Mastering Package 'D': ($30/song)

Premier 32-bit Mastering includes the following:

- "100% Listening Stage" to check your source for problems (i.e. glitches, static, pops, tics, dropouts, noises, correct song sequence, etc.) and notify you of any potential problems.

- Fully Mastered CD with track sheet (including peak limiting and normalizing for each song, noise removal between songs, fixing of gaps, start/end cleanup, fades, song to song leveling, count-off removal & re-sequencing of songs).

- Each song meticulously EQ'd (i.e. adjustment of Highs, Mids, Low Frequencies), Compressed, Peak Limited, Leveled, Normalized, etc.

- Tube Compression/Multiband Limiting/Tube EQ - adds unbelievable warmth, punch and clarity!

- Vintage EQing - from Pultec to Neve - the classic stuff! Great for almost any genre of music.

- Spectral EQ & Analysis

Each song mastered in 32-Bit Float Mode (see below).

- Please Note: Different versions of the same song must be counted as separate songs when inputting the "Number of Songs" below. For instance, let's say you have an album version and a radio version of the same song. That counts as TWO SONGS because they have to be mastered as two separate songs.

"32-Bit Float High Resolution Audio System"

Benefits:

For the Audiophile - an alternative to 16-Bit processing

1. Floating Point Signal Processing offers a huge range of values which present no limitations in dynamics or headroom. This process will give your music an increase in perceived Dynamic Range. In other words, if you want a "loud" CD this is the way to get it!

2. It’s impossible to distort the signal through editing or processing (EQing, Compression, Normalizing, etc.) due to the extra "bits" available.

3. 32-Bit precision is maintained completely independent from the volume level. Whether you work with a -80dB signal level or with a +40dB signal! [Aliasing can occur on 16-Bit systems at low volume levels when all the "bits" aren’t being used].

- Ready to proceed? Just pick out your Mastering Package and send us your CD along with any notes or other information and your payment. If you'd rather use our FTP server to upload your songs, request an FTP account here. You can pay online or offline. If paying online, use the "Add to Cart" button on the appropriate Mastering Package page and then checkout. Please see our FAQs page for more info or contact us.

Other cool a-la cart options to Add to Cart:

- Backup CD Master ($15)
You'll get one disc with your mastering order already, but it's a good idea to have a backup CD Master - especially if you're sending the CD we send you out somewhere for manufacturing. A Track Sheet is included for every Backup CD Master we make.

- Downloadable MP3 Reference Disc Image of your Mastered CD ($15 flat rate)
A 256kbps MP3 file you can download and listen to as soon as we finish mastering your project. How's that for fast! [details...]

- Download Individual WAV files for each song after mastering ($25 flat rate)
Want us to just master your songs and deliver final WAV files to you so you can create "masters" as you need to? This is the way to do it. Download the finished WAV files right from your FTP account. You'll still get an actual physical disc from us as well after we finish mastering your project, but you'll have your WAVs without the wait. Price is a flat rate for ONE CD - doesn't matter how many WAV files we'll be making for you (up to 80-minutes worth). So, you ask - "Why is this an extra charge?" Because, WAV files are not automatically generated upon completion of mastering your CD. We have to go back and create those individually and that takes extra time, hence the extra charge.

- DVD-ROM Stuffed With Goodies! ($25)
A Windows-compatible DVD-ROM with everything you need. Individual files for each song in various formats so you can do-with-them-what-you-want and not have to hassle with making them yourself. Burn discs, put 'em up on your website and offer high and low quality streams, put them on your MP3 player, etc. Formats include: WAV (CD Quality), MP3 (high and low quality), WMA (high and low quality), REAL AUDIO (high and low quality). Artist name and song titles appear in each file as ID3 tag information.

- CD TEXT coding for your CD ($10)
For a flat rate of $10 for the entire CD, we'll add CD TEXT to your Audio CD so (in compatible players) your song titles, disc title and artist name shows up on the CD player's display. [Note: CD TEXT is not the same as ID3 tag information encoded into MP3 files or simple file names that programs such as Windows Media Player reads.] CD TEXT will only display on players with the CD TEXT logo. We can also submit your CD's information to the Gracenote/CDDB database so your disc information will show up when playing your CD in iTunes, Winamp, etc. This is included in the cost of adding CD Text to your CD ($10), but only done by request from you. We are a Gracenote Content Partner.

- I Need NEXT DAY MASTERING for my CD! ($50 extra)
(Contact Us to make sure this service is available for your project)

- I Need SAME DAY MASTERING for my CD! ($100 extra)
(Contact Us to make sure this service is available for your project)

We accept these formats (sources) to master from:

FTP File Transfer (WAV, AIFF, MP3)

CD / CD-R / CD-RW / DVD-R / DVD-RW

Windows CD-ROM or DVD-ROM with WAV or MP3 files

DAT (44k,48k,32k)

Mini-Disc

Cassette Tape

Vinyl (33 1/3, 45, 78rpm)

Video Cassette Tape (VHS/NTSC)

Mini-DV Tape

Alesis Masterlink 24-bit files

Alesis ADAT [extra cost involved if mixing is required]

Digital Editing and Signal Processing Available:

32-Bit Processing
Re-Sequence Songs
Song to Song Leveling
Peak Limiting
Normalize Levels for CD
Exact Track ID Placement
In-Song Editing
Fix Gaps/Pauses
Noise Removal Between Tracks
Count-off Removal
Fade In/Out
Crossfade
EQing
De-Essing
Compression
Tube Compression/Limiting/EQ
Multiband Limiting

Mutiband Dynamics
Time Compression/Expansion
Convert Sample Rate
Correct Phase
Stereo Enhancement
5.1 Dolby Surround Sound Mixing
Vinyl Restoration (Extra Cost Involved)
De-Noise (during program)
De-Click (during program)
De-Hiss (during program)
De-Hum (during program)
Autotune Vocal Pitch Correction
Autotune Vocal Effect
Transfer to CDR/DAT/MD/MP3/DVD
Digital Clones
ISRC Coding
CD Text Coding

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