Master audio for release

Control loudness, dynamics, and tonal balance on a finished mix. Restore hiss, brittle highs, or compression damage first; mastering can make those defects more obvious.

What is a master?

A master is the final release version of the whole song. Mastering adjusts the overall loudness, tone, dynamics, and stereo balance so the finished mix plays consistently on headphones, speakers, and streaming services; it comes after individual vocal, instrument, or noise problems have already been fixed.

Choose mastering or Restore and master

Use mastering alone for a clean mix. Use Restore and masterwhen the source first needs MP3 repair or AI-audio upscaling. The pipeline passes the restored result into mastering automatically. See Improve audio when you need to choose a repair model first.

Master in Studio

Open Pipelines and select Restore and master, or open Enhance and select mastering.
The imported file is the default source. If you restored it in a separate job, choose that orange restored version in Source audio.
Choose the mastering style/genre and target loudness.
Review the estimate, start processing, and wait for the live status to complete.

Choose the blue mastered version

When the job finishes, Studio adds a blue mastered version to the track’s version menu. The imported and restored versions remain available.

Use the Before/After slider

Select the blue mastered version and start playback.
Move the track’s Before / After slider fully left for the original source and fully right for the master.
Use the endpoints for a direct comparison; middle positions blend both versions.

Processed version menu beside the Before and After comparison slider — Move to Before for the original source and After for the selected processed version.

Next steps

Export the master Master several tracks Understand processing use