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Originally Posted by javahut  What if your goal is to learn to master? How else does someone learn to master unless they start at the beginning? Contrary to popular belief, even professional mastering engineers had to start somewhere at some time with no "professional mastering" experience. Or else they wouldn't now be mastering engineers. |
I think its safe to say no current pro mastering engineer started out by using presets. I also think its safe to say that youre right theres nothing mysterious about mastering, the actual process is simple, but the ears and experience are key. Before you can get the experience you must first train your ears. Learning to master is great, but you have to have an idea of what you're trying to do, otherwise what are you doing?