Download the mastering FL project: http://rapidshare.com/files/134776903/Mastering_Tempate.flp.htmlMastering is the very last thing in your process. Honestly, you should not have to do a lot here. Provided you have at least somewhat adhered to the stuff, this part should just be the finishing touch - the \"polish\", if you will. There is no one right way to approach mastering, but generally, you want the overall volume of the mix to be at a level where the listener doesn\'t have to constantly adjust his or her volume control becaues the mix is too loud, too soft, or too variable in dynamics. You also don\'t want there to be any overly powerful or overly weak frequencies. Usually my mastering chain looks like this; compressor - EQ - limiter. Since you might not be entirely clear on what compression and limiting actually do, here\'s my explanation (quoted from another topic I wrote in)A compressor works like this. You set a THRESHOLD volume level. When the waveform reaches this threshold volume level, it is reduced in volume. You control how MUCH it is reduced in volume with the RATIO control. 1:1 means that for every dB of sound above the threshold, 1 dB of sound will go through - in other words, no effect. 2:1 means that for every 2 dB of sound above the threshold, only 1 dB will be heard. 5:1 means that for every 5 dB of sound above the threshold, 1 dB is output. And so on and so forth. Thus, if you only want to compress something a little bit, you wouldn\'t use more than 3 or 4:1 compression. Finally, the compressor has a GAIN knob to increase or decrease the overall volume of the sound AFTER the limiting.\n\nNow, a limiter is simply an extreme form of compression. It has a very, very high ratio (sometimes infinite). In other words, as soon as the sound hits the threshold, you could send 50 dB through it and it will only output the threshold level. You can effectively use a compressor as a limiter if you just set the ratio really high.\n\nOther controls to be aware of -\n\n * Attack: This is the time it takes for the compression to take place. This is usuallymeasured in ms. If you have an attack of 15ms, that is pretty quick, but some sound will still be uncompressed. So, if you\'re compressing a snare heavily, you\'ll hear the *THWAP* right at the beginning and then within 15ms the sound will be compressed.\n * Release: The time it takes for the compression to stop after the sound has gone below the set THRESHOLD level. Usually between 200-800ms. Any longer and it\'s going to sound funny.\n * Knee: This isn\'t on every compressor, but this basically controls how \"hard\" the compression activates. When the sound hits the threshold, does it limit itvery sharply right off the bat, or does it ease into it? Here\'s a diagram of what this looks like: http://www.zirconstudios.com/images/knee.jpg-10dB is the threshold, for that image.Info from: www.zirconstudios.com\nby Andreas Aversa chain, fl, mastering, studio, tutorial