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Give Your Music the Final Polish It Deserves

Mastering is where your music is refined, balanced, and prepared for the real world. It ensures your track translates consistently across streaming platforms, headphones, car speakers, and sound systems—while preserving the character and emotion of your mix.

With careful attention to tone, dynamics, and loudness, each master is crafted to enhance clarity, impact, and cohesion—giving your music the professional finish it needs to stand confidently alongside commercial releases.

Mastering Services

Stereo Mastering

Single Song

$XXX
  • Hybrid analog & digital mastering chain
  • Precision EQ, dynamics, and tonal balance
  • Loudness optimized for digital platforms
  • Translation tested across multiple playback systems
  • 3 revisions included
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Stem Mastering

Single Song

$XXX
  • Hybrid mastering from grouped stems
  • Enhanced control over balance, depth, and impact
  • Ideal for dense, modern, or electronic productions
  • Subtle corrective adjustments without full remixing
  • 3 revisions included
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What Happens Next?

After checkout, you’ll receive clear instructions for file delivery and reference material.
Every project is personally reviewed before mastering begins to ensure the best approach for your music.

FAQ

Online mastering often raises important questions—from file preparation and delivery formats to turnaround times and revisions.

This FAQ is designed to guide you through the mastering process, explain the differences between stereo and stem mastering, and clarify what to expect at each stage. If you don’t see your question answered here, feel free to reach out—I’m always happy to help.

Mastering is the final step in preparing your music for release. It ensures your finished mix translates consistently across platforms like YouTube, Bandcamp, streaming services, headphones, and car speakers.
The goal of mastering is to balance loudness, tone, and dynamics so your music sounds clear, cohesive, and professional wherever it’s played.
Mixing focuses on shaping and balancing the individual elements of a song—vocals, drums, instruments—into a finished mix.
Mastering comes afterward and works on that final mix (or stems) to ensure it translates consistently, sounds polished, and is ready for release across all platforms.
Stereo Mastering uses one final stereo mix and is the most common option.
Stem Mastering uses grouped stems (such as vocals, drums, bass, instruments), allowing for more detailed control if small balance adjustments are needed—without fully remixing the song.
Stem mastering is ideal if your mix is close but needs subtle refinement—such as adjusting vocal presence, tightening low end, or enhancing separation.
It’s especially useful for modern, dense, or electronic productions where added control can make a noticeable difference.
For Stereo Mastering, send one final stereo mix with no master-bus limiting and some headroom (around −6 dB).
For Stem Mastering, 4–8 grouped stereo stems work best. All files should start at the same point, be the same length, and be exported as WAV or AIFF, 24-bit preferred.
Stereo Mastering: typically 2–3 business days
Stem Mastering: typically 3–4 business days
Rush delivery may be available if you’re on a tight deadline.
Yes. Every mastering project includes 3 free revisions.
Revisions allow us to fine-tune the master so it fully matches your vision before release.
You’ll receive a professionally mastered WAV file optimized for digital release, along with an MP3 for easy sharing and previewing. Your master will be balanced for clarity, impact, and consistency across platforms like YouTube, Bandcamp, and streaming services.
If you’re mastering multiple songs, I ensure they translate consistently as a cohesive project.
I work in a hybrid mastering environment—combining high-end analog hardware for warmth and depth with precise digital tools for clarity, control, and consistency.
Yes—on a limited basis. I can provide a short test master so you can hear how your mix translates through my mastering process before committing.
Test masters are intended to demonstrate approach and quality, not as a finished release.
Files can be sent via Google Drive or another secure file-sharing service. After you place your order, you’ll receive clear instructions on how to deliver your mix or stems so everything arrives organized and ready for mastering.

Preparing Your Mixes & Stems

To get the best possible results from mastering, a few simple preparation steps can make a big difference. These aren’t strict requirements—just best practices that help your music translate at its highest level.

  • Leave Headroom: Aim for peaks around -6 dB on your master bus to allow proper dynamic shaping.

  • Avoid Heavy Mastering Processing: Remove limiters or heavy compression unless it’s essential to your sound. Light mix-bus glue is fine.

  • Export at Full Quality: WAV or AIFF, 24-bit preferred, at your project’s native sample rate.

  • Keep Files Organized: Clearly label mixes or stems with song titles and versions to avoid confusion.

  • Double-Check Before Sending: Listen to exported files to ensure nothing is missing, clipped, or out of sync.

  • For Stem Mastering: Group tracks logically (e.g., Drums, Bass, Vocals, Music, FX) rather than exporting dozens of individual tracks.

  • Include References (Optional but Helpful): A reference track helps communicate tone, loudness, and overall direction.

Ready to Get Started?

Send over your mix or stems, and let’s give your music the final polish it deserves—refined, cohesive, and release-ready.

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