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# LANDR Establishes A “Gold Standard” For Free Automated Music Mastering
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/landr-establishes-a-gold-standard-for-free-automated-music-mastering/
- Published: 2014-05-12T12:51:03.000Z
- Updated: 2014-05-12T12:51:03.000Z
- Description: If you know you need mastering but your needs exceed your skill level or your wallet, you might have found a new friend at LANDR. LANDR is an online mastering. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/05/landr-establishes-a-gold-standard-for-free-automated-music-mastering.html]
- Author: admin
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[![LANDR — logo 1C](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a73dc1d7e0970d-150wi "LANDR — logo 1C")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a73dc1d7e0970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

If you know you need mastering but your needs exceed your skill level or your wallet, you might have found a new friend at LANDR. LANDR is an online mastering service that automates the mastering process for quick results. There is a free option and the service is designed to get you onboard and testing it out right away. The goal, as they explain, is not to replace engineers but to establish a "gold standard" baseline for free mastering.

[LANDR](http://landr.com/?ref=hypebot.com) officially launches today featuring "intelligent music mastering technology" or automated, online drag and drop music mastering with a lot of research behind it. LANDR was created by MixGenius whose [team](http://mixgenius.com/team/?ref=hypebot.com) includes a great deal of music, tech and business expertise.

The basic MP3 service is free with [monthly subscription plans](https://landr.com/?ref=hypebot.com#/pricing) for higher quality options:

**Hobbyist: Free**  
 Unlimited 192kbps MP3  
 A/B comparison  
 MP3s are always free

**Amateur: $9/month**  
 4 uncompressed masters  
 Unlimited 192kbps MP3  
 Control of mastering settings

**Pro: $19/month**  
 UNLIMITED\* uncompressed masters  
 Unlimited 192kbps MP3  
 Control of mastering settings  
 \*for personal use only

So basically you can check it out for yourself and make your own before and after conclusions.

LANDR is the creation of [MixGenius](http://mixgenius.com/?ref=hypebot.com) who describe themselves as:

"An intelligent audio technology company based in Montreal, Canada. The founding technology is based on Ph.D. research in signal processing and has been developed and refined over 7 years at a number of world-leading universities. "

"Created with the goal of freeing musicians from the costs and technical expertise required to achieve professional-sounding music production, LANDR is the first commercial release from MixGenius."

Interestingly enough, they answer the question, "Are you going \[to\] replace sound and mastering engineers?, on their [About page](https://landr.com/?ref=hypebot.com#/about):

"Certainly not, the world will always need engineers but we hope that our service will make mastering engineering better, that maybe we’ll set a sort of gold standard for the industry. I mean, if free mastering sounds this good, imagine what expensive will sound like?"

If you check [LANDR](http://landr.com/?ref=hypebot.com) out please let us know the results in the comments.

*Hypebot Senior Contributor Clyde Smith ([@fluxresearch](https://twitter.com/fluxresearch?ref=hypebot.com)) posts music crowdfunding news [@CrowdfundingM](https://twitter.com/CrowdfundingM?ref=hypebot.com). To suggest topics about music tech, DIY music biz or music marketing for Hypebot, contact:*

clyde(at)fluxresearch(dot)com

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