{"podcast":{"title":"The Mastering Show","slug":"the-mastering-show-1105611","podcast_index_feed_id":1105611,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-mastering-show/","website_url":"https://www.themasteringshow.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/6ec93a88-dc23-4d0f-8d7a-f65a7af45664/avatars-000212645351-vof504-original.jpg","author":"The Mastering Show Podcast","episode_count":110,"summary":"This is the show where we cover all aspects of mastering. If you're interested in mastering, want to learn how to get better results mastering your own music, or even want to be a mastering engineer, this is the show you want to hear!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T10:22:47.717587+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mastering-show-1105611"},"episode":{"title":"The Mastering Show #102 - What IS 'translation' in mastering ?","slug":"the-mastering-show-102-what-is-translation-in-mastering","published_at":"2025-10-23T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mastering-show-1105611/the-mastering-show-102-what-is-translation-in-mastering","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mastering-show-1105611","url":"https://www.themasteringshow.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/6547f71b-fc12-4ae7-93de-03f5fc96b21a.mp3","summary":"Translation is one of the main goals of mastering - make the music sound great on any platform, and any delivery format. But how is that possible ? How can we optimise the audio to sound great on both a huge PA and crappy earbuds, or via any data-encoded stream, when we don't have any control over those playback systems or streaming platforms ? The answer to this paradox is deceptively simple - and powerful. In this episode I explain the common misconception of what 'translation' is; what the term really means to me, and share three simple suggestions to help you get your music to translate - on any playback system. Full links on our website: www. themasteringshow.com/episode-102 Mentioned in this episode: Leapwing Find out more about Leapwing's plugins Learn to master ! Click HERE to see Ian's courses and mastering resources Mastering Click HERE to work with Ian","meta_description":"Translation is one of the main goals of mastering - make the music sound great on any platform, and any delivery format. But how is that possible ? How ca…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1829,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-mastering-show-1105611/episodes/the-mastering-show-102-what-is-translation-in-mastering/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mastering-show-1105611/the-mastering-show-102-what-is-translation-in-mastering.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}