O.G. Mastering Studio Prices

*FORMATS*

Mastering for all stereo formats

Streaming

CD

Vinyl

Cassette

*RATES*

Prices listed are in AUD and include GST.

Prices include unlimited revisions on approved mixes. 

Deliverables included in price:

- wav file in sample rate received 24 bit

- wav file in sample rate received 16 bit

- 320 Kbps mp3

I accept online payment via:

- PayPal Payment in AUD or USD (what ever the exchange rate may be on that day) 

- Bank transfer  

- Cash in person

*RATES

Single song - $110

EP - $449 (up to 20 minutes)

Album - $799 inc (up to 45 minutes)

*ADDITIONAL

LP master - $60 inc GST

Cassette master - $60 inc GST

LP + Cassette master $80 inc GST

Stem mastering - no additional cost.

DDP creation - no additional cost.

A capella versions - no additional cost.

If your project is outside these parameters,

for example you have 8 tracks which are 10 minutes total, or you want a master for vinyl and streaming only and don’t want a loud streaming master.

Contact me for a quote (contact me here)

One master to rule them all?

It’s actually a myth that you have to have multiple masters to achieve the best sound for all formats.

There is in fact no such thing as a “CD Master” in terms of how the music is processed. A CD is merely a digital container that you can put anything in.

There is much talk about mastering for vinyl but for the most part, what sounds great for vinyl, sounds great everywhere else. The only thing which gets in the way is the loudness war and a fear of not being competitive.

A final master with balanced dynamics and with the frequencies in check will work everywhere.

There are different technical considerations for each format which a mastering engineer will take care of but the music itself can all be the same.

Music listeners have no concern for loud masters or even know what it means. They know primarily if they LIKE the music or not and they know if they think it sounds good. The second they adjust their own volume to whichever level they want to listen at, all efforts to make a master “loud” for the sake of being the loudest are in vain.

Likewise, in this era of normalised playback being used and turned on by default on all major streaming platforms (and YouTube), the majority of our audience will be hearing your music that way (normalised).

It’s in every musician and engineer’s interest to take advantage of this opportunity to make music sound great and not have to worry about the final intrinsic loudness measurement.