MixMasterAIMaster Your Music to Apple Music's Exact Standard
Apple Music uses Sound Check to normalize playback at -16 LUFS, two full LUFS quieter than Spotify. A master built for Spotify will sound too loud on Apple Music. MixMasterAI lets you master to Apple Music's exact spec in one click.
Technical requirements
What Apple Music requires
MixMasterAI meets every one of these requirements automatically when you select Apple Music as your platform target.
How it works
Three steps. 60 seconds.
Upload your track
Drag and drop your mix. WAV, MP3, FLAC, M4A, and AIFF all accepted up to 50 MB.
Pick your platform target
Select the streaming or distribution platform you are uploading to. The engine sets the correct LUFS, true peak ceiling, and dynamic profile.
Download and upload
Your master downloads as 24-bit WAV and 320 kbps MP3, normalized exactly to spec, ready to upload directly to your platform.
The solution
What MixMasterAI does for your Apple Music release
Normalized to -16 LUFS for Sound Check
Apple Music's Sound Check feature normalizes playback to -16 LUFS. MixMasterAI targets this exactly, so your track plays at the right level on every Apple device without Sound Check adjusting it aggressively.
24-bit WAV for Apple's lossless pipeline
Apple Music Lossless streams at up to 24-bit, 192 kHz. Uploading a 24-bit WAV master through your distributor ensures Apple Music has the highest quality source for its lossless pipeline.
True peak protection for AAC encoding
Apple Music encodes uploads to AAC. The encoding process can cause inter-sample peaks to clip above 0 dBFS without true peak protection. MixMasterAI limits all masters to -1 dBTP.
Also supports
Master for Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, SoundCloud, TikTok, Amazon Music, and Tidal. Sixteen genre presets. Character presets for every style.
FAQ
Questions about mastering for Apple Music
What LUFS target does Apple Music use?
Apple Music uses Sound Check to normalize to -16 LUFS integrated. This is quieter than Spotify at -14 LUFS. MixMasterAI has Apple Music as a dedicated streaming target that normalizes to exactly -16 LUFS.
Should I master differently for Apple Music vs Spotify?
Yes. Apple Music normalizes at -16 LUFS while Spotify uses -14 LUFS. MixMasterAI lets you select the target platform and delivers a master normalized to the exact spec for each. You can master the same track for both platforms separately.
Does Apple Music require a Mastered for iTunes file?
Apple Music no longer requires the Mastered for iTunes program for standard releases. Uploading a clean 24-bit WAV with proper loudness and true peak protection meets Apple's quality standards.
Is Apple Music mastering free on MixMasterAI?
Yes. Free, no account, no watermark, unlimited tracks. Select Apple Music as your streaming target and download a -16 LUFS, 24-bit WAV master.
Your Apple Music master is 60 seconds away.
Free. No account. No watermark. 24-bit WAV and 320 kbps MP3. Normalized exactly to Apple Music spec.
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