Mastering is just the icing on the cake. The final touch to make your didge tracks sound as good as they can. There are a host of different types of mastering processing such as EQ (& mid/side), saturation, compression (& multiband), clipping and limiting etc. But keep in mind some engineers use a simple chain while others more elaborate (One isn't better than the other!) and with some tools needed at times and not others.
It's best to approach mastering as a separate stage from mixing with fresh ears and a fresh approach to your mixed recordings. And you can have a mastering template set up be it in your DAW or a specific program like Wavelab.
(Notes: the settings on the limiter in the video are arbitrary and was just pulled up for illustrate purposes. And my plugin chain does shrink and grow at times! Integrated loudness is the loudness measured across the whole track unlike momentary or short term loudness measurement on the LUFS meter.)
LINKS BELOW:
Here are a couple of links to Ian Shepherd, who is a well regarded mastering engineer and who did a series of mastering essential videos in conjunction with Sound On Sound magazine. You can check out the rest of the videos too if you wish:
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Here's a link to a page showing his mastering chain:
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There are other mastering engineers worth checking out too!
Here is an article from, Ian Stewart, about platforms, loudness levels etc. It is via Izotope with ads which I don't use but some good info in the article: If you're not technically minded, don't be put off by all the information here and just take in any bits and pieces you can understand and you don't have to get to grips with all of it as there's a lot of detail! Just, over time get familiar with the fundamentals and the main thing is to practise using the limiter etc. You can learn more over time.
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