Audio Recording Mixing & Mastering Cleveland Ohio

Audio Recording Cleveland Ohio

The gear we have is first class. Technical expertise is among the highest of levels. Great equipment and professional knowledge are the ingredients to a fantastic recording. The ears and vision of the engineer are necessary components as well. The ability to see the song's final result is the mark of a true professional.

The engineer must hear what an instrument sounds like in a room. He must then translate it to the recording medium. In other words, he must alter an instrument's sound through microphones and recording gear to a computer. This step is the most vital. The trick is to capture the source correctly. Let us show you the correct way to record your music.

We understand those complicated steps and make every effort to get a recording right. There is no such thing as fixing it in the mix. An engineer must accurately capture the instrument sound, and the audio tracks will blend better because of that precision. Our philosophy is simple. Record correctly to mix less.

On a tight budget? We have two studios with hourly rates for almost any budget to afford. But, for the amount of equipment and experience - you just can't beat our recording studios.

Audio Mixing Cleveland Ohio

Mixing audio is an art form, and it makes or breaks a track. There is no new song hit without a great mix. Here is how mixing worked in the past. It takes all the instrument sounds and effects of a recording and combines them live at once. It was before multi-track came along. During a live performance, multiple audio signals mixing made the record. Repeating the song needs to be done until there are no mistakes for this reason. An artist has to repeat the take if an error occurs.

There are three distinct parts: the discipline has changed dramatically from the early years. The act of recording is the first step. Overdubbing is next in the process. Mixing is the final step. The invention of the multi-track has caused this change. Starsound Studios has superior mixing capabilities through our digital/analog hybrid system, and we bring that warm analog sound into the modern digital age as a result. There are two ways to achieve a warm analog sound. Applying it on an individual track is the first. It can be used globally on the stereo mix of all the tracks as the second example.

Audio Mastering Cleveland Ohio

Our mastering process is comprehensive. First, we start with the usual plugins on the master AUX channel. Then, we bounce the master AUX track to a second AUX track with three plugins to reach exacting LUFS and genre-specific tonal balance. Of course, those three plugins are in a specific order for a particular reason. Ozone 9Advanced EQ is first. Ozone Tonal Balance is second. The third and most important is Process Audio's Decibel. The Ozone products speak to each other.

That inter-plugin communication lets us use Ozone's research into hundreds of thousands of songs within Tonal Balance to see if we have reached the same EQ balance as their research. Usually, we are close if not achieving their exact target. Ozone's Tonal Balance speaks to Ozone 9's EQ if we do not hit the precise target, and we can correct that without leaving Tonal Balance. The last plugin in the chain is Process Audio's Decibel. Decibel is a powerful audio LUFS meter that lets us achieve exacting social media standards.

Using these three plugins allows for strict LUFS mastering standards and genre-specific EQ. The final step is to bounce the meter AUX track to an audio track to record every LUFS goal to stereo audio .WAV masters. You receive one for every social media standard. There are three targets, and they are -11 LUFS, -14 LUFS, and -16 LUFS. Next, we make MP-3's from the .WAV LUFS standard masters.

Then, we make the MP-3's masters in the standalone Ozone 9 Advanced. Ozone 9 Advanced sounds are better to our ears than simply bouncing out of ProTools. We like the metadata creation within Ozone 9 as well. The process is long and tedious but well worth the time spent.