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Mastering on a budget

  • 20-12-2009 11:24am
    #1
    pete2009
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭


    Mastering on a Budget
    Hi folks:

    Any recommendations for places/people who can master a full album? Any rising stars in the mastering business?

    I have mastered singles thru the established mastering providers, but as I'm on a tight budget, price is a factor, so shopping around.

    Must have some track record on commercial releases.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    fitz
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 8,380 ✭✭✭fitz


    Put a figure to your budget and you'll get much more useful suggestions...


  • #3
    PaulBrewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,790 ✭✭✭PaulBrewer


    As Fitz says -

    Mastering is very cheap anyway - why not go to and talk to Richard at Wav or Fergal at Suite .

    Both are affordable and experienced.


  • #4
    pete2009
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭pete2009


    The standard is 65-70 euro per track, with no reduction for quantity. im looking to see if there are cheaper mastering services available.
    fitz wrote: »
    Put a figure to your budget and you'll get much more useful suggestions...


  • #5
    pete2009
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭pete2009


    Thanks Paul....any experiences of Abbey Road? They are offering service at £90 ex vat per track
    PaulBrewer wrote: »
    As Fitz says -

    Mastering is very cheap anyway - why not go to and talk to Richard at Wav or Fergal at Suite .

    Both are affordable and experienced.


  • #6
    PaulBrewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,790 ✭✭✭PaulBrewer


    pete2009 wrote: »
    Thanks Paul....any experiences of Abbey Road?

    Yes - they had a receptionist who was withering on incessantly about having a home birth and Studio 2's Control Room was average at best ;)


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  • #7
    pete2009
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭pete2009


    Ha ha! Not recommended then?


  • #8
    PaulBrewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,790 ✭✭✭PaulBrewer


    No their Mastering has a good rep.

    Interestingly they (EMI, who owns Abbey Road) got Metropolis to Master the Beatles 5.1 Mix.

    As always it's the pilot not the plane that matters most - a monkey in Abbey Road will do a worse Job than a musical engineer on a laptop.....

    And there are monkeys everywhere !


    Oh, and more important than any Mastering .................

    Start of with a good mix.


  • #9
    pete2009
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭pete2009


    For sure..isnt that the truth...lots of good advice there Paul thanks...:)


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