Waldemar Pawlik 11 Posted October 20, 2020 I just mastered a song in Bandlab's free mastering service, and to my ears, I think it did a reasonable job. I had tried mastering the song myself but was not impressed with my own efforts. I then tried LANDR which only gave me a low resolution MP3 which was I thought was still better than my own effort. However, it requires subscription for higher quality masters for which I'm not ready yet. I then found that Bandlab offers free unlimited masters in CD quality, and I'm already signed up anyway via Cakewalk. I then made a CD quality and a MP3 master and imported them together with LANDR's version, into Cakewalk to compare the differences. The LANDR version was just a dB or so louder, and perhaps just slightly darker than Bandlabs, but apart from that I couldn't determine much difference between the three versions. So, has anybody else here tried these online mastering services and what are your thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gswitz 457 Posted October 20, 2020 (edited) Yes, I've tried them and think they are pretty good. Craig Anderton did a blind test with us comparing professionally mastered with landr. Many could detect the difference. I think it is great for quick efforts, but if you really love your song, you might try both. Edited October 20, 2020 by Gswitz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waldemar Pawlik 11 Posted October 20, 2020 The particular track is part of a client's project and will be going to a mastering engineer when finished. I was just "kicking the tyres", so to speak. But I did like Bandlab's effort. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philip G Hunt 472 Posted October 21, 2020 I passed a couple of tracks through Bandlabs Mastering service. It did wonders to one track, but overly maxed out others. The track that worked well was dynamically lower as I hadn't tried to peak everything to -1, whereas the others were already dynamically quite near the mastering limit so Bandlab just crushed them and maxed out the sound. So, a hit and a miss - not bad though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark skinner 644 Posted October 21, 2020 Check out Izotope "Ozone" mastering software. It's automated but you have full control over the results. A lot of times when they roll out a new version they'll give away a previous light version for free. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
treesha 289 Posted October 21, 2020 I tried bandlab a month of cloudbounce and landr. I prefer ozone mastering where i can adjust many aspects of the process. I remember reading an online in depth comparison review that went into details of the differences but it was a while back and i forgot where. I am new to mastering been learning a few years now so not an experienced opinion, but i like ozone best Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razor7music 248 Posted October 21, 2020 I do my own mastering in Wavelab. I tried the BL mastering options before and was underwhelmed with the end results. I can do better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites