We are the music makers 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 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/ai-mastering-honestly-landr-ozone-engineer AI mastering, honestly: what LANDR and Ozone do well, and where an engineer still wins https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/ai-mastering-honestly-landr-ozone-engineer LANDR and Ozone's Master Assistant both learn from finished records and push your mix toward a reference and a loudness target. That makes them fast and cheap at a good mix's last 10%, but a 472-listener public blind test still put two human engineers on top. Here is how the assistants work, how to test them fairly, and what they cost. Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers workflowsmasteringailandrizotopeloudness