A lot of people tend to confuse mixing and mastering as the same process, but they are two distinctly different jobs. Once the mixing is complete there is one more step to have your final master ready for replication. This step is referred to as mastering, and consists of eq, limiting, and compression of your
stereo mix. The mastering process also adds fade in and fade outs as well as the spacing between songs, as well as noise reduction. It is recommended to use a Professional mastering engineer to handle the job if you have the budget. They have a sonically designed room, specific mastering equipment and the ear for that specific job. If you don’t have a large budget for Professional mastering we offer mastering at Perks Place. We use the BBE Sonic Maximizer, Waves Linear Phase EQ, Linear Phase Multi Band, C1 Compression and the L316 Multimaximizer.