What is mastering?

Among the qualities that music communicates are passion, love, anger,
tension and release but when mixes sound bad the intent fails. While
their are numerous causes for mixes that fail a common problem is
that the mix hasn't been mastered. For the engineer that hasn't
discovered mastering, the blue skies of a good sounding control
room mix are turned black and grey when artists ask, "Why do our
songs sound so good in your studio but they sound like ass on my
home stereo?"

It's not a happy client asking that question and it's a stressed out
engineer whois being confronted. Mastering is the solution to that
problem. It is the final stage of audio production.

Warning from JAMin developers; mastering is a powerful and addictive
medication that can be harmful to your social life.

- Ron Parker 
