Mastering is the last creative and technical step before CD duplication, vinyl lathe cutting, or online distribution. It’s a vital opportunity to have your music correctly sequenced, QC’d, balanced, and enhanced by an experienced professional working in a neutral listening environment with properly calibrated monitors.

Good mastering is every bit as important as good mixing and can make your music sound it’s best no matter the playback system. If you are ready for your music to reach it’s potential and stand out from the crowd, you are ready for mastering.

It is if you’d like your music to sound it’s best, and be properly prepared for duplication or online distribution. The simple fact is that your favorite music, by your favorite bands, was mastered. Yours should be too.

Generally speaking mastering can make an average song good, a good song great, and a great song amazing. Thinking about it in terms of letter grades, if your mix is a “B”, good mastering can make it an “A”. However, mastering cannot radically restructure a mix. If that’s what is required you should consider remixing.

Mastering demands an experienced and patient engineer with an ear for QC, an acoustically treated space with accurate & properly calibrated monitoring, and the highest quality tools for correction and enhancement. Your music should be handled by a mastering engineer in a proper mastering room. Tracking and mixing are totally separate processes from mastering. Engineers and studios that cater to those needs are probably not set up to provide quality mastering.

Yes, please do! The best results from mastering come when lines of communication are open and fluid.

Artist/Band Name
Album Title
Song Titles
ISRC & UPC/EAN info (if you have it)
Any information about the tracks you think is important

International Standard Recording Codes (ISRC) are the internationally recognized ID codes for music. ISRCs are assigned on a per-track basis and are widely used in digital commerce, reporting, and for delivery of royalty payments. You don't need them to press a CD or distribute your music digitally, but they aid in tracking usage of your music and getting paid.

To get ISRC codes go to USISRC.org. You music first register with the RIAA which costs $75, but after that you are entitled to unlimited codes.

Just use the Order Mastering Form, email, or call. I’ll review your project and we can get started.

Yes. Attended mastering sessions are billed hourly instead of by track.

No problem, revisions before final delivery of your masters are free. I'm not happy unless you’re happy!

Yes. For new customers I'm happy to master one track so you can hear the difference my mastering can make. To submit a track please contact me You'll be provided with access to the sample dropbox on the studio's server, and given instructions for submitting your track.

Please note that paying clients are always handled before sample requests, so turnaround times for samples cannot be guaranteed.

When you order mastering I'll create an account for you in the studio's client area. You can log-in there and upload all your tracks. I recommend zipping your files for an easier, error-free transfer.

For best results mixes should be stereo interleaved .wav or .aiff files. 24bit is best, but 16bit is acceptable as well. I accept all sample rates.

CD Text is coded artist/album/song information that plays in some models of CD players. It is only compatible with supported CD players and not in computer programs such as iTunes or Spotify. I will add approved CD Text to your masters at no extra charge.

iTunes information is pulled from the Gracenote/CDDB. The easiest way to submit your album's information to Gracenote is to select Submit CD Track Names in the Advanced menu in iTunes after all the information has been input into iTunes.

$45 per track. Attended sessions are billed hourly. The full schedule of fees can be found here.

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