Mastering Services

PLEASE READ BEFORE CONTINUING

This service is offered to those who are preparing their music for mastering only. As for the mastering stage, your music needs to be properly mixed before any mastering techniques take place. In order to master a song, it cannot be too loud nor over-processed. If the mastering has already taken place and it does not sound as clear as it should be then the material has been poorly mixed. A song should sound loud, fat and full after mastering, not the other way around before finalization. I highly recommend paying close attention to the following instructions below for any material you wish to have mastered. Send me a message and I will respond with a price quota confirmation for your project. For more info, go to my FAQ page for any questions or concerns.

PRE-MASTERING TIPS

*File should be kept in the same resolution as it was mixed in
*No down conversions
*24-bit WAV or AIFF files
*MP3 files are not the best quality to master
*Has to be recorded in advance and properly mixed
*Keep your mixes clean and dynamic
*All stems need to be titled and completely organized
*-3 to -6 dB (below 0 level) for headroom
*Make sure that dither is applied
*No limiters
*Two free mastered revisions (per track)

TYPES OF AUDIO MASTERING

SINGLE-SONG
BASIC MASTERING
$20.00

Includes techniques with basic stock plugins that involves EQ, compression, optimization of audio levels, peak clipping, limiting and also loudness maximization while preserving the integrity of the original sound and maximize the track level from the main master fader.

SINGLE-SONG
ADVANCED MASTERING
$30.00

Includes industry standard plugins with advanced mastering: EQ, compression, peak clipping, ambience, stereo widening, bass management, loudness maximization, audio expansion, noise reduction, adjustments in volume and etc.

STEM MASTERING
$20.00 (per stem)

A different technique that is planned to use various groups of stereo tracks that are consolidated instruments from a final mix and improve its quality to a moderate extent. This is not the same as stereo mastering but I'll be focusing on the group stems collectively so the music can be translated with more space in the mix. Eventually, the mastered version will have more clarity; therefore, it will sound louder and cleaner. This includes advanced mastering: EQ, compression, peak clipping, ambience, stereo widening, bass management, loudness maximization, audio expansion, noise reduction, adjustments in volume and etc.

FULL ALBUM
BASIC MASTERING
FOR DIGITAL DELIVERY
$150.00 (price for 10 songs)
Additional song is $20.00 each

FOR CD + DIGITAL
$210.00 (price for 10 songs)
Additional song is $20.00 each

FULL ALBUM
ADVANCED MASTERING
FOR DIGITAL DELIVERY
$240.00 (price for 10 songs)
Additional song is $25.00 each

FOR CD + DIGITAL
$300.00 (price for 10 songs)
Additional song is $25.00 each

VINYL MASTERING
$40.00 (per song)

This process differs from digital because most believe that it isn't necessary but it does give a great sound quality which also includes filtering, de-essing, peak limiting, stereo widening, audio length and etc.

ATTENDED MASTERING SESSIONS
$80.00 (per song)

If you would like to attend a mastering session for any of your songs, there is a two-song minimum session of $80 each. You can get a look of how the process of audio mastering takes place.

REMASTERING

This process alludes to improving and correcting the nature of a sound from an original mix that can be resurrected into a better mix. It could have poor quality at first that probably does not sound so convincing to the listener(s) but consider having it remastered to a close approximation to the original mix could make it sound twice as better than before. Louder with a more compressed version of the original.

SINGLE-SONG
REMASTERING
$45.00

According to the remastering stage, different mastering techniques with up-to-date software will be applied in order to complete this process. It includes EQ, compression, peak clipping, ambience, stereo widening, bass management, loudness maximization, audio expansion, noise reduction and etc. Also, this applies to remastering for vinyl records as well.

FULL ALBUM
REMASTERING
FOR DIGITAL DELIVERY
$320.00 (price for 10 songs)
Additional songs is $25.00 each

FOR CD + DIGITAL
$380.00 (price for 10 songs)
Additional songs is $25.00 each