Mastering For Vinyl Services

Vinyl mastering facilities rely on de essers that are built for this particular problem.

Mastering for vinyl services.

All recordings should be done ideally in 24bit 96khz dynamic with a light limiter or without. Every single track released by a major record label on vinyl has been treated this process. Stereo 5 1 surround sound mastering. Even to the untrained ear mastering leaves an unmistakable mark.

Services townsend mastering is a full service mastering studio with a focus on vinyl excellence. You can turn your final mix into a master for cd vinyl itunes etc. Mastering in its essence is a quality control process that bridges the artistic world and the manufacturing world. He works directly with many talented producers engineers like don was blake mills and rich costey.

Mastering is the final stage of post production. Vinyl mastering is the process between the final mixdown of your audio material and the vinyl cutting and pressing stage. Ian sefchick was grammy nominated in 2017 for the digital mastering of gregg allmans southern blood. Ian is a lathe technician and vinyl mastering engineer with hundreds of vinyl titles including 50 of the most recent blue note jazz titles.

We offer mastering services for vinyl digital distribution streaming cd and cassette as well as dub plate cutting. A file with 16bit 44 100khz will work as well but is not as good. Mastering for vinyl what is mastering. Apple digital masters adm mastering.

Mastering is much more than making things louder. Our 1 400 square foot facility is located on chicago s near west side. Chicago mastering service is a full service analog and digital audio mastering studio. Several known outboard de essers through the years include the maselec mds 2 and the orban 536 a.

We can create a vinyl master for audiophiles or for dj s which is suitable for cutting and replication. Low end and bass. In the simplest terms mastering is the process of taking the final mixes whether it s for a full length album or a single and adjusting levels eq and dynamic range to create the final master for the intended medium vinyl cd digital download streaming cassette etc. We offer an in house mastering service or you can send us your production on cd or in wav aiff or flac format.

Years of experience and top notch analog gear guarantees every project is treated with the utmost care from independent artists to major labels.