Thats one of the most interesting topics on mastering - as every system is different and its hard to know how each one will react.

so the more you work on mastering projects the more you get a feel of what the style of music needs and what to do with what you get from the mix - it can be small things that will give a big difference or it can be lots of things that will make a small difference


some people look at mastering as just getting the levels right and some look at it as a creative process too.

so you can take it to any side of the spectrum

limiters can do more then what we seem to hear in the moment we strap them on especially when the limiters are maximizers which are actually a different device which includes a limiter


if you ask whats the secret to mastering - the answer will be working the problems out and finding out what the client likes