At Mahern Audio Mastering our aim is to offer top-notch mastering services to budget-minded musicians and record labels. We deliver a product of unsurpassed quality at a fraction of the cost you might find at other mastering facilities.
Mahern Audio Mastering Rate: $15 per minute of audio content.
This price includes two reference mp3 files sent to you for comment before completion of the project, and one CD-R of the completed project for final approval. Any revisions after you receive the reference CD-R will be done at a rate of $50 per hour. (If you need extra copies of the reference CD-R, they cost $10 each.)
Final Master Delivery: Once you have approved the project, a DDP image (the industry standard for delivering final masters to CD pressing plants) will be prepared on a DVD-R or uploaded directly to the plant (your choice). The DDP image contains CD text and metadata such as song titles, year, composer credits, etc.
Delivery Rate: $50 for preparation of final DDP image on DVD-R or uploaded to plant.
Sample Project Cost: Based on an album with 40 minutes of music.
40 min @ $15/min = |
$600 |
DDP image DVD-R = |
$50 |
Total cost for this example= |
$650 |
Payment Policiy: All mastering jobs require pre-payment, based on audio content, before we start the mastering process. Any additional charges, such as a DDP DVD-R or extra CD-R's, will be charged and are due before delivery of your final master.
Payment Methods: We accept payment by check, cash and PayPal (for credit card transactions). Please note that PayPal payments are subject to an additional 2.9% charge to cover their fees.
For more information, or to place an order for mastering, please contact our studio manager, Christian at info@mahernaudio.com.
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"I worked with Apache Dropout to make a rock album that was raw, sick and wrong. We recorded and mixed at home using only analog equipment in various stages of disrepair. Despite our limitiations the mixes were suprisingly polished, but there were issues with the low end that you often encounter when mixing in an environment with less than ideal acoustics. Paul immediately understood the vibe of what we were trying to accomplish and he intuitively reigned in the low end and brought out the bite in the guitar without us even explaining what we wanted. The outboard compression and EQ used during tranfer seemed to raise to dynamic ceiling and it imparted a richer character across the whole mix. The plug-ins we used in the digital realm allowed us to carefully dip out some of the problem frequencies we couldn't deal with properly in the mix room. The record ended up sounding more vibrant and aggressive than most of the so-called rock and roll music I hear people making today."
John Dawson
Engineer/Producer
