by Rob Williams | Jun 19, 2016 | Content nav – 5 Purposes of mastering, Mastering
<nav class="subnav-wrapper"><ul class="topsubnav"><li class="navcat"><a href="https://prosoundformula.com/mastering/">Mastering</a></li><li><a href="https://prosoundformula.com/how-to-master-a-song/">How to master a song</a></li><li class="currentpage"><a href="https://prosoundformula.com/the-5-purposes-of-mastering/">The 5 purposes of mastering</a></li><li><a href="https://prosoundformula.com/mastering-music-beginners-guide/">Mastering beginner's guide</a></li></ul></nav><div class="whitebottomborder"></div> The 5 purposes of mastering There are essentially 5 things we must accomplish to get a complete, commercial quality, master. Before you can learn HOW to do something, you must know WHY you are doing it so that you know what you’re going after. 3 Download the 5 Purposes of Mastering Infographic Want a simple summary of the five purposes of mastering? You got it. Download this infographic to keep you focussed and on track while mastering your songs. Click the big red button below to download it now – it’s free :) Download this infographic (it’s free!) Mastering isn’t random, mysterious, or accidental (as much as some professional mastering engineers may want you to believe that). There are very specific objectives that we need to accomplish in every mastering session in order to be able to say, ‘this track has been mastered’. Now let me ask you this – if you don’t know what these specific objectives are, how can you ever achieve them?! Don’t worry, I’m not picking on you ;) You’re one of the very few people actually taking the time to figure this out properly. For a long time my idea of mastering a song was to ‘make it sound cool’, or to ‘make it sound loud’ …and that’s about where it ended. While both these things may be worthwhile goals, they’re only one part of mastering. The bottom line is, most people have no idea what they’re supposed to be doing while mastering their...
