well man, i'm in the same boat because labels generally subcontract this stuff for you but for your indepedent stuff that never got picked up i have found one person that was referred to me...

there are always going to be cheap, middle and expensive places and i really feel like you can't judge quality on price because i've heard some bad mastering jobs(like they just stuck a maximizer on it) for $120.00 per channel.

regardless, the guy that was referred to me was:

http://www.myspace.com/auricleaudiomastering

i sent himy first track and he has 24hr turn times so i'll have it tonight. will post back!

post a sample when you get it

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If you're doing dance /trance or electronic music, here is another one for you, and it's relatively cheap. He's got some really good high end gear, and i've heard good things about him.

http://www.masteringcafe.com

Example of unmastered and mastered trance tune..
http://www.masteringcafe.com/trance_unmastered.mp3
http://www.masteringcafe.com/trance_mastered.mp3




Online mastering with downloadable links - price per song -
30 EUR / 20 GBP / 40 USD

Further track's changes or improvements - 15 EUR / 10 GBP / 20 USD for each new version sent.

Online mastering with CD shipping - price per song -
30 EUR / 20 GBP / 40 USD
CD shipping available only with mastering of 2 or more songs
Shipping cost of 2 CD (5 EUR / 3 GBP / 7 USD).

If you have more than one version for mastering that sounds identical (ex. radio / extended) and if you will send them both at the same time, they will be mastered for the price of one track. If you send extended version later, it will costs additional 15 EUR / 10 GBP / 20 USD.

Mastering turnaround time - 1-3 days, up to 5 days

MIXING PRICES

Mixing from separate instruments + mastering with downloadable links - price per song - 350 EUR (470 USD, 240 GBP)

Mixing turnaround time - 3-7 days

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Accepted payments: PayPal, credit card (Visa, Mastercard), bank transfer. You will be emailed with payment details after mastering is done. If you are not sure ask for details using contact form or email



EQUIPMENT IN STUDIO

MONITORING:

B&W Nautilus 801 - state of the art mastering monitors

COMPRESSORS:

Manley Vari-Mu - mastering standard compressor
Crane Song STC-8 - warm analog sound
Tube-Tech SMC 2B - 3 band tube monster
Smart Research C2 - very fast, ssl-type

EQUALIZERS:

Millennia NSEQ-2 - mastering standard equalizer
Gyraf Audio Gyratec G 14 - passive paralel eq
Chandler Curve-Bender - vintage mastering eq

CONVERTERS:

Lavry Blue LE 4496 AD/DA - high quality converters
Lavry Black DA10 - quality DA converter

OTHER GEAR:

Drawmer Three-Sum - analog 3 band crossover
Behringer Tube Ultrafex - psychoacoustic
Dussun V8 - 2x250 W Class A integrated amplifier
Senheiser HD-650 - high quality headphones
Vinyl Recorder - vinyl recording machine
Access Virus TI - polyphonic synthesizer

SOFTWARE:

Sony Oxford Inflator - brickwall limiter/maximizer
TC Master X-5 - 5 band compressor Finalizer/DBMax algorithm

Hi, I run an online mastering service based just outside of Toronto, Canada called PureFocus Mastering. I specialise in dance music, and have a number of before/after audio clips on the site from a number of different flavours of electronic music. Prices are very reasonable, and turnaround time is almost always extremely quick.

Check out my website for more information: http://www.purefocus.ca

-Robin

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i've use Vengeance a few times. Was pretty happy with the speed and communication.

I offer free mastering at the moment and have been for a very long time. All you have to do is email the track to [email protected] "full wav, uncompressed/limited that is under 0dB" and I will try to have it back to you asaic

peace
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Wells here's how it turned out... pretty good if you ask me, he obviously automated the whole thing quite nicely because before i had big riffs and drops and now its all consistent.

took him about 4hrs to get it back to me and there are still a few things i'm asking him to tweak which he seems more than happy to do

Anthony

link:

http://download.yousendit.com/8806F1324343401E

Maybe give Rob Acid (Robert Babicz) a shot.

http://www.robertbabicz.de/page6/page6.html

I've not tried him myself yet, but if you've heard his tracks, you know he knows what he's doing

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Originally posted by Zombie0729 Wells here's how it turned out... pretty good if you ask me, he obviously automated the whole thing quite nicely because before i had big riffs and drops and now its all consistent. took him about 4hrs to get it back to me and there are still a few things i'm asking him to tweak which he seems more than happy to do Anthony link: http://download.yousendit.com/8806F1324343401E

Can you post the track before mastering? That way we can compare the mastered version to the original

www.audiomasters.co.uk

you upload your track and a reference track and he bases the master on the track of your choice. he did a fantastic job when i used him!

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