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How to upload, adjust and download your master, and how plans and your files work.
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Getting started
- Upload a trackWhich audio files work for online mastering (WAV, MP3, FLAC and more), how big they can be, and how to prepare your mix so the master sounds its best.
- How the 30-second preview worksWhat you hear in the workspace, how to compare it with your mix, and why the full track is rendered only when you finalize.
Adjusting your master
- Adjust your master with controlsWhat each of the 11 mastering controls does, from loudness and ceiling to stereo width and warmth, and how saving makes a new revision.
- Choose an engineer and intensityThe 6 engineer styles are different starting sounds for your master. Intensity sets how strongly the processing is applied. How to pick both.
- Use the EQUse the 6-band EQ to shape the tone of your master: which frequencies each band covers, how far it moves, and keyboard shortcuts for fine moves.
- Describe a change in your own wordsType what you want to hear, like “warmer, less harsh highs”, and the engineer makes a new revision of your master, then tells you what changed.
- Compare revisions and reuse recipe codesEvery change is kept as its own revision. Switch between them while the track plays, and copy a recipe code to reuse settings.
Exporting
Plans and billing
- What you can do for freeUploading, the 30-second mastered preview and your adjustments are free, with no signup. Downloading the full-length track needs a paid plan.
- Plans, upgrading and cancellingWhat each mastering plan includes, how monthly and yearly billing work, and how to upgrade, change or cancel your subscription from the Billing page.
Files and privacy
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New to mastering?
Short guides on the basics.
- What is music mastering?What music mastering does to a finished mix, what it can’t fix, how online and AI mastering compare with an engineer, and how to prepare your track.
- Mixing vs mastering: what’s the difference?The difference between mixing and mastering: what each stage does, which problems belong to each, and how to tell when a mix is ready to master.
- How loud should I master for streaming?LUFS, true peak and loudness normalization explained: what Spotify and other streaming services do to loud masters, and how to choose a level.