https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Thu, 29 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/is-my-mix-ready-for-mastering-checklist https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/is-my-mix-ready-for-mastering-checklist Your mix is ready for a human mastering engineer when it is a lossless 24-bit file at the session sample rate, peaks a few dB below full scale with no master limiter, and you are no longer changing balances. Here is the checklist, compared across five published studio and service specs, and every check can be done with free tools. Thu, 29 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers masteringmixingheadroomdeliverychecklistsworkflows