Stan, many thanks!

There is a lot of good solid advice in this thread already. Bob (rharv) now makes another fine point that a great deal can be done in the mix prior to mastering. Jan, the original poster, stated the mix was 'done', so I stayed with that premise. Bob's point certainly warrants a whole other highly-related discussion.

There is a lot to this and there are books on this subject. Mixing and mastering blend somewhat, but they are two different processes. I hope this thread can help people to realize some of the difference. Many people now have home studios and the whole project is done by one person, start to finish. While that can work, I believe a different engineer should master than the one who mixed a project whenever possible.


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