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The Mastering Process
So you have your recording - DAT or other audio, but although it shows the essence of what you can do, the finer points may have been lost! At best, not everything has the impact you intended. At worst the hollow hissy sound which has been produced if you picked the wrong recording studio bears little resemblance to the quality of the original! Whatever the problem with your music, remember that very few crude recordings bear the polish and depth of properly mastered tracks, and that audio mastering is very much the norm and hallmark of professionals and semi-professionals.
So -
DO NOT DESPAIR! Talk to us.
Our products are mastered to Red Book standard, i.e. to a standard suitable for public broadcast. Some of our common techniques are listed below:
digital
noise printing,
digital noise reduction,
subtractive synthesis,
click removal,
pop removal,
de-essing,
radio play,
de-hissing,
vinyl restoration,
hum removal,
machine noise removal,
multi-band dynamics,
compression,
limiting,
digital enhancement
If
you would like to talk over our cd mastering and audio mastering techniques
or what we can achieve, please feel free to telephone 01691 649044 in
normal working hours. Alternatively, you can email us at here .
*Our
rates are £28 per hour plus VAT. Discounts may be available for
more than 4 hrs' work. Please verify any discounts at the time of enquiry.
*All mastering is digitally processed, unless it is specifically advantageous
to use analogue processing in certain circumstances.
*We welcome your attendance at mastering sessions - your opinion is
of critical importance. Some mastering can be listened to and checked
by email.
Mastering is carried out at from £25 per hour plus VAT. A good rule of thumb is that an EP may generally cost around £112 plus VAT to master to Red Book Standards, whereas an album can usually be mastered for around £280 plus VAT. During this process the master will be produced, the customer will have an opportunity to listen and comment, and the final master will be cut with the customer's comments taken into consideration. Customers are also welcome to attend mastering sessions if they wish, to make the process more efficient.