So you’ve written a song, recorded it to your computer and mixed it. It’s ready for streaming services right?
Wrong.
One of the most crucial steps in the audio production process is mastering. In fact, every song you hear on the radio and most of the ones you hear on Spotify, Tidal and Apple Music are mastered. But why is mastering a song necessary? And why should you need to master a song, and what difference does it make?
Mastering makes sure that your song is ready for every format, every platform, every device and every speaker. It’s important for a number of reasons that we’ll quickly outline.
First, mastering improves the listening experience. Imagine if you were listening to a record, and you had to adjust the volume for every single song. That would be a frustrating way to listen, and chances are you wouldn’t listen to that music again. Thanks to mastering, you don’t have to. Mastering ensures a consistent volume level across an entire record, so you can sit back and enjoy it without having to raise or lower the volume every few minutes.
Additionally, mastering makes it easier on your listener’s ears in several ways. In addition to improving the sound quality of digital audio, mastering also improves the tonal balance by creating an even distribution of frequencies. This balance makes sure that your recording translate well to multiple formats we mentioned above. The stereo enhancement of mastering also adds dimension and helps focus the low-end of your recording.
Finally, mastering your music helps even out some of the inconsistencies and biases that can occur when someone is making music in less-than-ideal situations. For instance, let’s say your home studio is in a room that hasn’t been treated to account for acoustics. When you listen back to your track, you might feel like it needs more low end, when in reality, the room is making it seem like it does. Mastering helps by cleaning up the frequency range, ensuring that your song sounds good wherever someone listens to it.
This is where Aria Mastering comes in. With Aria, your song gets mastered using state-of-the-art analog equipment that’s usually found only in high-end mastering studios. Not only that, but Aria was specifically designed by Grammy-winning Mastering Engineer Colin Leonard, who has worked with artists like Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Lil Baby and many more.
So when it’s time to get your song ready for the world, upload your song to Aria.
