STREAMING MASTER

Streaming mastering is mastering that is specially created to meet the requirements for streaming services such as Itunes, YouTube, Spotify, or Amazon Music. Particularly important when mastering for streaming services are factors such as output format (e.g. wave, aiff, acc), normalization (loudness, normalization), Loudness (LU or LUfs), Headroom, True peak (TP or TPfs), Sample rate (khz) and Bit depth (bit). After the upload at the respective streaming provider, the uploaded song is checked for various specifications and parameters are stored using a tag (digital label) and converted into various formats and streaming rates so that your music is available to all users in the best possible quality.

This basically applies to a CD master Output format of 16 bit and 44,1 kHz sample rate.  Mastering for streaming services the specifications vary from provider to provider, as the uploaded music titles are converted into a wide variety of formats. This allows you to play your songs on different devices.

Another difference, which makes the mastered song for the streaming platforms, is the loudness. A CD master usually moves in the range from -10 LUfs to -6 LUfs. Thus, a streaming master is around 3 to 7 lufs QUIETER than the mastered CD version.

Therefore, Peak Studios is the perfect partner when it comes to mastering a special streaming version for iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music or Soundcloud. We have the necessary specialist knowledge as well as software and hardware and know the specifications of the respective providers in order to be able to produce an ideal version for the streaming services. We can also check the titles for changes after the streaming services have been converted, so that an ideal sound experience can always be expected.

Further information regarding the exact specifications of streaming services can be found in our blog area including a free PDF sheet for download.