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Loft Mastering

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Loft Mastering is a professional independent mastering house in Liverpool UK. We get the best from your music to create great sounding, optimised, balanced and coded CD masters ready for manufacture.
Our exacting standards, 15 years of mastering experience, personal attention, dedication and efficiency along with high end equipment are what makes us unique.
Recent mastering clients/artists include:
The Charlatans, Elvis Costello, The Coral, Bodyrockers, Atomic Kitten, Sandi Thom, John Martyn, Thea Gilmore, Ian McNabb, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Universal Records, Sony/BMG, Island Records, EMI Records, Loog Records, Polydor Records
and many more.
What to expect from Loft Mastering:
1. Free advice and support
2. Friendly service with Quick turnaround
3. Top quality High End Mastering for CD/DVD Production
4. Free Listening reference copies for evaluation
5. Online preview of your mastered tracks for approval
6. Full CD report including absolute times for replication plant
7. Free data backup and archival of your project
8. Great sounding tracks!
Services available from Loft Mastering:
1. CD & Vinyl mastering
2. DVD mastering
3. DAT/Audio file to CD conversion
4. Custom PQ encoding
5. ISRC encoding 
6. Sound restoration 
7. Digital editing
8. Quick mail order service
9. Secure FTP uploading and downloading
10. CD/DVD & Vinyl duplication/manufacture
How long does it normally take?
Usually we aim to have your master finished and returned to you within 5-7 working days. This can vary depending on how busy we are at the time. If your job is urgent then please contact us to discuss your requirements.
Why should I trust you with my master?
We have over 15 years worth of experience in the music production and mastering industry. Our record and customer satisfaction speaks for itself.
Who is behind Loft Mastering?
Our mastering operation draws on the considerable skills of a highly experienced engineer/producer by the name of Mike Cave. Mike's mastering career began at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool, in 1994 where he worked in-house.
He went freelance in 2000 and has subsequently built a strong reputation thoughout the industry. His enthusiasm for his work and skilful judgement keeps producers, A&R and engineers coming back for more!
For more details on Mike's production work please see www.myspace.com/mikecaveproducer & www.mikecave.co.uk
Equipment
Digidesign Pro Tools HD 3 Accel up to 192kHz 5.1 Surround Sound.
High End Analogue EQ and Compression/Limiting including Vintage Neve, SSL, Focusrite, Avalon, TLA, DAV and more.
High End Mastering Software including plug ins from TC Electronic, Pultec, Fairchild, Sony Oxford, URS, Focusrite, PSP, Universal Audio, Eventide, Crane Song, Bomb Factory, Serato, Soundtoys, Joe Meek, Digidesign, McDSP, Waves and more.
Monitoring from Genelec and Yamaha
For mastering tips and advice please see blog section above.
Contact Loft Mastering:
Tel: 0151-707 6450
Fax: 0151-708 6220
Mobile: 07773-371554
email: [email protected]
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Music:

Member Since: 02/11/2006
Band Website: http://www.loftmastering.com
Record Label: Loft Mastering
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

What is mastering?

Mastering is the process of transforming your final mix of recordings into a "master" that is acceptable for replication or playback. Some of the steps of the mastering process are straightforward. Fo...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:49:00 GMT

Why do I need mastering?

The music market is very demanding and the competition is huge. If you want your tracks to compete then it is vitally important that your CD can hold its own sonically as well as musically. Have you e...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:23:00 GMT

Can You Do Your Own Mastering?

There are lots of reasons why we recommend that you do not try to master your own tracks. Here are just a couple of examples.Fresh earsThe mastering engineer has fresh and experienced ears. If you hav...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:35:00 GMT

Guidelines on how to make a good DAT / CDR?

General: 1: Don't record too loud. There is a popular myth that says you are only getting the most from a DAT tape if "all the lights are on" - ie. the signal is clipping or peaking at 0 dB. Allow at ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:46:00 GMT

What is PQ Encoding?

All CDs have points which the player can use to locate tracks and display timing information. This lets the user play a particular track, or program the machine to play tracks in a certain order.PQ fl...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:08:00 GMT

What are ISRC Codes and how do I get them?

If your CD is for commerical release then you will probably need ISRC codes. The ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) is the international identification system for sound recordings and music ...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:12:00 GMT

Useful Music Industry Contacts

MECHANICAL COPYRIGHT PROTECTION SOCIETY (MCPS) Elgar House, 41 Streatham High Road, London SW16 1ER. Tel 020 8664 4400. BARCODES E Centre UK 10 Maltravers Street London WC2R 3BX T: 020 7655 90...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:49:00 GMT