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

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 like: When the client wants songs to sound different When to use mid-side processing (or not) Transient shaping - hardware or software ? How much distortion ? When is unbalanced EQ am artistic choice ? What to do when the "correct" thing to do goes against the emotion of the song Take a listen and find out how these questions all connect ! Full links on our website: Mentioned in this episode: Mastering Click HERE to work with Ian Leapwing Find out more about Leapwing's plugins Learn to master ! Click HERE to see Ian's courses and mastering resources

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This episode is 35:04 long.

This episode was published on Nov 28, 2025.

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