Mastering for $500

$uper$tar · 27th February 2008, 04:14 PM

Hey guys,

I am finishing up the mixes on my debut solo cd which consists of 12 songs. I am wanting to send it off for mastering once I am done and have $500 to spend on mastering. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on any good mastering engineers who can do a 12 song album for $500? I know it's not a great budget, but I figured I should be able to get a decent sound for that.

I was looking at discmakers "The SoundLab" and they can do it for my price. Has anyone had any experience with getting their cd mastered with discmakers (The SoundLab) and how did it turn out?

jamsmith · 27th February 2008, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by $uper$tar

Hey guys,

I am finishing up the mixes on my debut solo cd which consists of 12 songs. I am wanting to send it off for mastering once I am done and have $500 to spend on mastering. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on any good mastering engineers who can do a 12 song album for $500? I know it's not a great budget, but I figured I should be able to get a decent sound for that.

I was looking at discmakers "The SoundLab" and they can do it for my price. Has anyone had any experience with getting their cd mastered with discmakers (The SoundLab) and how did it turn out?

It will be interesting to see what the "competition" has to say about them, but I never had a client who used Discmaker make any complaint. Whether they are any good at fixing problems, I can pretty much say they don't seem to mess thing up. And their engineers have been profiled in a number of recording publications.

jdg · 28th February 2008, 06:00 AM

discussion about them here: Disc Makers Mastering Service

L_Nix_Mastering · 28th February 2008, 04:01 PM

Private message sent...

Ecktronic · 14th March 2008, 07:20 PM

Sent you a Private Message.

Eck

undermind · 17th March 2008, 07:13 PM

uh oh, PM's sent to the original poster. "Real" mastering engineers must have some things to say about discmakers mastering

chadly · 17th March 2008, 07:20 PM

I've sent quite a few clients to Doug Van Sloun.

Focus Mastering

I'd highly recommend it.

Trell Blaze · 17th March 2008, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by undermind

uh oh, PM's sent to the original poster. "Real" mastering engineers must have some things to say about discmakers mastering

I suspect they're likely quoting him "extra low budget prices" that they wouldn't want posted in public. You can't have ALL your clients booking $500 LP sessions now, can you?

Emiliano · 25th March 2008, 10:41 PM

I send you a private message!

soulstudios · 26th March 2008, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Emiliano

I send you a private message!

Don't bother man - the guy's not responding to PM's anymore - must've found his 'guy'.

27th February 2008, 04:14 PM	#1
$uper$tar Gear nut Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 133	Mastering for $500 Hey guys, I am finishing up the mixes on my debut solo cd which consists of 12 songs. I am wanting to send it off for mastering once I am done and have $500 to spend on mastering. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on any good mastering engineers who can do a 12 song album for $500? I know it's not a great budget, but I figured I should be able to get a decent sound for that. I was looking at discmakers "The SoundLab" and they can do it for my price. Has anyone had any experience with getting their cd mastered with discmakers (The SoundLab) and how did it turn out?

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undermind Gear addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Puget Sound, WA Posts: 432	uh oh, PM's sent to the original poster. "Real" mastering engineers must have some things to say about discmakers mastering

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