Mastering is just as important as creating the music.You want your music to sound as best as possible in a multitude of listening environments. I had no idea of what mastering involved in my beginning years as a young producer, with my shear lack of knowledge I relied on record labels to do the mastering for me. In the current state of the music industry musicians are self releasing music and need mastering solutions that suite their immediate needs.
I have just installed Wave Complete V8 and look forward to experiencing my own lil’ mastering session in the near future.
But remember Waves or any other plug-ins are just tools not mastering, mastering is the process of making your music sound the best as possible.
Below I have added a video from ?Home Recording Boot Camp TV? and this cat totally breaks down starting with the history of mastering. I also added another video that keeps things really showing you another side of the mastering coin…
?Mastering Music: Professional vs Amatuer?