MASTERING

ASi can maximize the potential of your recordings and give you or your band the competitive edge needed in today's marketplace. Mastering is the final stages before your project is manufactured. Great care is taken to see that your project is carefully processed.

Mastering is an art into the final creative process of your recording project. In these final stages, crucial steps are taken to enhance, level, balance, equalize and smooth out your recording so that the entire album becomes sonically unified. It also becomes the first stage of the manufacturing process.

The perspective of the Mastering Engineer is to carefully review the music material presented and determine if the mix can be improved in terms of Clarity, Unity and Emotion. It also provides for a fresh unbiased opinion of the mix.

TERMINOLOGY

• PMCD: is an acronym for a "Pre Master CD", when used for the manufacturing or replication of CD's. The "Master" in which is referred, in manufacturing terms is a "Glass Master"
• Red Book Standard: is the name of the CD-DA (CD-Digital Audio) standard as originally defined by Sony and Phillips. It defines the format that a CD must have in order to be played on an audio CD player, and describes what a CD player must do to in order to properly play audio CD's. Any CD which is Red Book Compliant, can be played on any commercial audio CD player.
• CD Duplication: A Manufacturing process in which a laser burns the information from a PMCD to a blank CD or CD Rom. This process is widely used to make lower quantity runs.
• CD Replication: A factory manufacturing process where the raw CD material is injection molded into a "Glass Master" and pressed into a CD. This process is usually reserved for production runs over 1,000 in quantity.

*When supplying your project's Mix production Master, we would prefer it to be on DAT, but a CD is also OK. Please avoid handling or playing the CD.

PRICING

Demo Project Mastering Package
Only $199.00

Includes:

• Mastering of up to 4 songs or 18 minutes of program material
• Mastering Session time not to exceed 3 hours
• 1 proof reference CD Mailed to client
• 1 PMCD Master in presentation case
• 1 PMCD Studio Backup

PRICING & PAYMENTS

All prices valid from January, 2009 and based upon cash type sale. Credit card, C.O.D. and money orders accepted.

SAMPLES

Below are some examples of before-and-after projects we have worked on, to give you a better understanding of what we can achieve on your project.