Members Big Hair Posted October 17, 2007 Members Share Posted October 17, 2007 Hi My studio is currently looking for a (or more!!) mastering houses to use for our sessions. We do basic mastering but would like to build some ties with dedicated mastering suites. If you think you can help then please get in touch via PM and I will give you me email. We are starting to do work for major labels so could do with some more options, but we are really looking for pro set ups who can give some examples of previous work. thanksmark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dave Martin Posted October 17, 2007 Members Share Posted October 17, 2007 I've been using: Bob Olhsson Audio Mastery www.hyperback.com Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Mastering www.euphonicmasters.com Master Mix www.mastermix.com I've been very pleased with the work that all of them have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Big Hair Posted October 17, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 17, 2007 thanks for the recommendations - I'll check them out do you have any particular favourites depending on the genre of music?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 17, 2007 Members Share Posted October 17, 2007 I've never heard a bad thing about Bob Ohlsson, only good. I've communicated with him a few times via email, and he also seems like a cool guy. We used Trevor Sadler at Mastermind Productions for our last CD, and he ended up doing a good job, although we had to send it back three times because it was too compressed (and this is after we initially requested that we wanted to go easy on the compression in the first place). Craig Anderton also does mastering, and he seems like he'd be really great at it, but I've never had him do any mastering. Yet. I think we're gonna have him do our next CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dave Martin Posted October 18, 2007 Members Share Posted October 18, 2007 thanks for the recommendations - I'll check them outdo you have any particular favourites depending on the genre of music?? Well, it's worked out that Bob has handled the jazz and acoustic projects, Brad at Euphonic did the americana and blues projects and Mastermix did the Barbersop record. But that's not because I thought that one would be better than the others at a given style - it was more that it was someone elses turn... And it might have had something to do with the fact that I can drive to Bob's for the mastering session, and I don't go to Memphis for Brad's work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I like to attend mastering sessions whenever possible, so while there are a lot of mastering folks around who I've heard numerous good reports about and that I'd like to try (like Craig, Brad and Bob), for the past few years I've been taking things to Bill Dooley at Paramount in Hollywood. I think he's great - cool guy, fantastic ears, goes great work, and as much as I sometimes dislike driving into Hollywood, he's relatively local. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Big Hair Posted October 18, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 18, 2007 do you have contact details for Bill at all please phil?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 www.paramountrecording.com But when I tried it yesterday, the site was down. But they're in the phone book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Looks like the site is back up today. The number is listed there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Big Hair Posted October 19, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 19, 2007 Looks like the site is back up today. The number is listed there. thanks phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphajerk Posted October 19, 2007 Members Share Posted October 19, 2007 im so over ME's... the only person right now i would talk a band into trying [i pretty much do rock] is Dave Collins. i would love to have him take a stab at my mixes... but now i pretty much mix for release so i have full control over all elements and the loudness everyone wants. it completely changes a mix to mix into it vs adding it to a reasonable mix post. of couse i do have $5k speakers that translate everywhere so i dont feel i need that 3rd party opinion except during mixing, which i like to have the band present. at least it gives me someone to talk to while mixing... i mix w/o them there as well when i really want to tighten nuts and bolts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 of couse i do have $5k speakers that translate everywhere As do I. They'll get my ADAM S3-A's away from me when they pry them off of my cold, dead ears... or something like that. I also have a pair of ADAM A7's, which rock too - definitely the nearfields to for those who want the ADAM accuracy on a tighter (around a grand) budget. Best nearfields I've ever heard in that price class. :phil: One nice thing about Bill's room is that he's also using ADAM's - the 4's - which means I don't have to deal with listening to a different brand of speakers there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 19, 2007 Members Share Posted October 19, 2007 I'd want an ME for another set of ears. But dammit, someone who is an ME *better* be able to master better than I can. Why pay someone then? I just keep hearing music where they roll off bottom end, pump the mids, and crush the waveform into something that looks like a 2x4. I can do that. I get asked to master the recordings I do here all the time because people are on a serious budget, so I'll quickly do a few things, use some compression and gain optimization and call it good, and they always say, "Hey, that seriously sounds just as good as the $800 ME that we used last time!!" It should not be that easy to match what an ME is doing. