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Mastering Rates:
$400.00 for
a full length CD
$60.00 per
song
READ BELOW ON HOW TO
GET A
"FREE MASTERING SAMPLE SNIPPET"
AND HEAR WHAT WE SOUND LIKE FOR YOURSELF!
 What
is audio mastering? Simply put, it is the final
creative step before replication. It is
what gives a commercially released CD that "sheen".
But more than that, audio mastering is
the opportunity to have someone with an experienced set
of ears make sure your music will sound its best and translate
well whether it is played in a car, on a home stereo, or
on a boombox. It is our goal to give your music that "radio-ready"
sound.
In addition, audio
mastering is the art of giving your record a cohesive
sound. It is making sure the pauses between the tracks are
the correct lengths. It is making sure any fadeouts are
nice and smooth. It is making sure the relative volumes
from one track to the next are the same. But most importantly,
it is making sure that your music is sonically taken to
the next level.
Before sending
your music for mastering there are a few rules of thumb
regarding your 2-track mixes:
- Make sure your peaks are hitting no
higher than -2db (to -4db) below 0dB. Don't worry about
your music not being loud enough. The volume will be brought
up to full swing in the mastering process.
- Try to avoid using any compression
on the final two track stereo mixes you send us for mastering.
You can't undo compression and distortion. If there is
too much compression on your pre-mastered final mix then
there is very little the mastering engineer can do to
reverse it.
- Finally, keep your mixes at the highest
resolution possible. In other words if you recorded your
session at 24-bit, 96 kHz then try to keep your mix at
24-bit, 96kHz.
YOUR MIXES CAN
BE ACCEPTED IN THE FOLLOWING FORMATS:
Free
Mastering Samples!
Choosing a mastering facility can
be a confusing and difficult decision and we at Vision Sound
are very sensitive to that. We offer "FREE
MASTERING SAMPLES" of your work
so you know when you listen to what we have done that you
feel you've made the right choice.
Getting a free master sample is easy, simply follow these
instructions to send us your file over the internet. There
is no need to mail anything you don't even have to call
us, simply send us a SKYPE message.
We use a FREE program called SKYPE to chat online with our
clients. Simply go to www.skype.com
and do the free software download. After you have installed
it hit the "add contact" link in the top left
and enter the studio managers user name and that is visionsound.
Ask to connect with him and then introduce yourself, we
will advise on how to get your song to us over the web simply
and easily. We will master the song as soon as we can and
skype you back a one minute snippet (or so) of what he have
done for your review. We look forward to being your mastering
facility of choice!
*We generally monitor
our "SKYPE" from 10am -6pm Monday-Friday Eastern
Time*
Please contact the studio
manager if Vision Sound is your mastering facility of
choice.
All that is required is a submission form that we will e
mail you to send in with two copies of your pre master.
Mail To:
Vision Sound Audio Mastering Lab.
999 Blanding Blvd, Suite # 11
Orange Park, FL 32065
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