Soundporter Mastering Process Introduction

My mastering process is no mystery, but it's fun to see what actually goes on. Most understand that "something" is done to make the audio sound better, but few know the extra steps involved that does require effort and time. Table of Contents: 00:00 - Introduction 00:22 - Mastering environment 00:55 - The Process 01:26 - Listen to and Analyze the audio 02:27 - Begin mastering 03:19 - Corrective processing 06:53 - 'Color' and 'character' 10:01 - Limiting 11:25 - Summarizing the mastering chain 11:57 - Assembly 12:58 - Rendering the master 13:39 - Critical Listening session 14:23 - Delivering the masters 14:37 - Summary