6 smart mastering tools and platforms

iZotope Ozone 9 Mac/PC From £95

One of the modern mastering engineer’s most trusted tools, Ozone 9 can automatically create EQs that match the frequency spectrum of your project, as well as intelligently handle loudness levels on the fly. Aside from its advanced brain, Ozone 9 also provides a huge array of fine-tuning options for the skilled engineer. izotope.com

Leapwing DynOne Mac/PC £179

With its intelligent and very discerning attack and release settings, DynOne knows how to make the best from your mix from the get-go. Leapwing’s smart dynamics controller also puts five bands of quality parallel compression at your fingertips, as well as transparent and adjustable filters to tame your track. leapwingaudio.com

eMastered From £14 per month

Should you want to turn over your mix entirely to an AI-mastering engineer, then you can do a lot worse than the skillful eMastered. Developed in tandem with a community of Grammy-winning engineers, the platform allows users to upload reference tracks to more precisely build a mastered final product with impact. emastered.com

Zynaptiq Master Bundle Mac/PC £479

A suite of three high-powered AI mastering plugins from the innovators at Zynaptiq. The three plugins – Unfilter, Intensity and Unmix: Drums – rectify EQ, beef up the loudness and clarity as well as underline your drums respectively. Manual control is available too, but you’ll be impressed by the suite’s ‘auto-magic’ abilities. zynaptiq.com

Cloudbounce From £7 per track

Cloudbounce uses its internal algorithms to assess the best EQ fixes and final dynamic balance for your track. Cloudbounce also allows users to dial in aspects such as volume, brightness, warmth and bass by hand, as well as choosing the appropriate genre to tailor the master to. It’s now available as a standalone desktop app. cloudbounce.com

LANDR From £7.50 per month

One of the major names in online mastering. LANDR is driven by its sophisticated Synapse AI engine. Synapse is hugely adept at deciding how to EQ, compress, enhance and define anything you throw its way. Launched in 2014, LANDR continues to grow its membership – and its capabilities – with each passing year. landr.com