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Big Hair Posted October 20, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 20, 2007 I'd want an ME for another set of ears. But dammit, someone who is an ME *better* be able to master better than I can. Why pay someone then? I just keep hearing music where they roll off bottom end, pump the mids, and crush the waveform into something that looks like a 2x4. I can do that. I get asked to master the recordings I do here all the time because people are on a serious budget, so I'll quickly do a few things, use some compression and gain optimization and call it good, and they always say, "Hey, that seriously sounds just as good as the $800 ME that we used last time!!" It should not be that easy to match what an ME is doing. Seriously. I understand totally, but I just want to be able to give bands the option if they want it Incidently, not a single one of the places recommended in this thread have bothered to get back to me yet. Obviously so busy they don't need the business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 On low budget things, clients often have me master my own recordings. IMHO, that's usually not ideal. Like Ken, I prefer to get an outside opinion from a person who's ears I trust. OTOH, I'd rather DIY than have someone just squash it and call it a day. And I like to attend the mastering sessions so that DOESN'T happen - and so that if there is any questions regarding what we're going for, or any technical questions, I can answer them on the spot. More than once, Bill has fiddled with something for a while and then turned to me and said something along the lines of "well, I've tried a few different things, and I can make it sound different, but I'm not making it sound better - nice job" - which is always nice. He won't fitz with something just to fitz with it. Is that a waste of time and money? Not at all IMO. It's confirmation, and it's worth the price, even if he winds up not touching it. IOW, I'm paying the man for his time, expertise, experience and opinions, and not just for the manipulation of knobs and waveforms. And of course, on many other occasions, he's really brought the mix to a higher level. BTW, Bill's a heavyweight cat, and is usually pretty busy with a lot of different things... if you leave a message at Paramount, they will get it to him when they next see him. If he's teaching or doing a tracking session somewhere else, it might be a few days. If he doesn't get back to you by the middle of this week, please drop me a PM with your contact info and I'll call him on his cellphone (sorry, but I don't give out personal contact info without getting the person's permission first ) and relay the message to him directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphajerk Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 to me, i end up wanting full control of it now... i know what i want it to sound like and if its not there before sending it to an ME, then i need to work on it more. to me the ME is only good for sequencing, putting in codes and burning a PMCD... all of which i can do. on albums i always sequence the songs to the exact frame and give them timesheets to match. so if i have the final sound on the mix, the sequence... i just put in the ISRC codes and burn a PMCD. and there are always other ears to have a listen to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 21, 2007 Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 I understand totally, but I just want to be able to give bands the option if they want it Incidently, not a single one of the places recommended in this thread have bothered to get back to me yet. Obviously so busy they don't need the business Yes, options are good. You tried Trevor Sadler at http://www.mastermindproductions.net/ and he hasn't gotten back to you? He contacted me right away. Or Craig Anderton? I'm pretty sure you know where to find him!!! Or have Phil do it. I've never heard his mastering jobs either, but you know that, like Craig, he's not into squishing the hell out of something and then ordering out for pizza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Big Hair Posted October 21, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 21, 2007 you up for doing mastering phil??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Did someone say "pizza"? Oh wait, the topic was mastering. Sure, I do some mastering work. I don't normally pimp my own services here on the forum, but if you'd like to discuss the possibility of me working on your project, feel free to either call me or drop me a PM / email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dave Martin Posted October 22, 2007 Members Share Posted October 22, 2007 Incidently, not a single one of the places recommended in this thread have bothered to get back to me yet. Obviously so busy they don't need the business Interesting - Brad Blackwood at Euphonic told me that he'd answered your email a couple of days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphajerk Posted October 22, 2007 Members Share Posted October 22, 2007 he must have gone to the spam folder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 22, 2007 Members Share Posted October 22, 2007 Did someone say "pizza"? Oh wait, the topic was mastering. Sure, I do some mastering work. I don't normally pimp my own services here on the forum, but if you'd like to discuss the possibility of me working on your project, feel free to either call me or drop me a PM / email. Don't worry, I pimped your services for you. I'll take a 10% cut. Or a pizza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scapier Posted October 22, 2007 Members Share Posted October 22, 2007 I have to put my two cents in for my favorite mastering guys here in Vancouver, with pretty amazing ears and a long track record. For more transparent mastering that brings everything to the next level but you don't know why I go with Craig Wadell at Gotham City Studios Vancouver. My go to for more of that whatever it is he does it's magic guy it's Greg Reely at Green Jacket Studios, reely.com/greg Spencer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphajerk Posted October 22, 2007 Members Share Posted October 22, 2007 im hungry now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Big Hair Posted October 22, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 22, 2007 Interesting - Brad Blackwood at Euphonic told me that he'd answered your email a couple of days ago. damn - I've just checked my junk folders, everything and can't find it. My eyes are sore now from trying to sift through several pages of zoloft/viagra/new penis junk mails!! I can't see it though, but I know I have had a few problems with my email since some spammers hijacked it as a "reply to" address. If you speak with him could you ask him to resend it, I would be very grateful! thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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