
Mastering is the final process in all professional
recordings. "Mastering" is often a mystery to many people. However, the
goal of mastering is quite simple, to take a song and make it reach its
greatest potential. Getting the best sound out of your newly mixed songs
generally requires a third party, a mastering engineer with a fresh set
of ears, one who has not been immersed in the process of tracking and
mixing those songs. Many recording studios do not specialize in
mastering, which also creates a need for a proper mastering studio.
The process of mastering is about objective listening, adding a third
party to the table also adds another way of thinking about the big
picture. Second in importance to a mastering engineer's finely trained
ears, are the tools of the mastering engineer. This includes an accurate
well-tuned room (listening environment), an extremely high quality
monitoring path including extremely accurate Analog to Digital and
Digital to Analog converters, and high fidelity accurate mastering
quality monitors (speakers). These are the basics for listening and
playback. Additionally, professional mastering often employs EQ,
Compression, and other processing.
Although mastering takes
generally less time than recording and mixing of any project, it is no
less important. The whole goal of mastering, is for your music to have a
national sound, a professional final master ready to be sent to
duplication. We create consistent volumes between songs, we can make
songs louder, we employ consistent equalization (i.e. bass, mids,
highs), we smooth transitions between songs (fade ins, fade outs,
standardized or custom space between tracks).
Often times, songs are too
"bright" or "bass heavy" before mastering, that also can be remedied.
The talent of a mastering engineer lies in knowing what is called for in
a particular situation. The creativity lies in adding warmth, depth,
widening the stereo image of a recording, and masterfully using EQ to
bring out the best in a song. The end result of our mastering will add a
theme of continuity in the entire project and from one song to the next.

Mastering can do the following
things:
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Stereo Editing
rearrange songs, intro fades, end fades, space between songs.
Create Volume Consistency
between all songs.
Maximum Volume Levels
to be equal with professional national standards. We avoid over
compression as a rule unless otherwise requested.
Stereo Compression and Limiting
to make your songs "radio ready".
Add "Warmth", Create "Depth"
to your music.
Improve Overall Stereo Imaging
of your music.
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Mastering Rates
$175/Per Song
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Stereo Editing
Create Volume Consistency
Maximum Volume Levels
Change Sonic Character
Stereo Compression and Limiting
Add "Sonic Glue"
Add "Warmth", Create "Depth"
Improve Overall Stereo Imaging
Try Us
Do you want to hear the difference great
mastering makes? (Please allow up to 3 weeks turnaround on a
Discount mastering sample.)
We are offering a unique opportunity for you to send in your music
to us to see what we can do for you. We are confident you will be
amazed at the difference our mastering can make for your music.
Just
send us one un-mastered song minimum of 3 minutes on CD , along with
self-addressed padded mailer with proper postage, and
$25
To send
with your song for operating Expenses . Or contact us by
we can also get your file/files by FTP or WAVE file transfer
We will master your song and return
a portion, roughly 30-120 seconds in length, as a custom
finished sample of our mastering work.
You will get to hear first hand what we
can do for you. The differences can be astounding. Major Label
Mastering Quality You have nothing to lose!
Pay Here $175
per song, to be fully Mastered with
out the trial offer

