We recently uploaded our current single, I DON’T BELONG HERE, to the two leading online mastering sites, LANDR and EMastered, to see which one would do a better job of mastering* our music. Both sites use proprietary artificial intelligence and algorithms to do the job automatically, at a fraction of the time and cost of human beings. Ideally we prefer to give our music to a good (human) mastering engineer with experience in our genre, but we wanted to explore if these automated sites could do the job for a quick demo.
(* ‘mastering’ is the final part of audio post production before releasing the song, where the final mix is processed with EQ, compression, limiting and other enhancements, and makes it sound professional)
The results between the sites are close, so you should listen to the examples and decide for yourself, preferably on good headphones or speakers (not earbuds). You may also want to compare the loudest parts where the beats kick in.
What you hear below is the original WAV file without mastering, as a baseline.
What you hear next is the result of uploading the WAV file to LANDR.com
Compare it with the result of uploading the WAV file to EMastered.com
Finally, here is the version that is available for you to buy in the Alfa Matrix store (hint, hint)
So , which one do you prefer? Please tell us in the comments.