Why can't I just make my track louder in Audacity?
Free audio editors or basic volume boosts simply turn everything up, which causes digital clipping, ruins your dynamic range, and makes harsh frequencies even harsher. Streaming platforms detect this distortion and will penalize your track's quality. Proper mastering with Neural Analog does much more than just increase volume: it uses smart limiting to reach commercial loudness without clipping, applies dynamic Match EQ to fix muddy or harsh tonal balance, and can even restore missing high frequencies that AI generators leave out.