DIY MUSIC CONFERENCE
Mastering Demystified

Mastering Demystified

Panel with Piet Charlet (Time Tools Mastering)

Really every person who makes music and already released something knows it: The mastering files are here! With great anticipation and excitement, the masters are checked and evaluated on various sound systems. Frustration and enthusiasm about the result are often very close to each other. Errors in the mixdown suddenly become very clear, or the result triggers euphoric incomprehension: „what the hell was done there, it suddenly sounds so good….“. Piet Charlet, as mastering-engineer and operator of Time Tools Mastering, falls back on a wealth of experience that he has gained in 20 years of professional experience and collaboration with artists* like Skin (Skunk Anansie), Marquess, Sido, Cassandra Steen or Madeline Juno. During Trial & Error he gives us a deep insight into his mastering process and the tools he uses.