During mastering, a professional engineer optimizes your audio by using EQ, compression, and other dynamics processing, so your project can compete with any major label release.

Every major label release is mastered to prepare it for streaming, radio play and retail sale. In the studio you record one song at a time, resulting in songs that all peak at different levels and have different EQs. A mastering engineer can unify your project with skillful use of EQ, gain, and compression to give it a consistent sound from track to track. This process also allows the engineer to enhance the volume of your overall project so it sounds incredible.