Alternatives to Masterchannel
An online mastering service that processes each uploaded track individually to prepare it for release. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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Masterchannel
An online mastering service that processes each uploaded track individually to prepare it for release.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Masterchannel.
LANDR
An online music platform offering AI mastering, distribution to streaming services, plugins, samples and collaboration tools.
LANDR offers AI mastering online or as a plugin, along with distribution, samples and plugins, but most features require a paid subscription.
eMastered
An online service that masters uploaded music tracks automatically using AI.
eMastered is a paid online automated mastering service, so tracks are still uploaded, but there is no freemium tier listed.
iZotope Ozone
A mastering plugin suite with an AI assistant that helps get tracks ready for streaming.
iZotope Ozone is a paid Windows and macOS plugin suite that masters inside a DAW locally, with an AI assistant proposing a chain instead of uploading tracks.
Loudly
An online AI music platform for generating, remixing, mastering and splitting stems of tracks.
Loudly adds mastering to a web platform that also generates, remixes and splits stems, though its free tier limits are not stated.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
smart:EQ
An AI-assisted equalizer plugin that analyses a track and suggests a corrective EQ curve for mixing.
Clarity Vx
An audio plugin from Waves that uses a neural network to remove noise from vocals and speech.
Steinberg SpectraLayers
Spectral audio editor for noise removal and AI-assisted source separation.
