MASTERING is essentially the final step before sending the project to be duplicated. Mastering is a process to be handled by experienced professionals. Rookies and fledgling audiophiles simply don't have the years of experience and seasoned fine touch required to properly "master" recordings.

 

There is much more to mastering music than purchasing and setting up the very expensive software and hardware needed for this craft. That's the quick and easy part. Knowing instinctively how to use the equipment comes only from many years of experience at many levels in the music industry.

 

 This level of expertise and understanding is what separates engineers like David K. Shipley from the all too abundant music-mill services available on the Internet today.