Over the last 10 years the music industry has changed significantly, one of the biggest changes has been the lower budgets that are available to musicians and record labels for the costs involved in releasing a body of work.As such most areas of recording and mixing have been hit financially with the closure of some of the worlds greatest recording and mixing facilities. These budget cuts have affected almost all areas of music production and some of the models under which these business operate have also adapted. The internet has allowed such production facilities to change their methods of providing services to musicians and record labels.
Mastering is a procedure at the end of the music production process. These days it is used by independent musicians and record labels. After music has been mixed the final stage will be mastering. Mastering used to be a very expensive procedure and would be attended by the producer, musicians and a record label contact. Since the advent of the internet many studios now offer online mastering. The pricing for these services is generally much lower even though the same high quality audio processing equipment is used.


