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StudioChris37
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Looking for a mastering engineer to start a pro relationship

Post by StudioChris37 » Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:36 pm

Hey All
After having been boned by many a mastering engineer in the past, im looking for someone with reasonable rates and who is REALIABLE to send pretty much all my work to. I hate mastering and im pretty sure i suck at it so, lets make a deal. Before and after samples of work would be great to hear, and of course, rates. My clients tend to digest "Per Song" rates a bit easier than hourly because i am in Orlando, and "my friend graduated from fullsail and he said he'd do it for free"

So any idea or pointers would be great. THANKS!

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Post by E.Bennett » Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:58 pm

Tom Ruff at Asbury Media in NJ does excellent work and is extremely easy to work with. His rates are also way low for the quality of work.
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Post by MoreSpaceEcho » Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:29 pm

$35/song. i love mastering and i'm pretty sure i'm good at it. i'm more than happy to do a test master on one song so you can decide whether or not i'm boning you.
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Post by DrummerMan » Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:36 pm

MoreSpaceEcho wrote:$35/song. i love mastering and i'm pretty sure i'm good at it. i'm more than happy to do a test master on one song so you can decide whether or not i'm boning you.
I'm sure I'll just be the first of many to +1 this, but I can highly recommend Old Colony Mastering here. I've used mastering engineers that cost thousands of dollars and a bunch of the other well respected engineers in the reasonably priced range and I've never been happier with the end results than I have been with Scott, and he's been nothing but a pleasure to deal with.
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Post by wren » Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:29 pm

MoreSpaceEcho wrote:$35/song. i love mastering and i'm pretty sure i'm good at it. i'm more than happy to do a test master on one song so you can decide whether or not i'm boning you.
+2. Scott is justifiably very well-recommended round these parts.
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Post by JGriffin » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:34 am

wren wrote:
MoreSpaceEcho wrote:$35/song. i love mastering and i'm pretty sure i'm good at it. i'm more than happy to do a test master on one song so you can decide whether or not i'm boning you.
+2. Scott is justifiably very well-recommended round these parts.
+3. With a bullet.
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Post by Waltz Mastering » Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:49 pm

+4 for Scott... wait.. what was the question.
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Post by MoreSpaceEcho » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:09 pm

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Post by farview » Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:35 am

I send all my mastering to Massive Mastering www.massivemastering.com

The rates are reasonable, John is great to work with, he has top notch equipment and an ear to match.
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Post by Recycled_Brains » Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:08 am

Carl Saff.

I send all my projects there (if they're getting mastered). Has yet to provide anything but amazing service, and outstanding results. Can't recommend him enough.
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Post by eh91311 » Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:03 pm

Recycled_Brains wrote:Carl Saff.

I send all my projects there (if they're getting mastered). Has yet to provide anything but amazing service, and outstanding results. Can't recommend him enough.
+1 for Carl Saff. Did amazing things with my band's EP. Patient and reasonably priced.
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Post by witchfeet » Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:09 am

Recycled_Brains wrote:Carl Saff.

I send all my projects there (if they're getting mastered). Has yet to provide anything but amazing service, and outstanding results. Can't recommend him enough.
+2 for Carl. He's great to work with, has great prices, TONS of experience, and most importantly does great work. He's pretty much the go to guy here in Chicago if you can't afford Bob Weston.
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Post by drumsound » Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:42 pm

I've had excellent results with both Carl Saff http://saffmastering.com/ and Scott Craggs http://oldcolonymastering.com/index.html
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Post by JdJ » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:10 am

I have had nothing but great experiences with Jay Frigoletto. I have not had any experiences with Scott, but I have had him recommended by people I trust a few times.

Good luck

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Post by maggot » Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:07 pm

Another +1 for Scott. He really took some extra time to make it exactly how I wanted it. I too have had bad mastering experiences & Scott does a great job at a price your clients will like.
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