on mixing and, in this case, mastering. The first looks at How to Master Your Music in 5 Simple Steps:
Ts the follow-up, Mastering Start To Finish: A Step by Step Guide to Loud and Clear Masters, even offers a part of the mix for you to download and try yourself:
One more, going into more detail specifically in respond to the question, How Loud Should You Master Your Music?:
Further Viewing
Before mastering, of course, is mixing – here’s a collection of tutorials and explainers from In the Mix and others on how to approach and finalise your mix:
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