Services

Mastering

Send your premasters as at least 24bit WAV/AIFF files with maximum peak level -1 dBFS without dither. Please avoid heavy compression and processing on the master buss. Let us know if you need additional versions for Tape or Vinyl cutting.

Stem Mastering & Mix Services

How does it work? How do you supply what we need to get the best results from stem mastering? It works by splitting your mix into separate sub groups of stems. For example:

  1. Kick Drum
  2. Bass
  3. Drums (Midrange)
  4. Drums (High Freq)
  5. Synths
  6. Pads
  7. SFX
  8. Vocals

You should supply these stems exactly as they are intended to be in your mix. This means all grouped stems when played back together should create your mix exactly as you intend it to be. All Effects used during your mix should be printed into these stems in order to reproduce your mix in full. You should open a new session and import and check these stems against a stereo mix you have already made. There should be no difference.

Stem mastering is not mixing.

You will need to have mixed your track and be happy with that mix as far as is possible- just as happy as you would with any mix you send in for mastering. The idea of stem mastering is not to change your intended mix balance but to enhance and to improve or to modify and correct any technical issues in more detail.

Please contact us if you require a full mixdown