Are You Listening? Ep. 1 | Audio Mastering Basics

What is audio mastering? What are the differences between mixing and mastering? Follow along as professional mastering engineer and iZotope Director of Education Jonathan Wyner answers these questions in Episode 1 of 'Are You Listening?'—iZotope's audio mastering video series.

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Note: The audio examples you hear have been altered from their original recordings to bring attention to the core concepts highlighted in the 'Are You Listening?' Series.

0:00 Introduction
0:50 Audio mastering basics
4:29 What is mastering?
5:49 Can you mix and master at the same time?
7:14 Level vs. loudness
8:06 How genre influences loudness
10:56 Are there rules in mastering?
13:29 Download Ozone, free trial

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