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Can I hear a before and after sample of your mastering work?

Below are before and after samples of some of my previous work.

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What should I expect from the mastering process?

With a highly trained and objective ear, we listen to your music and determine whether
and how it needs to be balanced or emphasized and processed in order to bring out the
best possible sound in your mix. You can expect to hear an overall improvement in the sound, in terms of more volume, dynamics, clarity and openness as a result of technically and artistically fine tuning the individual tracks.

All of your tracks will be brought together into a cohesive sounding album. This is the last and most important step in the music production process before it goes to print, to give
your music the most professional sound quality possible.


Is there any difference between mixing and mastering?


YES, most definitely! In mixing, the artists decide how they want the music to sound while they're recording in the studio. After they've done their best mix, they'll take that mix to a mastering engineer for fine tuning. Once it has been mixed, as a mastering engineer,
I can no longer work with the individual components of your track, such as the seperate instruments or vocal tracks. However, I can bring them out or tone them down to some degree. In other words, the mastering engineer is not responsible for the mix quality. The better the mix, the better the mastering will be.


What format should my music be when I send it to you? And how should I send it?


We prefer digital audio files in 24 bit as WAV, AIFF, SDII formats. The tracks can be uploaded to a data transfer site such as www.sendspace.com or sent as data or audio
files on a CD. Please contact us for the mailing address.

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