responses range from "mastering is so simple that i wouldn't pay anyone or a bot to do it, just throw a limiter on there and turn up your volume" to "mastering is such a complex art that there's no way a bot could do it." i'm somewhere in the middle, i think that mastering is a simple enough task that it's feasible to train a bot to do a good job.

my 5 cents:

for me the way i look at mastering has changed in the past years.

it was always crucial for me to get the best mastering and i did spend an awful lot of cash on it.

but since computers got so powerful recently, and because of that the quality of plug ins are way better than 10 years ago, my approach changed.

my ears are well trained by now, plus i have very nice speakers and a decent room.
so, most of the things that had to be "fixed" in mastering are now part of my mixing process.

that said, mastering mainly became an technical issue for me at this point. but... for example, you need to know a lot about the process of vinyl cutting to make a good master.

so, for everyday uses, like weekly, i'm fine to just slap it into ozone8 and make some
additional tweaks. for "real" releases like on vinyl, or special purposes like club music or cinema, i still prefer to give my tracks to a decent mastering studio.

Curious to hear everyone's impressions after the year. I used medium all the time and would re-do my mixes if I didn't quite like how it sounded. Typically that would be 2 or 3 mix attempts but some were more and some were nailed off the bat. That round trip would have been more timely if I was master on iPad (was doing gadget all year) but idk I still enjoy the robot mastering my music

I've got a lot out of landr this year, even though my weeklybeats tracks have stopped. Do you think we can keep the yearly account going? I'll happily put in some money if enough people want to continue it.

I'd be down as well to keep it going on the off year, count me in if this happens!

i think LANDR ruined my track. like 2 people commented this week haha

i haven't listened this week yet

thiiiink i followed up with everyone in the thread, again, just email me your paypal address and interest if i somehow skipped...

too late?

not too late! email sent to both of you