Our
Software
Waves L3

L3
Ultramaximizer™
The World’s First Multi-Band Auto-Summing
Limiter
With the L3 Peak Limiter, Waves has once
again created an entirely new category of audio processor.
Like its predecessors, the acclaimed
L1 and
L2
limiters, the L3 is destined to become an indispensable tool for
professional mixing and mastering by offering unprecedented control
over multi-band peak limiting.
The key to the L3’s power is its patent-pending Peak Limiting Mixer™
(PLMixer™) engine. The L3 differs from conventional wide band and
multi-band limiters in several ways:
Unlike wide band limiters, the L3 first
uses linear phase crossover filters to divide the audio spectrum
into five bands.
The PLMixer™ then uses psychoacoustic criteria to intelligently
decide how much attenuation to apply to each band so that all
available headroom is used.
The result is that intermodulation is
minimized and overall loudness is maximized, while brick-wall
limiting is still maintained—all while retaining the simplicity of
a single master threshold control.
Unlike traditional multi-band limiters,
the PLMixer™ doesn’t require a wide band peak limiter to catch
overshoots generated by individual band adjustments.
Instead, the PLMixer™ automatically
controls the gain relationship between the bands.
The L3's Priority control allows the user
to control the relative limiting of each band. This unique control
lets users adjust the tonal character of the L3 over a wide range,
while maintaining brick-wall limiting.
The L3 allows a 12dB boost or cut in each
band in addition to the limiting applied to each band. In effect,
this feature functions exactly like a Linear Phase EQ placed
before the limiting section of the L3, making the a final
mastering tool.
The L3 features a linear phase crossover
which doesn't introduce phase distortion between the frequency
bands.
The crossover points are selectable by the user.
While the technology of the PLMixer™
allows the L3 to be extraordinarily transparent, additional
controls allow it to emulate the color and character of vintage
limiters.
The Separation control, for example,
adjusts the independence of each band; when set to 0, the bands do
not react separately, and so the L3 functions—and sounds—like a
wide band limiter.
The Master Release alters the L3’s
Adaptive Release Control (ARC), offering a Warm, Scaled,
Aggressive, and Manual tonal options in addition to the standard
ARC setting.
Rounding out the L3’s feature set is the
acclaimed Waves dithering and noise shaping section, which
delivers the highest perceived quality of sound after quantizing.
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An unparalleled (and
patented) mixing and mastering tool. Maximum bass response from any
system is in your hands. Download NOW Maxx Bass processed audio
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Precision high frequency dynamic
processor, modeled after vintage gear for fast, easy de-essing/HF
limiting. Isolate and attenuate specific high frequencies.
Apply lightly to a wide variety of mixes producing great
sounding results. The ideal audio plug-in for attenuating high
frequency ‘ess’ sounds - perfect for editing solo vocal takes
and instrumentals. Using simple controls and dynamic graphic
interface, either BandPass or HighPass SideChain filter-modes
can be selected to isolate specific 'ess' sounds for
attenuation. Factory presets are included for male and female
voices, including wide and narrow focus for "ess" and "shh"
sounds. DeEsser's low CPU requirements make it super-quick
and easy to use. It includes sharp filters in the SideChain,
an energy detector hard knee compressor and a crossover
filter. DeEsser features wideband or split audio-modes for
attenuating either the entire audio or just high range
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Waves X-Noise reduces noise
with minimal signal degradation while preserving excellent audio
quality. Part of Waves Restoration bundle, X-Noise removes hiss and
hum from vinyl records and damaged recordings. Featuring a friendly
interface that is easy to learn and use, it intelligently learns
from a section of noise, then applies broadband noise reduction to
eliminate background noise from any source. With its intuitive user
interface, X-Noise features primary controls that are similar to
classic dynamics processors.
X-Noise is ideal for
removing background noise caused by tape hiss and
air-conditioner/ventilation systems. Real-time operation allows you
to adjust the parameters and hear the results immediately. |
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Vintage
EQ for rich, clear equalization. Double precision resolution. Check
out the Michael Gerzon and Baxandall filter-curves that emulate the
warm sounds of analog vintage-style EQ filters. If you have a slightly
dull or flat track, during final mastering you can tweak the edges and
really breathe some life into it. Waves innovative standard functions
allow simultaneous multi-parameter adjustment, so if you design a
filter-curve that you like, you can select all bands and adjust them
all together while maintaining the curve. Attention native users! The
REQ provides warm and clear vintage-style EQ on native PC and
Macintosh applications. It includes real-time graphing, preview,
bypass functions and all with just a few intuitive clicks. Slick
controls and great classic-style EQ sound make REQ the equalizer your
audio deserves! All REQ functions can be performed using your
computer's CPU power, i.e. no extra hardware is required! |
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Brand new proprietary algorithm
Accurate dynamic noise profiling
Better low frequency resolution
Advanced transient preservation |
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The Z-Noise Difference |
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Other noise
reduction methods need you to provide a section of pure noise in order
to deliver optimal results. Z-Noise features an exclusive Extract mode
which can create a noise profile from sources that contain signal, as
well as a flexible Adaptive mode. This innovative dynamic noise
profiling delivers unparalleled results when reducing noise that
changes over time.
What’s more,
other noise reduction systems are limited by the restrictions of
traditional FFT band split methods, which divide the frequency range
linearly into equally spaced bands. This leads to excessive frequency
resolution in the high end, and insufficient frequency resolution in
the lower end of the spectrum. And in the time domain, it results in
insufficient time resolution for high frequencies and excessive time
resolution for low frequencies. These inherent limitations lead to
smeared audio images that lack crispness and clarity. Z-Noise changes
all that.
Z-Noise
employs a brand new “more musical” algorithm which delivers better
low-frequency resolution and improved time sensitivity. Combined with
its advanced adjustable transient enhancement, Z-Noise lets you remove
noise while retaining all the power and punch of your source
recordings. The result: Better noise reduction and better transient
preservation.
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For many top engineers and producers,
there’s nothing better than Waves Renaissance plug-ins for
achieving the warm, smooth compression, limiting, gating, and
equalization associated with classic audio gear. Renaissance
Channel, with EQ, compression, gating and limiting. conveniently
combines that sound into a single, intuitive channel strip.
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Renaissance
Channel is a precision channel processor combining the
finest equalization, compression, limiting, and
gating, all in the famous Renaissance series tradition
of smooth and warm sound. Featuring: Vintage modeled
EQ and compressor, selectable EQ/Dynamics ordering,
independent setting of sidechain routing and filtering
for compression and gating, overload protection,
stereo rotation, and true double precision. This
processor takes the concept of channel insert to the
limit and beyond. True to Waves tradition, you asked
for a channel processor, we created something better.
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True Blumlein shuffling, MS/LR processing, four unique
stereo-image tools, unequaled anywhere. The S1 is a
unique set of tools for re mastering stereo mixes by
enhancing and altering the stereo effect, designed for
whenever the best stereo effect from a stereo track, mix
or recording is required for mixing, mastering or remix
applications.
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