What is the difference between audio restoration and mastering?

Restoration and mastering solve different problems. Many mastering services rely on multiband compression to boost or compress existing frequencies, so mastering without restoration can amplify artifacts instead of fixing the root quality issue.

Once your audio is restored, Automatic Mastering can polish it for professional release, with intelligent loudness optimization tailored to your track.

Audio restoration analyzes spectral content and removes lossy-compression "chirps" and "warbles", replacing them with coherent harmonic content.

If you are deciding what to run first, restore compressed or damaged sources before mastering. If the source already sounds clean and only needs loudness, go straight to Automatic Mastering.