Audio mastering


Audio mastering is the last stage of music production where you add the finishing touches to your overall mix. Check out our resources below to learn the tools and techniques involved in preparing your mix for publishing.

Leveling Up Your Mastering Workflow with Tonal Balance Control

Leveling Up Your Mastering Workflow with Tonal Balance Control

How do you define a master with a well-balanced sound? This notion of capturing the “right” tonal balance for your masters might seem like a...

4 Uses for Vintage Modules in Ozone

4 Uses for Vintage Modules in Ozone

With the arrival of Ozone 9, the powerful Vintage modules—previously only available in Advanced versions—are now part of Standard. Whether...

Rebalance the Master with Ozone 9

Rebalance the Master with Ozone 9

Introducing the Master Rebalance module, new to Ozone 9. Correct and change instrument levels at the mastering stage without needing the original tracks....

Ozone 9, Now with NKS Support

Ozone 9, Now with NKS Support

As music producers, we wear many hats, often acting as composer, mixer, and mastering engineer all within the same project. Moving across these...

How and When to Use Tonal Balance Control

How and When to Use Tonal Balance Control

Tonal Balance Control is now available for separate purchase. Finalize and fine-tune your master using target curves for different genres. Learn more...

Mastering Bass with Low End Focus

Mastering Bass with Low End Focus

Low End Focus is a new module in Ozone 9 Advanced designed to take the low end of your track and minimize muddiness, increase clarity, and address common...

How to Use Match EQ in Ozone 9

How to Use Match EQ in Ozone 9

Ozone 12  is here, and with it comes a major overhaul to Match EQ. Gone are the days of loading multiple instances of Ozone to have both the standard...

What's new in Ozone 9

What's new in Ozone 9

Building on a 17-year legacy in audio mastering, Ozone 9 brings balance to your music with never-before seen processing for low end, real time instrument...

Making Metal: How to Master Metal with Ian Shepherd

Making Metal: How to Master Metal with Ian Shepherd

Mastering metal is tough. In fact, I'd probably go so far as to say it's one of the most challenging genres to get truly great results in. It is...

Classical Music: a Walkthrough of Recording, Mixing, and Mastering an Album

Classical Music: a Walkthrough of Recording, Mixing, and Mastering an Album

Part 1 of this article covered the fundamentals of classical music production—from recording and editing, all the way to mixing and mastering. We...

Subtractive EQ: a Mastering Engineer's Not-So-Secret Weapon

Subtractive EQ: a Mastering Engineer's Not-So-Secret Weapon

As a mastering engineer tends to say about their craft, less is more. And rightly so. Unlike mixing, in mastering you’re working with...

Classical Music: Recording, Mixing, and Mastering Fundamentals

Classical Music: Recording, Mixing, and Mastering Fundamentals

Classical music is known for its nuanced sonics—from the wide dynamics all the way to its vast range in the frequency spectrum. With that comes a unique...