{"id":51,"date":"2021-06-17T06:19:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T06:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/?p=51"},"modified":"2021-12-20T09:01:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T09:01:12","slug":"stem-and-stereo-mastering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/news\/stem-and-stereo-mastering\/","title":{"rendered":"The Basics of Stem Mastering and Stereo Mastering"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a professional mastering engineer, I see many musicians who are new to the process of recording and mixing. A lot of these artists have never had their music mastered before. Still, they’re excited about it because they’ve heard that having your music professionally mastered can make it sound better. This is true! But what exactly does “mastering” mean? Mastering is the final step in preparing your song for release – it’s what you need before sending your songs off to iTunes or Spotify. It involves making sure all the levels are right on each track, adjusting EQs and compression settings, balancing frequencies between channels (i.e., vocals vs. drums), adding effects like reverb<\/a> or delay (if desired).<\/p>\n

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Things you need to know about stem & stereo mastering<\/h2>\n

Mastering is a process that takes an audio recording and prepares it for distribution. Mastering engineers balance the volume of each track and ensure that the tracks are consistent with one another, so they all sound good on any speaker system. A lot goes into mastering, including adjusting frequencies, adding effects like reverb or compression to specific instruments, balancing tonal qualities, and more. One type of mastering is called stem mastering, which focuses on specific track parts rather than the whole song. Stereo masterings focus on how well an entire song sounds when played back through two speakers rather than just one.<\/p>\n

Stereo mastering is a process of mixing and processing audio. It can be done on any recording, but it’s most commonly used for music played through speakers or headphones. On the other hand, Stem mastering is a method where individual tracks from a mix are mastered separately before being put back together as a complete piece. The difference between stem mastering and stereo mastering is mostly how they work with specific pieces of audio. They both have their advantages and disadvantages depending on what you need to do with your music to make it sound good over different devices such as speakers or headphones.<\/p>\n

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Stem mastering vs. traditional mastering<\/h2>\n

Many of you have probably heard the terms “stem mastering” and “stereo mastering.” But what are they? Stem Mastering is a process where individual tracks on an album are mastered separately, with each track being given its treatment. It is common for one person to master all the songs on an album. This might be because of their experience with that type of music<\/a>, or it could be because they offer more affordable rates than some other professionals in the industry. On the other hand, stereo mastering is typically done by someone who specializes in that field or has more experience working on albums than singles or EPs.<\/p>\n

With the advancement of technology, there are many ways to master your music. Stereo mastering is a process that creates more depth and dimension in the sound by widening the stereo field. Stem mastering is where individual tracks are isolated into specific frequency ranges and then mastered separately before being combined.<\/p>\n

Stem mastering is a more advanced form of audio editing that deals with individual tracks. On the other hand, stereo mastering deals with how those tracks come together to produce one cohesive sound. They are important for creating high-quality music, but stereo mastering is much simpler than stem mastering and usually takes less time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a professional mastering engineer, I see many musicians who are new to the process of recording and mixing. A lot of these artists have never had their music mastered before. Still, they’re excited about it because they’ve heard that having your music professionally mastered can make it sound better. This is true! But what<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulnolansound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}