Affordable, Top-Quality Mastered Tracks

Your stereo, pre-mastered mix, is processed with utmost attention to detail, resulting in a finished master that is release-ready (see rates). Things like, the dynamics, balance of sound across the frequency spectrum and impact/punch of your songs are at their most impressive. The better your mix, the better the mastered result can be, so it’s not about fixing what’s wrong with your record, but more about bringing out what’s already great about it, so it stands up against any commercially released record.

Quick Turnaround:

The mastering process we apply remains in the digital domain where settings can be instantaneously recalled, making the process very quick, but the processing applied is more of the approach of classic analog mastering. Careful gain staging is employed along every link in the signal chain with the careful consideration to make the finished recording sound like it was mastered through classic analog gear with all the non-linearities of signal response that makes the kind of sound that pretty much everybody loves the most like: Tube/Transformer saturation, Tape saturation and certain industry standard mastering compressors, EQ units and consoles.

How the Service Works

Contact K-Sound using the contact form and we’ll email instructions to…

• Send a stereo interleaved, 24-bit WAV or AIFF file.
• Once done we will send you a secure link to download a HQ MP3 of the track, which you can assess.
• Once approved by you, we will send you an invoice for the work.
• Once the balance is paid, we will send you a secure link to a CD-Ready, 16-bit WAV or AIFF file.
• Turnaround is normally within 24 – 48 hours.
• Payment is accepted via Paypal or in certain cases by bank transfer, details of which will be included in your invoice.

Your pre-mastered mix files must adhere to the following specifications:

• 16 or 24 bit (24 bit is preferred) WAV or AIFF files.
• Stereo interleaved or multi-mono (stereo interleaved preferred).
• Not MP3!
• 44.1KHz or higher sample rate (up to 96KHz) – anything lower than 44.1KHz will not be accepted.
• Maximum peak level of the stereo waveform to not exceed 0dBFS*
• No mastering-type processes to have been already applied to the stereo mix.*

Anything else you wish to know please contact K-Sound with your question or to arrange a Skype call if you prefer to speak to a real person!

* You can read more details about recording levels, peak limiting and why it is important to consider before sending your tracks anywhere for mastering.

The Mastering Chain

The system provides an outstanding ability for us to provide you with a final master that translates really well on all different playback systems and we have the opportunity to analyse and approve the masters in several different listening environments including the following:

Inside small cars, pickup trucks, large studio monitors in a large control room, home theatre & Hifi systems and both small club & nightclub P.A. systems.

The mastering chain is as follows:

However, in our opinion, the most important bits of kit at K-Sound are those things stuck on either side of the mastering engineer’s head!

Reserve Your Space for Mastering Now

Fill out the form with your message and requirements and we’ll send you details of what to do next. If you are interested in conversing via Skype then mention it in your message.

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