Mastering reveals the best in the material, whether the mixes come from a world-class studio or a project room. When the sound is right, you sell more CDs, vinyl and downloads. It is the final doorway your music passes through on its journey from creation to the consumer.\u00a0 It is the technical and creative act of balancing, equalizing and enhancing, analog or digital recordings so that the finished product will have attained the maximum musicality and competitiveness in the open market… It is the glue that turns a collection of songs into an album, a balanced listening experience that feels right from beginning to end. Your mastered CD is guaranteed redbook-standard and can be used as a press-ready master by commercial duplication facilities.\u00a0 Complete PQ logs, ISRC codes (if applicable) and timings are included.<\/p>\n
Preferred source material ; 24 bit data files (wav or aiff, 44.1 to 192 kHz).\u00a0We accept data cd, audio cd, DAT, 1\/4\u2033 & 1\/2\u2033 tape (Dolby SR, Dolby A), minidisc, cassette, records \/ vinyl, any device with analog, spdif, lightpipe, usb, or firewire connectivity.\u00a0Our recommended premaster (source) format is 24 bit audio stored in DATA format on CDR,DVDR, drive or stick. That said, please do not up or downsample your current file format if you are already working in the digital domain, keep the audio in the file format it was recorded at.\u00a0The closer your source material is to your original recordings, the higher the quality and accuracy of your final product.<\/p>\n