<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Translation&lt;/strong&gt; is one of the main goals of mastering - make the music sound great on any platform, and any delivery format.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But how is that possible ? How can we optimise the audio to sound great on both a huge PA &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; crappy earbuds, or via any data-encoded stream, when we don't have any control over those playback systems or streaming platforms ?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The answer to this paradox is deceptively simple - and powerful. In this episode I explain the common misconception of what 'translation' is; what the term &lt;strong&gt;really&lt;/strong&gt; means to me, and share three simple suggestions to help you get your music to translate - on &lt;strong&gt;any&lt;/strong&gt; playback system.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Full links on our website:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.themasteringshow.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;www.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.themasteringshow.com/episode-102" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;themasteringshow.com/episode-102&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mentioned in this episode:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leapwing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://the-mastering-show.captivate.fm/leapwing"&gt;Find out more about Leapwing's plugins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn to master !&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://the-mastering-show.captivate.fm/resources"&gt;Click HERE to see Ian's courses and mastering resources&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mastering&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://the-mastering-show.captivate.fm/ian"&gt;Click HERE to work with Ian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Mastering Show

The Mastering Show Podcast

The Mastering Show #102 - What IS 'translation' in mastering ?

OCT 22, 202530 MIN
The Mastering Show

The Mastering Show #102 - What IS 'translation' in mastering ?

OCT 22, 202530 MIN

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Translation is one of the main goals of mastering - make the music sound great on any platform, and any delivery format.But how is that possible ? How can we optimise the audio to sound great on both a huge PA and crappy earbuds, or via any data-encoded stream, when we don't have any control over those playback systems or streaming platforms ?The answer to this paradox is deceptively simple - and powerful. In this episode I explain the common misconception of what 'translation' is; what the term really means to me, and share three simple suggestions to help you get your music to translate - on any playback system.Full links on our website:www.themasteringshow.com/episode-102Mentioned in this episode:LeapwingFind out more about Leapwing's pluginsLearn to master !Click HERE to see Ian's courses and mastering resourcesMasteringClick HERE to work with Ian