AI Mastering

AI Mastering

Bakuage · Voice & Language

AI Mastering is a free online mastering service from Bakuage that raises a finished mix to commercial loudness, with adjustable target loudness, level controls, and spectrum and loudness analysis.

Interface preview of AI Mastering

About AI Mastering

What Is AI Mastering

AI Mastering is a browser based mastering service built by Bakuage, and it works as an automatic mastering tool for finished mixes. You upload a finished stereo mix, pick a target loudness and a mastering level, and the engine returns a louder, more even version of the track. It was launched in 2018 and has run as a free tool since then, which is unusual in a category where most competitors charge per song.

The problem it solves is narrow and real. Plenty of musicians finish a mix that sounds fine in headphones and falls apart next to released tracks on a streaming service. Professional mastering fixes that, but a single session can cost more than an independent artist spends on the whole record. AI Mastering takes the routine part of that job, the loudness lift and the gentle tonal balancing, and does it in minutes.

The limits are worth knowing up front. There is one processing pass and no manual control over EQ, compression curves, or stem balancing, so a mix with structural problems comes back louder but not fixed. The online version also runs on a shared queue, which is why the free tier can involve a wait.

Getting Started

  1. Open aimastering.com and sign up with an email address, or log in with the bakuage.com account the two services share.
  2. Drag an audio file onto the upload area. WAV and FLAC files keep the most headroom; compressed files still work but start from a thinner source.
  3. Set the target loudness, choose a mastering level, and pick the output format. Leave the defaults on your first pass to hear what the engine does with no guidance.
  4. Start the job and wait for the queue to clear. The online service processes tracks one at a time, so busy periods take longer.
  5. Compare the original and the master, check the spectrum and loudness readouts, then download the file or rerun it with a different target.

Product Information

A quick look at AI Mastering's pricing, supported platforms, and performance.

Free PlanYes
Paid Plans$0
PlatformWeb browser, Windows (offline app), API
DeveloperBakuage
CategoryVoice & Language
Release DateJan 2018
Latest UpdatedApr 2024
Website Visits49.4K
Website Global Rank726.7K
API AvailabilityYes

Best for

The users, tasks, and scenarios where this tool fits best.

Users

  • Independent musicians and bedroom producers
  • Singer songwriters releasing singles
  • Podcasters and voice producers
  • Developers building music tools

Tasks

  • Raising a mix to streaming loudness
  • Balancing loudness against dynamic range
  • Checking a mix before release
  • Automating mastering for a catalog

Scenarios

  • A single going live in a week
  • An album of twelve tracks that needs a consistent level
  • A dance track that loses its low end
  • A laptop with no internet

Key features

Automatic Loudness and Tonal Balancing

The engine analyzes the incoming mix and applies compression, equalization, and limiting in one pass. You get a louder track with the frequency balance pulled toward commercial references, without touching a single plug-in. The catch is that the decisions are the algorithm's, not yours.

Target Loudness Control

You set the loudness you want, expressed in decibels, and the limiter pushes the track toward that figure. Wanting more volume means raising the target, as the official documentation puts it. This makes it easy to hit a platform's preferred level. Push too far and you lose dynamic range.

Adjustable Mastering Level

A separate control sets how aggressively the master is processed. Lower settings keep more of the original dynamics, higher settings flatten the track toward a loud, dense sound. For acoustic, jazz, or classical work, a gentler setting usually sounds closer to the source.

Spectrum and Loudness Analysis

The interface shows a spectrum view and loudness readings for the processed file. You can see which frequency bands the master moved and how far the overall level shifted, which helps you judge whether the result suits the genre.

Bass Preservation for Low End Heavy Tracks

An option reduces low frequency attenuation during processing. Dance, hip hop, and electronic producers use it to keep the kick and sub bass from thinning out after limiting, a common complaint with automatic mastering.

Offline Desktop Version

The same algorithm ships as phaselimiter, an open source C++ program, with a GUI build for Windows. Running it locally removes the online queue and the file size ceiling, limited only by your computer's memory. Linux and macOS users have to build it from source.

Command Line Tools and API

A Go based command line client masters files from a terminal with a single command, and no account setup is needed because each run generates a guest API key. The cloud service also exposes an OpenAPI specification for teams that want to integrate mastering into their own pipeline.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free for unlimited masterings, with no per track fee and no subscription.
  • Target loudness and mastering level give you real control over how loud and how compressed the result sounds.
  • Spectrum and loudness analysis let you check the master against the original instead of guessing.
  • The open source algorithm and published API make it usable inside other products, not only on the website.
  • An offline build removes the queue and handles files too large for the online service.

Cons

  • The online version puts jobs in a queue, so a busy day can mean a long wait with no way to pay for priority.
  • There is no manual EQ or dynamics control, so a mix with balance problems gets louder rather than better.
  • The offline app requires command line work on Linux and macOS, and a Windows user still needs ffmpeg installed.
  • The interface is sparse and the documentation is thin in places, which leaves newcomers guessing at what each setting changes.

Frequently asked questions

AI Mastering is a free online service that masters finished audio tracks automatically. You upload a mix, set a target loudness and processing level, and it returns a louder, more balanced version ready for release.