Mastering aims to make your audio to sound properly on any kind of audio system, device or application (home system, earphones, club, theaters, etc.). A well-mastered song will have the right volume, avoiding those unpleasant volume changes from song to song. Mastering also brings more clarity and punch to the music, so it can compete with other professional productions.

In this new course, you will learn the most common audio processes for mastering music. The concepts learned in this course can be applied to any kind of audio project. All this knowledge comes from the experience of great mastering engineers, like: Bob Katz, Greg Calbi, Bernie Grundman, Bob Ludwig, Doug Sax, among others.

With practice and patience while following the recommendations, you will get better results each time and your music will sound more professional and well-finished.

A course designed for a step-by-step approach

This course has been designed to be clear and effective. Each lesson explains the most important topics related to music mastering in a clear and direct way. You can study a couple of lessons in just 15 minutes each day! It takes you in a step-by-step process, from file selection to audio bouncing for CD or web platforms (Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, etc.).

The lessons include topics like:

• Monitoring considerations
• Audio file Editing and noise reduction
  
• Equalization techniques
  
• Dynamics processing
  
• Serial, parallel and multiband processing
  
• Compression techniques
  
• Control and balance of stereo image
  
• Stereo L-R vs M-S processing
  
• Use of reverb and harmonic enhancers in mastering
  
• Limiters and levels for CD and streaming platforms
  
• Loudness, LUFS and dBs
  
• Dithering
  

All these techniques can be applied on any music style: Pop, rock, latin, hip-hop, EDM, urbano, ballad, country, etc.