Who does the *best* Mastering Services in South Florida?

[Adam Singer]

I'm probably 2/3rds of the way done with my new album

I want to have the whole thing mastered very, very well - and while I've been doing my own mastering in the past I've spent so much time producing this I want to invest in some serious, professional mastering before I have CDs done up (going to sell through my website and through amazon)

It's all ambient/jazzy/melodic stuff...the mixdowns are already done, what I need is for someone to take the final renders and give them all that extra punch...

I also want to be able to stay in studio and watch it all done so I can learn from the process and do it better myself in the future - this might be asking alot but I am a good listener/observer...I also will want to add my input because will want the tracks retaining my vision, just with that extra punch...

Haven't worked with a studio engineer on a whole album so this is a new process for me...anyone want to steer me in the right direction? Probably need to start thinking about this soon so I can setup some dates to coincide with the completion of the production

[LeVeL]

Isn't Terry going to school for this...he can probably be some help to you..

[Adam Singer]

Originally Posted by LeVeL'

Isn't Terry going to school for this...he can probably be some help to you..

yes he is, along with some of my other friends - but i really was looking for someone who's got like 10 years+ experience in it...

who's the gerry king of south florida?

i think medway is down here now, maybe ill try to speak with him...

i'd love to use someone like Terry or Jamu, but with them I would def want some sample work done first so I can see what the results are (i dont think this is unfair to ask - i know they could do it too, but i still need sample work )

[Vitaliy]

gimmeh!

[Philip]

Medway has not only the ear and emusic experience, but the tools to back it up.

[rhythmburn]

Neil Kolo from Fade does a pretty good job -- he has worked on a couple of my tracks

http://www.audiosourcemastering.com/

[Adam Singer]

Originally Posted by Vitaliy

gimmeh!

lol i still think its funny your old boss was jamming out to the last one 24/7

[Apotheosis]

Scarletts....or the Pink Pony

[swirlundergrounder]

Originally Posted by LeVeL'

Isn't Terry going to school for this...he can probably be some help to you..

I'm out of school now but my advice to Adam would be to hire Thomas Penton to do some final EQing on your tracks as final preperation to be mastered. Oh and he works on PC.

Anyways you will have to pay him. But the less work a mastering facility has to do the cheaper it is going to be for you.

If you want someone with like 10 years who's local the check out Micheal Fuller at http://www.fullersound.com/ in Miami

You will end up paying an arm and leg for the mastering work.

From what I hear most mastering engineers at this level don't want artists in the studio with them putting in their input or what ever. Mastering is a very delicate process and an art on its own.

Besides when you are paying someone $100 an hour you don't want to be in there wasting their time asking questions and burning the clock on your bill.

If you want to learn go intern at a mastering facility for a couple of months. Clean their toilets and when you are off ask to sit behind them in the studio, keep your mouth shut, bring a note pad and take notes as they work. Top shelf mastering engineers want to hear what they are working on.

I hear from the grape vine that Greg Styrke does some mastering also.

When you do shop for a mastering facility, keep in mind what gear are they going to master your stuff on. email me the list and I'll tell you if it's worth the price you are going to pay.

Wait though Adam, wasn't it you the other month on another thread that was telling someone to not go to a mastering facility and for them to learn how to do it themselves?

It was you. we agrueed about it for 2 or 3 pages...lol

What made you change your mind?

Besides you being an EDM producer, you may not need very much mastering of your work unless you recorded live instruments and added them to your songs.

Usually it's live instruments and vocals that have been recorded is what needs mastering the most.

Sampled sounds, loops etc have pretty much already been mastered.

You might just need some final compression to even out everything a little bit. Some shelving EQs in specific problem frequencies and a little bit of overall gain around a few dB and making sure the levels of your songs from track to track are even and you should be good to go with EDM mastering....

[jamu]

There are few choices, but I think Terry summed it up the best.