Mastering is the last step in the production cycle. You’ve got a great mix, you’re confident about it, we take it to the next level. Mastering can be esoteric for artists, but it doesn’t have to be. So what does a mastering job consist of ?

Active listening. The first step upon receiving the stereo file is to listen to it and taking notes. Listening is crucial to the task as you can imagine. After listening and taking active notes about what we hear and feel about the track, comes the second step.

Understanding the artist’s vision. When you send the file you tell us what you feel about the track and what you want it to become. You also send us some reference tracks. With this material we get to understand how the final product will sound like. From there a plan to tidy up the track and bring it to level starts.

Processing. There starts the active part of mastering where light processing is applied when needed to enhance the track and make sounds polished and finished. Anything goes here, but always in small amplitude, to respect the original material as best as possible. EQ, saturation, dynamic processing, parallel processing, making sure that everything sounds great both in mono and stereo, and most importantly, the vibe is still there.

Leveling. When all of that is done, the last step is to level the track to the ideal loudness, usually this step is the fastest, since everything else has led up to this. The challenge of this step is to make the track sound the best it can, whilst matching the loudness the artist seeks. After careful clipping and limiting. The track is done. Exporting and sending it to the artist takes a couple of minutes, and the job is done.

For both Mastering and Stem Mastering service you can also ask for specific feedback/ Mastering rundown of the track. We will explain the challenges met during the mastering process, and how we fixed them. With this additional feedback round, you get insight into what is holding you back, and what will get your mix sound better, fuller, and closer to your artistic vision.

The result is a track that is polished, refined, and loud. If it could sound better before the mastering, now it does.

Stem mastering is a hybrid between mixing and mastering. It’s a way to give the mastering engineer more flexibility and agency to polish your track. The tradeoff is that it also requires a lot more care and attention to not deviate from the original material.

In giving the engineer 5-7 stems (audio files from your set), you trust them to understand your vision and allow them to tweak the cohesion of the individual tracks one last time before applying processing to the master.

A typical workflow of the stem mastering process looks like this :

Listening to the track as a whole while taking notes and noticing potential issues.

Isolating the issues to certain stems and fixing them using different processing methods such as compression, EQ or saturation. The point here is not to change the track, it is to enhance it.

For any sort of mastering service you can also ask for specific feedback and rundown of mastering process for a specific track. We will explain the challenges met during the mastering process, and how we fixed them. With this additional feedback round, you get insight into potential mixing and composition issues, and what will get your mix sound better, fuller, and closer to your artistic vision

 

Mix reviewing is a process that I love doing, it’s opening up stems from a track you’ve done and figure out together what you could improve, or even point out where you might have overlooked something. For me this is a rewarding experience, because I get to be a lot more in tune with your vision, and let you know how you can achieve it.

Mix reviews are closer to a teaching experience. We listen to your track together, and I give you feedback on what to improve and what to avoid.


Mix reviews are a real boost for your skills. You get to hear your track like you never have, we make an effort to point out the problems in your mix, and how to fix them in an easy way.

We also spend some time to show how we would process the stems to enhance the track, and explain the reasoning behind it.

Mastering is the last step in the production cycle. You’ve got a great mix, you’re confident about it, we take it to the next level. Mastering can be esoteric for artists, but it doesn’t have to be. So what does a mastering job consist of ?

Active listening. The first step upon receiving the stereo file is to listen to it and taking notes. Listening is crucial to the task as you can imagine. After listening and taking active notes about what we hear and feel about the track, comes the second step.

Understanding the artist’s vision. When you send the file you tell us what you feel about the track and what you want it to become. You also send us some reference tracks. With this material we get to understand how the final product will sound like. From there a plan to tidy up the track and bring it to level starts.

Processing. There starts the active part of mastering where light processing is applied when needed to enhance the track and make sounds polished and finished. Anything goes here, but always in small amplitude, to respect the original material as best as possible. EQ, saturation, dynamic processing, parallel processing, making sure that everything sounds great both in mono and stereo, and most importantly, the vibe is still there.

Leveling. When all of that is done, the last step is to level the track to the ideal loudness, usually this step is the fastest, since everything else has led up to this. The challenge of this step is to make the track sound the best it can, whilst matching the loudness the artist seeks. After careful clipping and limiting. The track is done. Exporting and sending it to the artist takes a couple of minutes, and the job is done.

For both Mastering and Stem Mastering service you can also ask for specific feedback/ Mastering rundown of the track. We will explain the challenges met during the mastering process, and how we fixed them. With this additional feedback round, you get insight into what is holding you back, and what will get your mix sound better, fuller, and closer to your artistic vision.

The result is a track that is polished, refined, and loud. If it could sound better before the mastering, now it does.