And then we have the LANDR-mastered version of that original mix. Then we have Howie Weinberg’s mastered version of that original mix. And if you take a look, you’ll see we have my original mix so this is basically my finished mix before it was mastered. Okay, so we have a couple different versions of a song here called “Joshua,” by artist Leah Capelle. And so I brought everything into my DAW, and level-matched it all, and we’re going to jump in and I just want to compare everything so you can get a sense for what the differences are between my original mix, and Howie’s master, and then the LANDR version of the mastered mix. And so I had him master this, and then I also sent the same mix to LANDR.
And actually, this mix was mastered by an incredible mastering engineer, Howie Weinberg. So what I did was, I took a mix that I recently did for one of my clients, Leah Capelle. And, I wanted to just try it out and see how it compared to the kind of tried and true approach of hiring a mastering engineer like I’ve been doing for years.
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So, this checklist will help you prepare your tracks for mastering, whether you’re sending them to LANDR, or another online service, or a pro engineer, just to make sure you get the most out of the mastering process. Now before we dive in, if you’re looking for more, I also put together a free pre-mastering checklist. So, if you’ve been thinking about using LANDR to master your tracks, this video is going to help you decide whether or not this is a good choice for your music. Hey, this is Jason Moss from, and today we’re going to take an in-depth look at LANDR. Keep watching to hear the surprising results. But is it any good? I compared it with a Grammy-winning mastering engineer to find out. It's like sprinkling a shitty final condiment all over a meal you spent a long time preparing.LANDR offers automated online mastering at a fraction of the cost of hiring a pro. There's nothing inherently wrong with that, but I don't know why you'd want to do that to the music you've spent so long making. If you want to pay the bare minimum, you will be getting the bare minimum results. Additionally, even at the most basic tasks of "getting things loud" and so forth, the lack of intelligent processing pre-limiting resulted in masters that weren't as loud as a mastering engineer can accomplish, and with more audible ducking. There's an art to it that maximizes the impact of a song, and automation cannot reproduce that. Mastering is much more than matching an EQ curve and raising the volume. The LANDR tracks consistently failed in comparison. I mastered a few tracks, and sent the same pre-masters through LANDR with various settings. I specifically did some comparisons a few years back when LANDR was starting their heavy advertising. I'm a freelance mastering engineer, so take my comment with a grain of salt if you like. This question comes up sometimes, and this is my usual response.