How to Prepare Your Mix for Mastering

Leave headroom — aim for peaks around -6 dB and avoid clipping or limiting on your master bus before uploading.

Export at the highest quality you have: WAV or AIFF, 24-bit, at your project's sample rate.

Fix obvious mix issues first — harsh highs, muddy lows, or an overly narrow stereo image. Mastering enhances a good mix; it can't rescue a broken one.

Sauce Mastering AI's Mix Improvement step can help clean up balance issues automatically before you master.