The four critical steps before you start mastering

Making the final critical adjustments before sending off your mix for mastering is an important, but often neglected part of finalising a mix. A frequent misconception about mastering is that the mastering engineer can fix most of the problems in your mix and magically make your song sound radio-ready. This is not quite the case. Even the best mastering engineers can't fix a terrible mix with multiple overs, clicks, and pops. This infographic will take you through 4 critical steps you have to take, before sending your mix off to a mastering engineer. By following these steps, you will get the most out of your mastering!