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Re:Ableton Live 13 by bryceneal on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:22AM (#50440803)
How would you compare it to something like Landr or Ozone for mastering?

The problem I have with the AI mastering is it seems to be a bit clumsy with making the master fit the song. A lot of these tools just have simple buttons like "low, medium high", and seem to default to really squashing the dynamics to achieve maximum loudness. I have worked with both human mastering engineers and AI mastering, and I would say a decent human mastering engineer is noticeably better at feeling out the songs and finding the right balance.

Re:Ableton Live 13 by fragmede on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:26AM (#50440865)
We're focusing more on the mix down part as that's more objective and less subjective and Landr/Ozone already exist so we're not starting off specializing in mastering. With additional time/funding what I'd like to build is the ability to let the user specify a specific reference track and not just an artist for the AI to use as a reference.

To your question though, it's a chatbot so tell it you want your track to sound like eg Polo and Pan, it'll look for ways to enhance it in their style rather than a simple small/medium/large knob.