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Hmmmm. I am confused by the signal chain in the thought process here. You don't really "master" an MP3--you "master" the individual tracks that eventually get exported to a .Wav or other high resolution format and then you do one or 2 final "masters of the master", Ozone 6 for example has numerous tools for this. IkMultimedia has this pricey (but totally worth it) plug in that has some great presets such as "Vocals out Front": http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/trmastereq432/The point is, if you don't have many "mastering functions" done by the time you are ready to convert to an MP3 it is way too late, there is nothing you can do with a vocal that is improperly compressed, or EQ'ed or has the wrong effects once it is already in the mix. MP3s can then by "mastered" by adding generic tonal shapes or boosts from any commercial products like Ozone (which you should have anyway) if you think your main outlet will be streaming. But those MP3 masters for streaming services are not what you would generate if you want something to sound great on a decent home studio. Any "mastering" done for soundcloud only works if your goal is to sound as loud and as innocuous and thumpy as 80 percent of everything on sound cloud. **** Additional Notes on Mastering Plug Ins: I love this thing: "The Master EQ432 module is based on the Sontec transformerless, solid‑state mastering equaliser. It uses switched EQ frequencies, with five switched Q values per band; the three parametric bands have very little interaction with each other. There's also a low‑cut filter switchable from 50 to 100 Hz, a high shelving filter and a gain control for the output. The user can set the maximum cut/boost range to 6dB, 9dB or 12dB. This equaliser is designed for fine‑tuning a mix rather than beating it into shape, and as such, sounds very subtle and polished. Adjusting the various bands brings about the required spectral rebalancing in a very musical way, with no loss of focus — which is exactly what you need when mastering. In a word, or two: clean and transparent."
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Sure makes me glad that I can't sell any music! They can't steal what you can't sell. 
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90dB, yes they kind of can.
They are generating millions in ad revenue off of people's music (people that paid them by the way), whether they sold a single copy or not.
Somebody lands on your youtube page, an ad gets displayed, CDBaby makes money.
They haven't tried very hard to reach out to the ones who should actually be receiving it ..
I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
Make your sound your own!
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Its just SC trying to justify their rates with new features. If somebody big doesn't buy them soon I'm afraid we will all need a new playground for our songs. I don't think that's true, not your first statement anyway. As far as I can tell even the free soundcloud accounts have access to this service? But yeah, no question they are having financial problems. Hopefully they will pull it together because although the site is far from perfect, it is, in my opinion, the best site out there for uploading music. If SoundCloud didn't continue to add new features they could not justify their rate increases. In the beginning there were only 2 tiers a free account and an unlimited account. This year they added a new higher price for unlimited storage. If they didn't keep adding new features they could not justify their rate increases. Enter L and R, soon they could add how musicians can make money with SoundCoud. Eventually SoundCloud is going to have to introduce advertising, or a way for musicians to make money on their site. (charging for downloads which are free now) When they do that somebody who really knows those markets will buy them. Edit: just my opinion
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