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):

Adam S3H (2nd Room)

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

Custom Audio Germany- High Precision EQ

Dangerous Audio AD+

Flock Audio Patch

Focal Trio 11

2x Focal Subwoofer

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

Shure SM7B Microphone

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

BBE Sonic Sweet

Ben Schulz Analyzer & Oscillos Megascope

Bettermaker EQP

Black Box Analog Design- HG2 MS

Black Salt Audio Low- Control, Oxygen, Clipper, Reviver, Telofi-X

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, Duck

DMG Audio Limitless

DSoniq Real Phones 

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 4

Izotope Ozone 11

Izotope RX 10 

Karzrog K-Clip3, True Iron

Kiive Audio Distinct Pro

Kush Audio Bundle

Leapwing Audio ALL

MAAT LinPro Dither, 2BC

Mastering The Mix All

McDSP Analog Chanel

Meter Plugs Loudness- Penalty, Perception AB

Native Instruments- Komplete Collecters Ed.

Newfangled Elevate- Mastering Bundle

Oek Sound Soothe 2 & Spiff

Output All Plugins & Expansions

Plugin Boutique Scaler EQ

Polyverse ALL

Process Audio, Decibel, Sugar, Spicerack

Pulsar MU, 1178, Massive, 8200, MU, Smasher

PSP Oldtimer u.A.

reFX Nexus 2

RJ Studio Sideminder

Relab Maselec MEA2 EQ

Shadowhills Mastering-Compressor

Sigum Bute Loudness N. 

Sir Audio Standard Clip

Slate Digital div.

Softube Harmonics Analog- Saturation, 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

Spectrasonics Ominsphere

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

Supertone Clear

Synchro Arts VocAlign Ultra

The Him DSP Sub Ninja

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

Tone Projects Michel Angelo

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, Specter

WEISS Comp /Limiter

WEISS DeEss

WEISS DS1 MIK3

WEISS MM1 Mastering Max

Xferrecords Serum & OTT

ZPlane deCoda, Elastique- Pitch

Zynaptiq Adaptiverb, Unfilter, Unchirp