STUDIO
In addition to an acoustically optimized room and trained ears, the sound monitor speaker builds the heart of every mastering studio.
Dance Mastering relies on the current Trio 11 reference class from Focal Audio alongside with 2 Focal Subwoofers.
Auratone Super Sound Cubes are used as near-field loudspeakers while Audeze MM-500 headphones are available for the finest details.
The room correction was measured by Markus Bertram (MB Acoustics) using Dirac Room Correction.
For the actual mastering process we work HYBRID (analog & digital) to combine the best of both worlds.
On the analog side, mastering processors from Bettermaker, Maslec, Solid Stage Logic /SSL, Thermionic Culture, Rupert Neve, SPL, Maag Audio, WES Audio, Universal Audio and Handcrafted Labs (HCL) with digital converters (AD/DA) from Dangerous Music, RME & Apogee are used.
On the digital domain we use tools from Acustica Audio, Antares, Ben Schulz, Black Box Analog, Black Salt, Brainworx. Dangerous Music, Dear Reality, Eventide, Denise Audio, Elysia, Empirical Labs, FabFilter, Fabrice Gabriel, Flux, Focusrite, Izotope, Kazrog, Kush Audio, Leapwing, Lindell Audio, Maag, Manley, Mastering The Mix, Meter Plugs, Milennia, Newfangled Audio, Neve, Oek Sound, Pro Audio DSP, Process Audio, PSP, Pulsar, Pultec, Shadow Hills, Slate Digital, Softube, Solid State Logic (SSL), Sonnox, SPL, Sound Radix, Soundtheory, TC Electronic, UAD, Valhalla, Vertigo, Waves and Weiss, besides others.
Since every mastering has different requirements, 10 different brickwall limiters, countless compressors, EQs, or various saturation tools and analog tape simulations belong to the arsenal of dance mastering.
For a transparent depth graduation & stereo width, we rely on the so-called MS technology.
studio Specs
STUDIO HARDWARE (excerpt):
Apple MBP M1 Ultra 10Core
Apogee AD/DA Converter
Audeze MM-500
Auratone Sound Cubes
Bettermaker Darth-Limiter
Bettermaker SPE
Black Box Analog HG-2
Brauner VM1 Microphone
Beyer Dynamics DT770Pro, DT 880Pro, DT 1990 Pro
Dangerous Audio AD+
Flock Audio Patch
Focal Trio 11
2x Focal Subwoofer
HCL Thermos Mastering EQ
Heritage Audio System 5000
Maag Audio EQ4m
Maselec MLA 4
Mogami Cables
Moog Sub Sequent 37
Neumann U87 Microphone
RME DA
Rupert Neve MBT
2x Rupert Neve Portico 5042
Rupert Neve 511
Sennheiser HD650
Solid State Logic Fusion
SPL Big /Air Bass
TC Electronic Clarity M
Tegeler Vocal Leveler
Thermionic Culture Phoenix
Trinnov Room Correction
UAD Apollo x6
Universal Audio LA-610 MKII
VURM Analyzer
WES Audio Hyperion
WES Audio NG-Bus- Compressor
WES Audio Rhea
WES Audio Titan
SOFTWARE (excerpt):
Logic Pro X
Ableton Live
Presonus Studio One
FL Studio
Reaper
Acustica Audio Div.
Airwindows Texture MS
Amek EQ 200, EQ 250
Antares Autotune Pro
Arturia V Bundle
Arturia FX Bundle 3
Baby Audio Chrystaline, Comeback Kid, Parallel Aggressor, Smooth Operator, Taip
Ben Schulz Analyzer & Oscillos Megascope
Bettermaker EQP
Black Box Analog Design- HG2 MS
Black Salt Audio Low- Control, Oxygen, Clipper
BX SPL Masterdesk
BX Console Focusrite
BX Console SSL 4000 E & G
Cableguys Shaper Bundle3
Celemony Melodyne
Cradle Gods Particle
D16 div.
Dangerous Music BAX EQ
Dear Reality dear VR Pro
Denise Audio Div.
Devious Machines Boost, Infiltrator 2
Eiosis Air EQ Premium & DeEsser
DSP Quattro
Elysia Alpha Comp, f,e.
Empirical Labs Lil FrEQ
Empirical Labs Mike-E Comp
Eventide Black Hole, Crystals, Quadravox, Shimmer Verb, Split EQ, Tricera Chorus, Ultra Reverb, Ultra Tap
Exponential Audio Reverbs
Farbfilter Pro ALL
IK Multimedia Diverse
Izotope Insight 2
Izotope Nectar 3
Izotope Neutron 3
Izotope Ozone 10
Izotope RX 10
Kazrog KClip3 True Iron, Synth Warmer
Kush Audio Bundle
Leapwing Audio ALL
MAAT LinPro Dither
Mastering The Mix All
Meter Plugs Loudness- Penalty, Perception AB
Native Instruments- Komplete Ultimate
Newfangled Elevate- Mastering Bundle
Oek Sound Soothe 2 & Spiff
Output All Plugins & Expansions
Polyverse ALL
Pulsar MU, 1178, Massive, MU, Smasher
Proceed Audio Decibel
PSP Oldtimer u.A.
reFX Nexus 2
RJ Studio Sideminder
Shadowhills Mastering-Compressor
Sigum Bute Loudness N.
Sir Audio Standard Clip
Slate Digital div.
Softube Harmonics Analog- Saturation
Softube Tape
Sonarworks Sound ID Ref.
Sonible Smart EQ 2, Smart Comp, Smart Limiter,
True Level, True Balance
Sonnox Claro
Sonnox Codec Toolbox
Sonnox Envolution
Sonnox Inflator
Sonnox Oxford Dynamics
Sonnox Oxford EQ
Sonnox Oxford Limiter
Sonnox Oxford Supressor
Sonnox Transmode
Sonnox Vox Doubler
Sound Radix Pi
Soundtherory Gulfoss
Soundtoys 5 Bundle
SPL Hawk Eye
SPL Iron
SPL Passeq
SSL Bus Compressor 2
SSL Channel Strip 2
SSL Flex Verb
SSL Fusion ALL
SSL Vocal Strip 2
SSL X-Comp
SSL X-Delay
SSL X-Echo
SSL X-Saturator
Summit Audio EQF 100
Synchro Arts VocAlign Ultra
TLA100A & Grand Channel
TC Electronic MD4
TC Electronic Master X HD
TC Electronic Clarity M
Tokyo Dawn Labs div.
Tone Empire Fire Child
Tone Projects Basslane
Tone Projects Kelvin
Tone Projects Unisum
UAD Ampex ATR102
UAD Empirical Labs Fatso
UAD Fairchild 670
UAD Manley Massive- Passive
UAD Neve 1081 & 88RS
UAD Pultec Bundle
UAD Studer A800
UAD Teletronix LA-2A
UAD UA1176
United PI Royal Compressor
Vertigo VSM3
Vertigo VSM4
Vertigo VSC2
Voxengo div.
Waves Platinum Bundle
Waves Abbey Road- Mastering Console
Waves Abbey Road Vinyl
Waves API 2500
Waves CLA Bundle
Waves GW Bundle
Waves Eddie Kramer PIE & Kramer Tape
Waves Ovox
Waves Puig Child Bundle
Waves SSL G Channel & Compressor
WavesFactory Track Spacer, Cassette, Echo Cat
WEISS Comp /Limiter
WEISS DeEss
WEISS DS1 MIK3
WEISS MM1 Mastering Max
Xferrecords Serum & OTT
ZPlane deCoda, Elastique- Pitch
Zynaptiq Adaptiverb, Unfilter