Edensound Mastering - what is mastering?

What is Mastering?

Our primary function is mastering, editing and compiling final mixes of your audio recording to a production master ready for replication or files for uploading.

Mastering is the critical fine tuning process in the creation of an album/EP that brings the songs together and ensures optimum clarity and balanced, consistent levels and equalisation across the entire recording. It's the final opportunity to eliminate dullness, rumblings, sibilance, unwanted noise and frequency anomalies that may have been missed whilst mixing. The tools and accurate monitoring environment required for mastering creates an opportunity to carry out many other functions in post production with the highest quality results.

During the mixing process, one song is focused on at a time, which means that the different songs on an album/EP are usually at varying levels and with differing overall EQ. At Edensound Mastering, we focus on the project as a whole and make sure all the songs have consistent levels and EQ.

Another important consideration is the overall level of the project. We make sure that the tracks are loud enough to stand up against other commercial releases so that when listened to in a playlist they don’t sound low in level and dull. At Edensound Mastering we achieve good levels whilst retaining the punchiness and transient response of the mix – loud AND clear!

At Edensound Mastering we use Focusrite Blue analog processing gear in conjuction with the latest digital technology to ensure the best quality sound and signal path for your material.

News:

Mastering our 150th album for Fable Music!

We've always had a great relationship with production music specialists Fable Music. We've just completed work on our 150th album for this legendary Melbourne company.

Regency Media Summer Specials

Regency Media are offering great CD replication deals this summer, including mixing and mastering packages at Edensound Mastering. See here for details

Deep Purple Phoenix Rising receives award

Deep Purple Phoenix Rising CD/DVD/ has recieved the IMPALA (Independent Music Companies Association) Double Silver award.

Deep Purple Mixing - first EVER performance of Smoke on the Water!

Machine Head is often cited as influential in the development of the heavy
metal music genre. It is Deep Purple's most successful recording, topping
the charts in several countries following its release. The album reached
number 1 in the United Kingdom and stayed in the top 40 for 20 weeks. Deep
Purple recorded through December 1971 in Montreux, Switzerland, and released
the album in March 1972.

In celebration of the release, Deep Purple recorded at the BBC for their "In
Concert" live series on 9 March , 1972, with DJ Mike Harding as compere.
This recording features the only known live recording of "Never Before" (it
was out as a single at the time) and a rare Mk II offering of "Maybe I'm a
Leo". These two songs were played to promote the new forthcoming album
Machine Head, released at the end of the month (March 1972).
The recording of "Smoke on the Water" is the first ever live performance .

Now 40 years on , and in celebration of the 40th anniversary of one of
rock's great albums, the In Concert performances are finally being restored, remixed and mastered 96Khz 24bit by Martin Pullan.

Rusty and Chloe have had a hard day in the mastering studio

Mixing news

Martin has been mixing four albums over the last few months for producer Lee Bradshaw. More news on their release soon!

Audio Engineering Society spend an evening at Edensound.

The debut album for singer/songwriter Michele Roget

A big band jazz styled tribute to one of the greatest rock bands in history - ‘The Rolling Stones’

The Picture Box Orchestra by Alies Sluiter

Watch out for this excellent album, to be released early 2012

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