Mastering is the final process in all professional recordings. The goals of mastering is to take a song and make it reach its greatest potential. Getting the best sound out of your newly mixed songs generally requires a mastering engineer with a fresh set of ears.

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Steps of the process typically include but are not limited to the following:

1. Transferring the recorded audio tracks into the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
2. Sequence the separate songs or tracks (The spaces in between) as it will appear on the final product (for example, an Audio CD)
3. Process or "sweeten" audio to maximize the sound quality for its particular medium
4. Transfer the audio to the final master format

Here's a few examples of actions taken during mastering:

1. Edit minor flaws
2. Apply noise reduction to eliminate hum and hiss
3. Adjust stereo width
4. Add or remove ambiance
5. Equalize audio
6. Adjust volumes
7. Dynamic expansion
8. Dynamic compression
9. Peak limit each track

The guidelines above are mainly descriptive of the mastering process and not considered specific instructions that may or may not be applied in a given situation.