Melbourne's only mastering house totally dedicated to independent artists!!
**New June 2011 - permanent discounted rates for mastering self-financing bands and further discounted rates for mastering self-financing solo artists!**
Well over 1000 records mastered since c2000!
Why a revolution??
Because we are serious about mastering independent music:
“...We've listened to the album a heap of times now and we can't fault it, you completely nailed what we were after! Perfect slightly overdriven garage sound, and don't even get me started on how much warmer it is." Rick Moranis Overdrive, email 14 May 2011
"Well, the EP sounds bloody amazing! We're completely ecstatic with it. Thank you so much!" The Nymphs, email 1 Sept 2010
"Thanks so much, I still cant believe I’ve recorded this, sounds a million bucks tanks to you..”Andre Camilleri, email 13 April 2011
"Paul did a great job mastering my new album and I am very happy with the results. He approaches each new project with a lot of care and empathy and was very easy to communicate ideas with, whilst fostering a relaxed and cheerful atmosphere in which to work.”Dan Brodie, 9 May 2011
"We went to Paul Fox on the recommendation of our mixer. As it was our first album we didn't want to take chances. We got quotes from all other places, but we are so happy with the sound Paul got on our record. We love all the stuff like Beatles, Phoenix, and Oasis and our album sounds good when it lands alongside these recordings on our iPods. If you're looking for an affordable master that doesn't sound 'affordable', get on to him.”The Bell Parade, 21 June 2011
It is also a bonus that we do it at half the price...
Dedicated mastering... not mixing, not recording..
Indie Masters is serious about mastering and is a dedicated mastering facility with dedicated mastering engineers looking for your best finished sound.... We do not advertise ourselves as "Jack of all trades"...And the benefit to you? Specialty brains, specialty results = less headache, that's all...
Latest on E-Mastering your music overseas:
Getting big name over seas engineers on your cover art is one thing, but giving your appraisal of mastering-gone-wrong via email is another.. We are unfortunately scraping up the odd failed e-mastering artist's heart from the floor, their previous mastering being performed even by the some of biggest names in mastering. Why the heart break? Because the artist can't get their point through via email. If you're not lucky with a perfect result first time, then the headaches follow until you just accept what you got from a distance and move on to the next record, as soon as possible.. This is the story we are hearing from artists doing e-mastering with overseas mastering giants. Keep it local, be in control of your results. Deal with a real person. The results are impressive, really..!
Tubes Passion:
Celebrating independent music? ...and valves!! We recently have upgraded to a mighty sixteen valves in your mastering chain... All surrounded by very high class electronics, just so we can benefit from the warmth and detail of the "classic sound". So anyway, we can now officially nail your "digititis". You see; and I quote, "Tubes Rule"!
Vinyl Mastering??: : Love it.
There is a big shift going on with mastering for vinyl. If we couldn't do it, we'd be out of business. We are also the preferred mastering house for local pressing brothers Zennith Records because our masters cut better (ie we care about what we do...go figure).
New arrivals at the Indie Masters mastering suite for your enjoyment:
September 2010:
We've been waiting for one of these to pop it's little head up.. That's right ladies and gentlemen, if you're into eq's then you'll know all about the famous Massive Passive by Manley Labs. And the name is as cool as the sound. We are very happy to have added this little (big) baby to the mastering chain..
September 2009:
BAREFOOT!: Those of you who have their finger on the pulse would be aware of the relatively recent addition to the world studio monitoring scene that is the Barefoot MicroMain27's. Heralded as the "NS-10" of the new generation of music production, these bare-footed monsters have one great feature: Stunningly accurate full range reproduction of audible frequencies, and beyond.. Huge sounding boxes house twin 5" mid range drivers, a 1"soft dome tweeter and, wait for it.., twin 10" drivers per side, (with 1" of travel!) solidly encaptulated within a closed-box design, revealing a highly detailed depth of information about your mix that may indeed see your eyebrows upraised. The imaging produced by these boxes in second to none. So now we can hear your music as it was meant to be heard. Depth, scope and detail. Perfect as your final reference point.
Digital Nerdery : : The Cranesong has landed!!! This is a sic device mate! The world class mastering device CRANESONG HEDD 192 has arrived at the indieMasters mastering suite for your enjoyment. This world renowned "harmonically enhanced digital device" uses analogue non-linear compression algorithms to pull the depth, clarity, punch and super-sweet harmonics out of your mix and put a smile-on-ya-dial......definately be worth a listen! Read more on this device
Massive Manley: The world famous Manley Vari-Mu "juice extractor" dual compressor has also flown in after being modded in Canada with the sweet sounding T-bar mod, bringing things back to their "Fairchild" roots..(for all those nerds out there..!) visit variable-mu website here
Millenia Media NSEQ-2: Again, one of the worlds best eq's, the pure class-A "twin topology" discreet J-Fet and vacuum tube eq (depending on application) is the very latest addition to the Indie Masters mastering chain. We have been blown away by the power of this 1000kg machine (or that's what it felt like when loading it into the rack..) in it's ability to stunningly clarify your mix and also bring some really solid sounding bass, right where you want it - right down low., fundamentally low. Seriously, things are really starting to come together here. (oh yeh, it's got da Telefunkin EEC82's, too). Visit NSEQ-2 webpag
The above are without a doubt, some of the finest and most famous mastering gear in the world...bought to you by Indie Masters.. no really, it's our pleasure..!
