Mastering

Your mix is done. But is it release-ready?

Mastering is the last gate between your mix and the listener. I handle tonal balance, loudness, and format compatibility — so your track hits the same way on Spotify, in the car, and through earbuds. All platform versions included, no surprises.

Send your bounce

At a Glance

LUFS target: Spotify -14 / Apple -16
Delivery: WAV + MP3 + platform
Turnaround: 24 hours (single)
True peak: -1.0 dB

Mastering isn't about making a track louder — it's about making sure the emotion translates everywhere.

Mixing vs. mastering

Your mix sounds great. But only in your studio.

Mixing balances the individual sounds inside a track — where the vocal sits, how much the drums push. Mastering takes that balance out into the world. If your song sounds different on headphones versus car speakers versus a phone, it hasn't been mastered. That's where I come in.

	Mixing	Mastering
Focus	Individual sound balance	The finished track as a whole
Input	Stems (vocal, guitar, drums — separate files)	One stereo bounce file
Goal	Sounds working together	Consistent across every playback system
Loudness	Dynamic range preserved	Optimised to platform LUFS target
Revisions	Usually multiple rounds	One round is usually enough

Technical Details

What you send, what you get back.

What I need from you

Stereo bounce — WAV or AIFF, 24-bit, at your original sample rate
Headroom: peak between -3 and -6 dB. No limiter, maximiser, or clipper on the master bus.
A reference track — "I want the energy of this song" is worth more than a page of instructions. A Spotify link works fine.
Quick notes: which platforms, part of an EP/album, should I embed ISRC?

What I deliver

Master WAV — 44.1 kHz / 16-bit (CD-ready)
Master WAV — 48 kHz / 24-bit (high-res, for Bandcamp/Tidal)
Spotify version — -14 LUFS integrated, -1.0 dB true peak
Apple Music version — -16 LUFS integrated, -1.0 dB true peak
YouTube version — -13 LUFS integrated
MP3 reference copy — 320 kbps (for demo distribution, pre-release listening)
Album/EP: DDP image or disc-ready master + PQ sheet
On request: ISRC embedding, metadata verification, 16-bit dithering (MBIT+ or POW-r)

Process

Three steps, one day.

Single tracks usually ship same day or within 24 hours. For EPs and albums, I agree on a timeline upfront — no surprises.

Upload your file

Send your stereo bounce and any notes. Once I receive it, I might ask a couple of quick questions — "what kind of feel are you after, which platforms is it going to?" Calibration is the foundation of working together.

Mastering

I listen on reference monitors, then work through EQ balance and loudness optimisation. I send the first master as a private listening link — one round of feedback is included, no extra charge for small tweaks.