Disc Makers Mastering Service...

[Drummerbones]

Anybody familiar with the quality of mastering they do? We all know they hold their own with duplicating, but they have a deal going on right now where if you dupe with them, they'll supposedly have a "pro engineer" master it for less than $400. Sounds too good to be true...(if the work is any good). Anybody ever used their mastering service/heard anything mastered by them/heard good or bad "word of mouth"? Anything at all would be more than I know now. Thanks.

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Last I heard, they were a broker, so they don't necessarily use the same facilities all the time... (this isn't necessarily good or bad, just something to note!)

 

[Drummerbones]

Okay Bear, but in your years of experience, have you heard anything good or bad about their mastering? And yes, I realized that multiple facilities means multiple engineers & varying levels of taste and quality. Perhaps since that is how they operate, it is too broad of a question to be answered. What does Blue Bear Sound charge? I didn't seen anything regarding mastering on your site.

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

My place is a recording studio, not a mastering facility... I can do lite clean-up, sequencing,etc... but I don't have a the signal chain or environment needed for the proper analysis that the mastering process entails.

And the most common thing I hear about DiscMakers is that they are pricey compared to others.... I haven't heard many negatives about the actual results though - only about price!

 

[Drummerbones]

Perhaps a public forum isn't the best place to ask this, but who would you recommend? When a client of yours needs a project mastered, what do YOU do?

 

[sjoko2]

As I just wrote in another thread as well:
Stay away from any copying facility offering mastering services, I do not know of one single one who does a good job, they normally just "normalise" the material through a computer program, that's all.

 

[Aaron Cheney]

Shopping around is really necessary, because your results are totally dependant on the skill level of the guy doing the work. I have been looking for someone to master my new CD for a long time. I sent .wav's to several studios that offered a "free" or "low cost" samples of their work. I sent the exact same .wav file to all of them, and the results varied widely. I was actually a little surprised.
After all that, I ended booking time with a mastering studio that happens to be about 2 miles from my house. My appointment is next week, July 5, and I can't wait!

Aaron
http://www.voodoovibe.com

 

[pkmusic]

I believe DiscMakers give you your money back if you are not satisfied with the results. You may want to check that out.

 

[bdbdbucksKID]

Shopping around is really necessary, because your results are totally dependant on the skill level of the guy doing the work. I have been looking for someone to master my new CD for a long time. I sent .wav's to several studios that offered a "free" or "low cost" samples of their work. I sent the exact same .wav file to all of them, and the results varied widely. I was actually a little surprised.
After all that, I ended booking time with a mastering studio that happens to be about 2 miles from my house. My appointment is next week, July 5, and I can't wait!

Aaron
http://www.voodoovibe.com

Thanks Aaron, you gave me some pretty good advice...I actually considered DiscMakers for my final mastering. But, now, I am going to do what you did!!! Great idea!