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Mastering is essential if you want your music to sound consistent when played on different systems and in different environments. Mastering also optimizes your mixes for different mediums so they will sound as pleasing as possible. If you care about presenting your music at its best, then get it professionally mastered.

Stems are the isolated song-length elements that make up a mix. They are usually exported out of a DAW as groups of corresponding tracks like drums, vocals, synths, etc. Stem mastering gives the mastering engineer a greater level of control over the sound if the project requires it.

Stem mastering and mixing might seem similar but are actually two distinct processes. Mixing involves adjusting the sonic characteristics of all the individual elements of a mix, of which there can be hundreds. Stem mastering involves working with a handful of song-length tracks that have previously undergone processing but need some subtle tweaking to be just right.

Just request a quote and you will receive a link to upload files in a follow up email. Guidance can be provided if you aren’t sure how to prepare your files.