7 Step Guide to Prepare your Mix for Mastering by Sara Carter – Free eBook

Get your mix ready for the next stage with Sara Carter’s 7 Step Guide to Prepare Your Mix for Mastering, an eBook from Music Mix Pro. Rather than processing audio, this practical resource helps you organise a smoother handoff to a mastering engineer. It covers questions to ask before commissioning a master, the file formats you’ll need, how to prepare your files, and what to request so your expectations are clear. You’ll also learn about metadata preparation and the consequences of choosing a very loud master. Aimed at home producers and musicians preparing tracks for professional mastering, the guide focuses on avoiding unnecessary revisions, wasted time and unexpected charges. Carter draws on 18 years of recording and mixing experience, including more than seven years at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios.