WHAT IS MASTERING?
by Tom Waltz - Waltz Mastering
www.waltzmastering.com

"The context of each song within the album is important as is translation between different listening environments. The overall tonality and volume level relative to the genre where the music will be marketed is also a major consideration.

The goal is to have a recording that will generate excellent word of mouth promotion and additional exposure as a result of people listening and liking what they hear."
- Bob Olhsson

Mastering is one of the most important, sophisticated, and least
understood of all audio crafts.

Mastering is the final creative step in the record-making process, resulting in an equalized, leveled, and sequenced master that is ready for replication. There is no substitute for using a professional mastering studio and an experienced mastering engineer.

In order to compete in today's market, your music has to sound its best at a professional sonic level.

Our mastering process gives your songs balance, punch and extreme level while maintaining their dynamic integrity.

It is important for an album to have continuity from song to song with special attention paid to detail to the specific genre.

Music recorded on less than stellar converters and being mixed in not so good mixing environments results in recordings that sound boomy, flat, harsh or sibilant. We master using the best Analog EQ's, Analog Compression, A/D D/A converters, Analog De-essing and Stereo Imaging processing available.