What Do Mastering Engineers Actually Do?

What Do Mastering Engineers Actually Do? Mastering is a job that is widely misunderstood and misrepresented. Can it really turn lead into musical gold? Or is it just a waste of money? To complement Sound On Sound's recent in-depth series of mastering video tutorials, Editor in Chief Sam Inglis explains why mastering engineers are necessary, what they can do for us, and whether we can really replace them with plug-ins! And here's the series of video tutorials that Sam refers to: Mastering Essentials: The SOS Techniques Guide www.soundonsound.com/series/mastering-essentials-sos-techniques-guide Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 01:23 - Mastering When Cutting To Vinyl 02:41 - Mastering Digital Audio 03:20 - 3 Things Mastering Engineers Do 05:41 - Why Work With A Mastering Engineer? 06:30 - What Mastering Engineers Don't Do 06:57 - Mastering Plug-ins Vs Mastering Engineers 08:57 - Outro ______________________________________________________ Subscribe to Sound On Sound: https://sosm.ag/subscribe Visit our main website (over 17,770 articles!): https://www.soundonsound.com ______________________________________________________ Get 50% SAVING off a Sound On Sound Digital Subscription. Go to https://sosm.ag/digital and apply Promo Code: SOSYT50 RECORDING TECHNOLOGY 2nd Edition FREE 170-page eBook https://sosm.ag/recording-ebook LIMITED OFFER - Get 50% Off SOS For Artists The Complete End-To-End Music Production Suite CREATE / PRODUCE / DISTRIBUTE https://www.sosforartists.com Like FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/soundonsoundmag Follow X: https://twitter.com/soundonsoundmag Follow INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/soundonsoundmag