Mastering is the essential final step in the production process of any artistic project.

It enhances the overall sound and corrects potential flaws deriving from the recording or mixing process.

When mastering a record, it is fundamental to have an overall view of how tracks interact with

each other with regards to sound, technique and artistic intent of the project.

Mastering is needed to enhance and balance the aural spectrum of your songs; to add compression or improve dynamics of the overall sound; to add width, depth and Power (SPL) to the mix, in order to make the music fit together seamlessly.

Moreover, the tracklist should be chosen carefully and songs must be provided with the

necessary data (CD-Text, ISRC codes and/or a DDP file for duplication).

The mastering process can dramatically enhance the sound quality of your recording in terms of depth,

presence, stereo perception and smoothness even when listening at low volume.

Moreover, through mastering we can control the intensity of the acoustic pressure, especially in terms of SPL

and sub-harmonics, thus ensuring the best result even on different audio systems, especially the cheaper ones.

Adequate equipment is not enough to achieve the best mastering: in fact, the experience and creativity

of the sound engineer play a key role in the process.

A wrong mastering, that is to say the incorrect setting of certain parameters which should be tested on different audio systems, could result in an utter failure.