That's the perspective with we approach the subject. But they wouldn't come here, because this is where people come to learn. If an artist doesn't have the interest in trying that and learning how to do it themselves, then it's all good that they want to use those. I think if you like whatever these online services are doing to your mix (most of these give you a free preview), you can go back to your mix and try to replicate it yourself and save a few bucks. Sure, compared with professional mastering they are much more affordable, but what you are getting is not comparable as a service. OP asked for the professional perspective. They are aggressively marketing themselves as the thing that will make you ready for release, so I honestly don't think they need defending either. Almost all these services are purporting themselves as an affordable replacement of professional mastering, and they are not that so it's worth making that distinction. There is no shaming them, it's just making it clear what they are and what they are not. It's not a perfect replacement for a mastering engineer, but it works fantastically, is great sounding, and highly regarded by guys like Phil Tan, Ryan West, Matthew Weiss and more.Īlso, and this is true: a robot arm controls the knobs. You pay one low price per track or use their subscription service and can try all 5 presets. The reason is that it's an entirely analog high-end, HW chain (with a digital front end for the automation) with 5 presets, created by a real mastering engineer. Mixing a track well is your real goal.Īs for online mastering, there is exactly ONE online mastering system worth using: Aria. A properly mixed, well-balanced track might barely need mastering at all. It adds tone, level, limiting, saturation, and balance in an attempt to maximize the tonal and level balance of an already mixed track, as well as set correct levels and eq balance for the end format. If I may make an assumption based on your question, first, you really need to 'master' mixing: mastering is a specific process that is half music production and half format production. Preset algorithmic mastering generally isn't great. It's really not much work at all, we are still relatively small-sized. But we do have a very comprehensive set of automoderator filters, which catches comments and posts that require manual approval. Unlike some other subreddits, this one has very few user reports (ie: maybe once a month). LANDR Pro service, currently priced at 25 a month.

OK with using Discord (to communicate with the team) Landr vs proper mastering here if necessary (you crazy kids).

The sub has gotten a tiny bit big to handle by just one person, so if you spend a fair amount of time on this subreddit (or at least reddit in particular) and meet most of these requirements:

Looking for professional mixing or mastering services? This is also the right place for that (check our listings first!). Also NO gear/software troubleshooting) Would like feedback on your track? You've come to the right place (NOT the place for promoting your music). Have questions about the craft of mixing? (NOT recording. This subreddit is about the stage of music production that involves mixing all the individual tracks of a song together.

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