What Is audio mastering?
Mastering is the final stage of audio production—the process of putting the finishing touches on a song by enhancing the overall sound, creating consistency across the album, and preparing it for distribution.
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Read and watch tutorials for iZotope audio plugins like Ozone, Neutron, and RX. Get music production tips, boost your post production skills, and more.
How iZotope RX helped shape the sonic world of Spider-Noir
Bringing a unique vision to life requires balancing nostalgia with modern audio standards. In Spider-Noir, the team was tasked with creating a sonic identity...
A glossary of common and confusing mixing terms
Audio terminology can be downright confusing. Even familiar words often take on new meanings when used to describe sound. If you’ve ever been on an...
Frequency Check: where do you land on the curve this week?
Welcome to Frequency Check, your weekly pulse on how the audio community approaches mixing and mastering. Every week in the iZotope newsletter, we ask...
Back to the kitchen: The Bear’s Emmy-winning sound team on Season 5
If you caught our previous deep dive into the Emmy-winning sound of FX’s The Bear, you know how Supervising Sound Editor and Re-recording Mixer...
Ultimate guide: How to EQ vocals for beginners
There are some general concepts and tried and true techniques that will get you started on how to EQ vocals and, with a bit of practice, set you on the...
Vocal mixing 101: free vocal doubler plugin and tips for mixing vocals
Nobody said mixing vocals would be easy, but with powerful tools and some knowledge of tips and tricks to back you up, you’ll have everything you need...
Behind the stream: iZotope joins Boris FX
In case you missed it, iZotope has officially joined Boris FX. To dig into what this partnership means for the future of your favorite plugins, Boris...
A new chapter for iZotope: we're joining Boris FX
Today I'm sharing big news: iZotope is joining Boris FX. If you work in video and post production, you already know Boris FX, the Academy and Emmy...
How iZotope Ozone keeps Discognition’s demos release-ready
For Denver-based DJ and producer Discognition, finishing records became a question of speed, trust, and context. With his recent remix of Eli &...
How to repair a distorted audio track: the complete guide
Have you ever been mixing a great track that sounded fantastic – except for one glaring problem: a moment of unprofessional distortion? Audio...
Vocal production under pressure: How ARUNA shapes Eurovision vocals with Nectar 4
Aruna Abrams has spent the last decade shaping the sound of modern vocal-driven electronic music, but her newest project required a different kind of...
Clean up your vocals: a step-by-step guide to a polished sound
Folks, it’s RX season – and that means there’s no better time to talk about cleaning up vocals for music and post production, including...
