Below is a explanation of the mastering process and what to expect from our mastering service.
Mastering is what gives depth, punch, clarity and volume to your tracks.
Mastering is widely misunderstood, often mangled, and sometimes mistaken for mixing.
So, what is mastering? It's the final audio process of preparing mixes for production/duplication. Ensuring tracks on an Album or EP are a coherent and each track has a sonic likeness regardless if tracks were recorded with different people and at different times.
The Mastering Process usually involves using solid-state hardware stereo compressors and equalisers, high-end software processors and a choice of playback monitors to ensure your tracks sound great on any playback system.
This is usually your last chance to get that little extra out of your tracks and guarantee that your tracks are loud and can stand up against the competition.
People at record labels and radio have become used to hearing a polished and fully finished recording. Comparisons with tracks that aren't mastered can be alarming.
What You Get.
In almost every mastering session, the following actions are performed:
* Optimizing average and peak volume levels for proper relative loudness
* Signal processing - compression & EQ
* Arranging tracks in final sequence
* Timing of the space between tracks
* Establish a sonic "field" for all tracks
* Place track markers at head of all tracks
* Remove unwanted noise like clicks, pops, hiss
* Clean-up start and ends of tracks (including fades)
* Insert CD text / track names / PQ Code needed for duplication
* One Red Book Audio CD ready for duplication plus one Data CD
Mastering Rates:
1 Song £25
Subsequent Songs £20 each
For album mastering please contact us for reduced rates. (9 or more tracks)
Copyright ©2005-2007 Sonic Sauce
Mastering is widely misunderstood, often mangled, and sometimes mistaken for mixing.
So, what is mastering? It's the final audio process of preparing mixes for production/duplication. Ensuring tracks on an Album or EP are a coherent and each track has a sonic likeness regardless if tracks were recorded with different people and at different times.
The Mastering Process usually involves using solid-state hardware stereo compressors and equalisers, high-end software processors and a choice of playback monitors to ensure your tracks sound great on any playback system.
This is usually your last chance to get that little extra out of your tracks and guarantee that your tracks are loud and can stand up against the competition.
People at record labels and radio have become used to hearing a polished and fully finished recording. Comparisons with tracks that aren't mastered can be alarming.
What You Get.
In almost every mastering session, the following actions are performed:
* Optimizing average and peak volume levels for proper relative loudness
* Signal processing - compression & EQ
* Arranging tracks in final sequence
* Timing of the space between tracks
* Establish a sonic "field" for all tracks
* Place track markers at head of all tracks
* Remove unwanted noise like clicks, pops, hiss
* Clean-up start and ends of tracks (including fades)
* Insert CD text / track names / PQ Code needed for duplication
* One Red Book Audio CD ready for duplication plus one Data CD
Mastering Rates:
1 Song £25
Subsequent Songs £20 each
For album mastering please contact us for reduced rates. (9 or more tracks)
Copyright ©2005-2007 Sonic Sauce