MASTERING
WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
Mastering is often seen as an esoteric practice, but it’s very simple. It makes your music sound good! In all circumstances, in all the devices and in all the possible the sound systems. Not only, this can fix problems at the mix levels, often impossible to detect from a non professional engineer working in a not professional environment. Moreover our STEM mastering makes possible to correct every possible song imperfection, making your music shine in front of you audiences and Konnektions.
STEREO vs STEMS
Common mastering is achieved working on a classic stereo file, called Premaster or Mixdown.
This is usual good enough if you are an experienced musicians and mixing engineer, otherwise it’s very difficult for the final mastering engineer to make your music sound professional et every level. Even tough nowadays we have the techniques to fix common mistakes even with stereo files is with stems that you can have the best results in every situation.
STEMS mastering works in fact with groups, usually 5 but it can vary on specific styles of music. This gives the engineer at the mastering stage the chance to fix all possible imperfections, and also to process all the stems with very expensive and professional analog gear to give them an unique touch. This type of mastering is often chosen even from very experienced producer for all the reasons above. From now on you can relax and we will make sure your music perform perfectly in every context!
NOTE: The new Traktor control from NATIVE INSTRUMENTS just created a new standard for STEM MIXING, so working with stems will provide you the different groups already mastered and ready to be released under this new format.
HOW
Stereo Export:
Bounce your final mix controlling that your song never peaks above -6dB. Than render it as a .WAV file at 24 BIT, 44100 Hz with DITHER enabled. We will take care of the rest!
STEMS
You send your mixdown and our engineer will tell you how many stems to provide and he will guide you trough the creation of each of them. The format will be identical to the one for the stereo file. Do not worry we will guide all the process so that you won’t any problems.
Note: The engineer can provide you up to 3 different versions without any additional cost, until your desired sound is achieved. You will be monitoring all the different versions constantly during their mastering process.
FREE TEST
Do not hesitate to get a free test of our service, we are sure you will be delighted.