Want Better Sounding Masters On Streaming Platforms? Use This Free Plugin! (AURoundTripAAC)

When you upload your music to iTunes/Apple Music and many other streaming platforms there are two main processes happening. Encoding and normalisation.
Here's a little demo on how to check your mixes/masters through the iTunes AAC encoder. This is one way you can ensure your masters will sound the highest quality possible when you upload your tracks.
Download the AuRoundTripAAC Here:
www.apple.com/apple-music/app...
Hey, my name's Josh and I'm a mastering engineer at Viking Lounge Mastering and a part of the audio team at Tommirock Studios. I want to make videos that help you on your audio journey so you can release better quality music! Let me know if there's any topic you want to know about in regards to audio, production, recording, mixing or mastering and I'd be happy to make a video about it.
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[@JnL_SSBM]

It's called "Apple Digital Master"

[@lawrencerasmus]

Great info👌

[@ninoricorecords6767]

Thanks 💚👼🏻💙💙

[@Gurun_]

another gem info

[@Josh.Bartel]

I appreciate that ❤️

[@nunyabizfam106]

I have read all of the documentation & created a workflow to comply with ADM protocols. However, it says (on the apple website) that in order to become certified I must "Contact your Apple Music Label Representative to be put in touch with an Apple Digital Masters specialist." I do NOT have a "Label representative" so how would I go about getting the contact information for an "Apple digital masters specialist"?

[@AaronTrimbleMusic]

I contacted Apple and they gave me some leads. I have the same question. Currently in the process of emailing and finding out more.

[@nunyabizfam106]

@@AaronTrimbleMusic When I contacted apple, they just forwarded me to a "Logic" specialist.

[@lawrencerasmus]

I always mix wave to mp3 high quality and send to my phone because I have been shocked by what KZbin can do to reverb

[@leenmuthukuda5382]

I agree on you !!! noticed that

[@digitaltrash_]

Lol, and clearly no hearable distortion even when it's "clipped" Trust your ears, not this bullsh*t..

[@Josh.Bartel]

My example may be more subtle then you were expecting AND this video audio has also been encoded as it’s on KZbin, but I disagree. There is an audible decrease in quality when the encoders are clipped. You may be able to get away with a few clips here and there, but the further you push it into clipping, the worse it will sound. Yes, trust your ears 100% and limit to taste. But make sure it sounds good after encoding.

[@digitaltrash_]

​@@Josh.Bartel I agree, YT has poorest quality, it's better to upload song -1db or even -2db on ceiling. I've noticed that makes it less artifacts and compressed feeling. Also YT codes into "opus" codec which is changes waveform dramatically, it's feels like DC offset was applied.

[@truesearch69]

man... how the fuck does this add-on work.. i installed it but it doesn't appear in any of my Daws.. only in ''utilities'' and when i double click '' master for iTunes droplet''' it tells me to drag wav files to ''dropet''' but nothing happens!