The Mastering Show #103 – Technical versus Creative Mastering (Q&A)

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Nov 28, 202535:04Music

This started out as a Q&A episode, but one way or another there turned out to be a real theme to many of the questions, namely - how do you choose between technical and creative considerations, when mastering ? Questions...

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