Both online collaboration and online mastering platforms have gained much traction in recent years. With engineers and artists juggling messages with tweaks and approvals separately, we look at the very latest solution which hopes to bring them all together.

In Summary

With the complexities of mastering, collaboration, client messaging, and approvals involving multiple services, LANDR Apps bring all three together. They allows communication on the platform between desktop and mobile apps which sync to the user’s account.

Going Deeper

Online Mastering

While the virtues of automated online mastering are guaranteed to raise interest in some, it provides access to a necessary process many creatives would struggle to undertake alone. Metrics such as loudness and spectral content can be dealt with by such services, leaving the aesthetic merits there for the client to decide. That way, they can vote with their feet following the results as compared to other artists’ masters.

Collaboration

The early twenty twenties saw an explosion in the use of online collaborative tools that allowed artists to stream audio and video while creating. While audio abilities were non-negotiable, the need for a ‘control room window’ was quickly satisfied by Zoom-style video integration on some platforms.

Communication

While the immediacy of remote video and audio communications was welcomed by many, other forms of communication have remained disparate. When it comes to mix tweaks, revisions, and approval, the traditional exchange of thought during the formative process has always happened retrospectively. Certainly it’s easy to forget that the traditional pub and office-based meetings, through to the neo-classics of SMS and email were the only weapons of choice up until fairly recently.

LANDR Apps

LANDR will be familiar to some as an artist-led online collaborative creation, and mastering platform. Providing both content for artists to use, and the tools to upload, distribute, and master their mixes online, its new Messenger functionality bridges the communication gap between collaborators. Across a mobile app for iOS and Android, and desktop apps for studio systems, creators can review and discuss mix tweaks, revisions, and approvals on the move. These are synced to existing online accounts, with reviewers able to access content with or without an account of their own thanks to switchable permissions.

LANDR Apps Features In Full:

• Access files, conversations, collaborations, contacts, and community channels, on the move.

• Clear interactions powered by annotations and HQ audio/video calls and messages.

• One click access for mobile and desktop, offering convenience and efficiency, reflecting the global nature of connections.

• Professional communication with speed and convenience, coupled with “the best collab tools in the industry” for clients. Secure sharing and context-rich interactions.

• Emerging producers can accurately share their vision and collaborate from anywhere.

• Casual creators can benefit from one-touch access for inspiration and musical connections.

• Review masters in the car, DM connections your progress, or share your demos with friends instantly. Mix reference work-in-progress tracks and crowdsource feedback from your contact and channels.

On Messenger, LANDR add:

[Messenger provides] peace of mind and in-control assurance that files won't be stolen or leaked and sensitive conversations are strictly private. Our 4M users of creators and pros open the doors for industry connections and collaborations globally. LANDR is an established player and has a proven track record of stability, security, and innovation.

A Word About This Article

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