So put simply mastering is a process to ensure that your music not only sounds commercially loud but sounds good on the common playback platforms, each with their limitations. Instead, prepare to find your audience listening to your music on their phones, in the car, on their laptop speakers, etc. The truth is, your audience probably don’t listen to your track with top-of-the-end studio monitors. Think about how your music would sound on a small radio or an iPhone speaker. Mastering is also a process that ensures that you mix sounds good on different audio systems. However, mastering isn’t all about making your music loud. This process of trying to make your music ‘commercially’ loud is known as mastering. Before publishing it, now you need to make your mix louder or at least, ‘commercially’ louder.
You’ve just finished your mix on your DAW.
