What is Mastering?
- In short mastering is the final preparation of a song or COLLECTION of songs before they are released to the public THROUGH DIGITAL OR PHYSICAL FORMATS. IT INCLUDES PROCESSING SUCH AS EQ, COMPRESSION, SATURATION AND LIMITING TO ACHIEVE CONSISTENT AND COMPETITIVE FINAL AUDIO.
How Should I Prepare My Mix Before Mastering?
- When preparing you mix for mastering you'll want to do a few things. First-off you want to make sure the highest peak-level is -3dB or less before exporting your mix; this ensures no transients are clipped and will give some headroom FOR the master. Secondly you'll want to remove any pre-mastering LIMITING from the master-bus. The over-all volume should sound low; we'll raise it during the mastering process. Third you’ll want to make sure that you submit a high resolution .wav file.
HOW SHOULD WE SEND OUR TRACKS TO YOU?
- DROPBOX/GOOGLE DRIVE IS BEST FOR THIS. PLEASE MAKE SURE THE FILES ARE STEREO INTERLEAVED .WAV FORMAT, 24BIT 48K IS PREFERRED. PLEASE NAME ALL TRACKS WITH SONG NUMBER_SONG NAME_ARTIST NAME_ ALBUM NAME.
ZIP THE TRACKS INTO A FOLDER, UPLOAD AND WE'RE AWAY!
WHAT IS YOUR TURN AROUND TIME?
- USUALLY 2-7 DAYS, HOWEVER IT CAN BE DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS I HAVE ON AT THAT TIME OR BECAUSE I NEED MORE INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT.
HOW AND WHEN SHOULD WE PAY YOU?
- VIA PAYPAL INVOICE, YOU WILL RECEIVE THIS WHEN YOUR PROJECT IS CONFIRMED AND IT WILL NEED TO BE PAID IN FULL BEFORE THE FINAL FILES ARE DELIVERED.
DO YOU MASTER FOR VINYL AND CASSETTE?
- I CERTAINLY DO, IM GLAD YOU ASKED! PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS A REQUIREMENT AS THERE IS SPECIAL PROCESSING REQUIRED FOR EACH PHYSICAL MEDIUM.