2 TRACK EDITING AND MASTERING $75.00 per HOUR:
- SOURCE MATERIAL IS THOROUGHLY AND CAREFULLY AUDITIONED. EACH
SONG IS ASSESSED FOR POTENTIAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS DIGITAL DROPOUTS, NOISE, DIGITAL SPIKES
AND DISTORTION.
- YOUR PROJECT IS LISTENED TO AS A WHOLE, THEN DECISIONS ARE
MADE AS TO HOW AND TO WHAT EXTENT SONIC ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE.
- ALL SUGGESTED CHANGES ARE DISCUSSED WITH CLIENT BEFORE ANY
MASTERING IS DONE. CLIENT'S NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED.
- ALL MASTERING SESSIONS INCLUDE 1 TAIYO
YUDEN BRAND PRE-MASTERED CD (PMCD) REFERENCE AND 1 PMCD MASTER WITH FRAME
ACCURATE TRACK LOG.
- ALL SIGNAL PROCESSING (EQ, MULTI-BAND COMPRESSION, WIDE-BAND
COMPRESSION, FX, LEVEL MAXIMIZING, STEREO IMAGING, DE-ESSING, ETC.) IS CARRIED THROUGH
ENTIRELY IN THE DIGITAL DOMAIN.
- SIGNAL PROCESSING IS 32 OR 48-BIT FLOATING-POINT PROCESSING
USING A COMBINATION OF SOFTWARE MASTERING TOOLS AND THE t.c.
electronic Finalizer 24/96.
- CLIENT IS ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO THE REFERENCE FIRST. ANY
CHANGES WITHIN REASON WILL BE MADE IF NEEDED BEFORE FINAL MASTER IS BURNED.
- FLAT RATES ARE AVAILABLE FOR 5 SONGS OR LESS.
ACCEPTED FORMATS:
- DAT
- MINI-DISC
- CD-DA, CD-R, CD-ROM (ALL POPULAR FORMATS)
- CASSETTE
- VHS
- LP, 78rpm, 45rpm
2 TRACK TRANSFERS TO PMCD (PRE-MASTERED CD)
"ONE-OFFS":
| 1-30 min. |
$40.00 |
| 31-74 min. |
$75.00 |
- SOURCE MATERIAL IS ALWAYS CHECKED FOR DIGITAL
ERRORS, NOISE AND GLITCHES DURING TRANSFER. ERRORS ARE LOGGED AND CLIENT IS NOTIFIED
BEFORE MASTER IS BURNED.
- DAT, MINI-DISC OR CASSETTE IS TRANSFERRED AS IS TO
THE DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION, TRACK INDEXES ARE PLACED IN THE MASTER WHERE THEY OCCUR IN
THE ORIGINAL SOURCE, THEN A PMCD IS BURNED.
- TRANSFERS ARE DONE WITH NO MASTERING PROCESSES APPLIED.
- RE-SEQUENCING OF TRACKS, EDITING, CLEANING OF NOISE BETWEEN
TRACKS, OR CHANGES TO PAUSE TIMES BETWEEN TRACKS INCUR A MINIMUM CHARGE
OF $75.00 per HOUR.
- MASTERS ARE NOT BURNED ON A
STAND-ALONE BURNER! THIS RESULTS IN AN INFERIOR MASTER USUALLY WITH NUMEROUS UNCORRECTABLE
ERRORS.
- ALL MASTERS ARE BURNED FROM THE WORKSTATION AT 2X
SPEED ON A PLEXTOR
8/20 SCSI CD-R DRIVE AND FULLY SCANNED FOR ANY E22 AND E32 ERRORS.
- ALL MASTER AUDIO CD's ARE GUARANTEED ERROR FREE AND
BURNED TO STRICT RED BOOK STANDARDS.
COMPACT DISC ANALYSIS ON THE MediaFORM CD-5900:
- $15.00 per DISC.
- THE CD-5900 MEASURES DISC QUALITY BY
EXAMINING THE QUANTITY AND SEVERITY OF CIRC ERRORS GENERATED DURING PLAYBACK.
- IF ANY E22 OR E32 ERRORS ARE DETECTED, A NEW MASTER
MUST BE GENERATED IF YOUR CD-R MASTER IS GOING TO BE COMMERCIALLY DUPLICATED! CD
REPLICATION PLANTS WILL NOT ACCEPT A CD-R MASTER WITH UNCORRECTABLE ERRORS. THE LBR
MACHINE THAT CREATES THE "GLASS MOTHER" NECESSARY TO GENERATE THE
"STAMPERS" WILL ABORT THE "BURNING" PROCESS IF ANY OF THESE ERRORS ARE
DETECTED.
- GRADE A DISC INTEGRITY OF YOUR MASTER IS CRUCIAL FOR
COMMERCIAL DUPLICATION!
DAT MASTERS GENERATED FROM MASTERING SESSION:
DIGITAL DAT SAFETY COPIES OF CLIENT'S DAT MASTER:
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