what is the difference between mixing and mastering?

[emohbe]

trying to get into home recording for hiphop

 

[miroslav]

These days....about 35dB SPL

 

[kcearl]

mixing...getting all your recorded tracks to sound like a cohesive song
mastering....getting all your mixed songs to sound like a cohesive album

basically

 

[TetraFish]

Or just get one of these and do it all in one easy step.

The Sunbeam MixMaster

 

[moresound]

Yeah this is cool Tetra. but it's analog!