Sterling Sound was one of the first Mastering Studios to work with Apple's engineers to develop workflows and best practices for mastering audio specifically for iTunes, and this collaboration continues today.

Apple’s proprietary AAC format is a spectacular achievement in the delivery of hi-fidelity audio to consumers.

With their Mastered for iTunes initiative, Apple has released a new generation of AAC encoding tools that accept hi-resolution PCM sources.

Sterling has integrated these encoders into our mastering suites so that during the session clients can hear exactly how their music will sound on the iTunes store.