Mastering Services

AUDIO MASTERING SERVICES

PLEASE READ BEFORE CONTINUING

This service is offered to those who are preparing their fully mixed music for mastering only. As for the mastering stage, your music needs to be properly mixed. In order to master a song, it cannot be too loud nor over-processed. If the mastering takes place and it does not sound as clear as it supposed to be then the material has been poorly mixed. A song should sound loud, fat and full after it has been mastered, not the other way around before finalization. I assume you came to this page because you would like your music to have a perfect master. I highly recommend that you pay 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.

INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE MASTERING

*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 basic mastering with basic stock plugins that involves EQ, compression, optimization of audio levels, peak clipping, peak limiting and also loudness maximization while preserving the integrity of the original sound and maximize the track level.

SINGLE-SONG
ADVANCED MASTERING

$35.00

Industry standard plugins with advanced mastering: EQ, multiband compression, peak clipping, ambiance, stereo widening, bass management, loudness maximization, audio expansion, noise reduction, volume adjustments and etc.

STEM
MASTERING

$20.00 (per stem)

Stem mastering is the fundamental treatment of working with grouped stems, consisting of a stereo two track mix-down. Particularly, it's more about discreetly enhancing and polishing any set of instruments within a mix.

Additional song is $25.00 each

FULL ALBUM BASIC MASTERING

FOR DIGITAL DELIVERY

$150.00 (price for 10 songs)

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)

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 the perfect sound quality. 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 two-song minimum of $80 each. You can get a look of how the process of audio mastering takes place in the comfort of my studio.

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, ambiance, stereo widening, bass management, loudness maximization, audio expansion, noise reduction, and etc. Also, applies to remastering for vinyl.

FULL ALBUM REMASTERING

FOR DIGITAL DELIVERY

$320.00 (price for 10 songs)

Additional song is $25.00 each

FOR CD + DIGITAL

$380.00 (price for 10 songs)

Additional song is $25.00 each