I am the only person who will work on your music. I do every master and I take it very personally. I will master your music to industry standard specs.  I am so confident that you will be blown away by my mastering I offer you unlimited revisions if you need them. The fact is revisions are so rare because my clients love my work. Simple. 

I do not offer money back guarantees.  I have found in the past that generally those who request their money back are trying to deceive, and go onto release the mastered songs they’ve received from me regardless. 

You can do anything! You create music: that’s something most people only dream about. The fact is even the world’s best mixers and producers use professional mastering engineers because they don’t trust themselves to master their own or their client’s music.

The objective listening that I do as your mastering engineer has taken literally decades to acquire. I’ve trained with Grammy winning mastering engineers plus the tens of thousands of dollars in equipment and the purpose built mastering studio all add up to the industry standard mastering that I will do for you.

This is available to first time clients only (T&Cs apply). Simply get in touch via email (not the booking form) and send me your finished mix, and I will master the song and send you back a 30 second sample. If you like what you hear, simply book the job through the normal process on the website and I will send you the complete mastered version, and this also includes all the features and benefits that every mastering job gets at no extra cost.

Depending on existing bookings, generally turn around is 1-3 days for stereo masters, but always within 7 business days. For stem mastering the process is more involved, so usually 2-5 days, and always within 10 business days, If you need it sooner, please just let me know in the booking form.

Once I’ve received your booking confirmation and files, I will let you know via email. I’m now your mastering engineer and you can contact me with any further questions directly, I’m here with you for the entire process.

The next step is I have a listen. If everything is good to proceed, I schedule the booking and studio time. If there is an issue with the files, or I need to give you some pre-master feedback, I will be in contact with you very soon.  My aim is to get the ball rolling for you as quickly as possible so you get your great masters back pronto!

Easy – just get in touch, and I’ll sort it out for you quickly.

Digital playback and capture is with Pro Tools Ultimate software. To break out of the digital domain I use a Crane Song HEDD192 analog/digital convertor – this is a dedicated purpose built mastering piece of equipment and is sort after and used by the best mastering studios the world over. Crane Song is synonymous with the highest audio & mastering quality. Once I’m analog it stays analog heaven the whole way, with my amazing collection of the best mastering equalisers and compressors available, until we go back to digital for the final file via the Crane Song HEDD192. If you want to see the gear, please go check out The Studio for a detailed list.

When you make the booking, I will confirm with you the studio time and I always stick to my booking schedule.  Once I’m done I will send you through a link to download your masters. If you need an update at any time, just send me an email to info@nathanjohnsonmastering.com

If you need a radio edit, or instrumental version, or the remix dubstep version etc, I will do each extra version for 50% of the normal mastering price per song.

Stereo mastering is one single stereo file per song.

Stem mastering is separate files (stems) when combined playback the mix of your song just like a stereo file. It’s a great way to give me a little more flexibility when mastering your song.  Sometimes your mix is great but you just can’t quite get it to gel and stem mastering is a very versatile option to help give your song the last push for sonic equilibrium.

For example, most stems are 3 to 5 stereo files, all the exact same length, all relative to your mix, but split out in to specific groups of instrumentation. This is generally:

1. Rhythm instruments like drums, percussion etc
2. Bass instruments like the bass guitar
3. Guitars
4. Keyboards, synths, other melodic components
5. Vocals & effects

If you need any help with preparing your stems please ask. I’m here to help the whole way.

If for any reason you are not 100% blown away by the masters I do, please tell me why and I will rectify that for you quickly. Revisions are very rare, but I will always offer this as my guarantee to you. The revisions only apply to the original mix you’ve sent through.  If after mastering, you find that “wow I wish I mixed the vocals way louder” then I will offer you a 50% discount on your new mix.

Mastering should not happen until you have locked off every aspect of your production. Once a mix has been approved by you or your client, and you send it through to mastering, you must be 100% finished.  However – we are human beings after all…if you find for example the guitar solo performance is just not cutting it, even after you’ve mastered, then fix it in the mix and send through to me for mastering again, and I will do it for you at a 50% discount.

When you complete the booking online, you will be directed to the checkout. I accept all major credit cards via Stripe e-commerce or PayPal. Both are used by millions of businesses around the world. It’s the safest way to pay online.

More secure than Fort Knox. Your personal details and music are your intellectual property and thus are respected and treated like gold by me. My systems for backing up and data storage are all offline and not accessible remotely or via the internet. Your payment details are not held by me, and all credit card information is processed securely by Stripe and/or PayPal.