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Stop mastering to a number someone argued about on Reddit. Compare your mix directly against the commercial record you want to sit next to, and get the actual gaps: loudness, tonal balance band by band, dynamics, and stereo width — in numbers first, then in plain language.
Your audio never uploads. The analysis (ITU-R BS.1770 loudness, gated, K-weighted at your file's real sample rate) runs entirely in your browser.
Reference Match
BCA-TL-03
Drop in your mix and the commercial track you want to compete with. Everything runs on your device — your audio never uploads, never leaves your machine. You get the loudness, dynamics, tonal-balance, and stereo gaps in numbers, then in plain language.
WHY A REFERENCE BEATS A LOUDNESS TARGET
The "master to -14 LUFS" advice confuses a playback setting with a production target. Streaming platforms turn loud masters down cleanly; what they can't do is make a thin mix sound big. The records you love weren't mastered to a number — they were mastered to compete. So compete with them directly: here's the full loudness argument with real genre targets.
When the tool shows you a gap — say, 3 dB less bass energy than your reference — that's a decision, not an order. Maybe your record wants less bass. But now you're choosing with your eyes open instead of guessing in the dark, which is the entire difference between mixing and mastering like a professional and turning knobs at random.
Found the gaps? Close them.
The chains fix density, tone, and low-end control — they're my exact mastering chains, prebuilt for your DAW from $17. Masterproof verifies the final bounce is release-ready. And if you'd rather hand it to an engineer, that's literally my job.