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The AI-Augmented Producer · Lesson 5 of 6

AI mastering: when it is enough and when it is not

24 minAdvancedFree

What you’ll be able to do

  • Judge when an automated master is genuinely fine
  • Prepare a mix so any master has room to work
  • Spot the artefacts automated mastering introduces
  • Know what a human engineer adds that a model does not

Inside this lesson

  1. 1Watch first: the comparison, with your own ears
  2. 2When it is fine
  3. 3Give it something to work with
  4. 4When to pay a person

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  • Narrated — put it on while you work
  • A badge for the track when you finish it
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In this lesson you will learn: Judge when an automated master is genuinely fine. Prepare a mix so any master has room to work. Spot the artefacts automated mastering introduces. Know what a human engineer adds that a model does not.

What this lesson covers

Judge when an automated master is genuinely fine

Prepare a mix so any master has room to work

Spot the artefacts automated mastering introduces

Know what a human engineer adds that a model does not

Inside this lesson

Watch first: the comparison, with your own ears

When it is fine

Give it something to work with

When to pay a person

Take this lesson in the LUCY app

Open this lesson in LUCY and it rewrites itself around the music you make, reads itself aloud while you work, and answers questions about your own releases. Finish the track and the badge is yours. Free with a LUCY account.