Audio Mastering

With us, you can master audio for all formats—vinyl, download, streaming, cassette, and CD—with a focus on clarity, balance and deep, open sound. Whether you’re pressing a record, releasing digitally, or reissuing old material, we’ll make sure your music sounds professional and pleasing on every playback system.

We deliver a flawless audio master that translates beautifully on vinyl and across all formats. It keeps your sound consistent, so your Bandcamp or Spotify release will match your vinyl in tone and feel—without needing to master twice or risk surprises on the test pressing.

Using analogue tools for warmth and depth, and digital tools for precision, we’ll make your music sound clearer, more upfront and balanced. Your mix will come across as more professional and timeless—on vinyl and digital alike.

Before cutting lacquers, you’ll get the mastered audio to review. This gives you a chance to listen and flag anything that needs fixing—before it goes to cut. Once lacquers are made and test pressings start, changes become expensive.

Note: The same engineer who masters your audio will also cut the lacquers—ensuring full control and no surprises at the test pressing stage.

We cut records in 12″, 10″, and 7″ formats using two methods—each chosen for specific sonic goals. All cuts are made on top-tier equipment, through a pure, high fidelity signal path –  by engineers who know the craft inside out.

• Lacquer Mastering: warm, classic analogue tone
• Direct Metal Mastering (DMM): longer sides, crisp high-end, lower surface noise

For fully analogue projects, we offer a complete analogue mastering chain. That means, mastering on an analogue desk using top end EQs, valve compressors, and cutting straight from ¼-inch tape directly to lacquer—no digital stage in between.

We offer half speed mastering for albums that demand top clarity—especially in vocals and detailed acoustic work. By cutting the record at half the playback speed, the cutter head has more time to sculpt fine details without overheating or introducing distortion. The result is a cleaner, more accurate groove.

Locked grooves are a special cut that loop endlessly—perfect for DJ tools, textures, or playful surprises. Send us a 1-bar loop at 133.33 BPM (1.8 seconds) for a standard locked groove at 33rpm. If you prefer 45rpm, you’ll need to supply it at 180 BPM (or 90 BPM for a half-bar). We can also cut twin spirals—two alternating grooves on the same side, or a hidden track.

We can cut your record to play from the inside out—starting near the label and spiraling outward. This works beautifully for sides that build from a slow start to an intense finish. Historically, it’s also been used for one-of-a-kind, standout records.

We deliver a universal master that works for vinyl, streaming, CD, and cassette—no need to master twice. But if you prefer, we can tweak it further with added gain or loudness for digital formats. CD masters can be delivered in DDP format if needed.

• Vinyl master: optimized for lacquer cut, also sounds great on digital
• Streaming master: optional loudness adjustments
• Cassette-ready master: same as vinyl, unless specific tweaks are needed
• CD master: DDP file or WAVs
• High-resolution files: 24-bit WAV, AIFF, FLAC
• MP3: for reference or promo use

We offer audio restoration for reissues and archival projects where no original recoding exists. Whether you’re working from old cassettes, CD rips, or damaged vinyl, we can restore the audio and prepare it for vinyl, digital, or streaming release.

• Reissues from cassette tapes or CD rips
• Damaged vinyl where no master tapes are available
• Old recordings restored to modern sound quality
• Noise reduction, click removal, groove noise cleanup
• Digital dropout correction and tonal balance restoration

With a mix of hands-on experience and advanced restoration tools, we bring clarity and depth back to recordings—often beyond their original release quality.

We handle detailed mixdown and editing work to prepare your tracks for mastering and release. Whether you’re starting from stems or rough mixes, we can clean, tighten, and balance the material to a professional standard.

• Stem mixing and stereo bus processing
• EQ balancing and dynamic control
• Noise reduction, de-essing, and clean-up
• Stereo field and phase correction
• Arrangement edits and fade automation
• Track sequencing, spacing, and final export for mastering

Real-time lathe cuts are one-off copies – cut in real time they’re perfect for artists, DJs, and labels looking for something fast, personal, or experimental. Also great to test how your music translates to vinyl. Available on DMM, lacquer, acetate, or plastic—depending on the purpose.

• Short runs (1–10 copies)
• Dubplates for DJs and sound systems
• Reference cuts before lacquer mastering
• One-offs, test mixes, or promo releases
• Art editions and experimental records