It has been suggested to me that I am in need of some mastering for my latest project. I am also poor, so price would be a factor, anyone know of a place where quality and low price intersect? Or perhaps of a program that would allow me to work on it myself? Any info would be appreciated, thanks.

how much are you looking to spend per hour?

I have no idea, the guys from the network did it buy the length of the audio, I think it was like $100 for ten minutes or something like that, does that sound reasonable?

i dont know, but the guy that did our full length (nick zampiello @ new alliance east) was really good. he mastered cds from the red chord, on broken wings, isis and more. he charges 50 bucks per hour, and our cd was $300 (the cd was 50 minutes in length). so roughly our mastering was $55 per 10 minutes. so i wouldnt call his rates that reasonable.

that sounds pretty good. I think I am looking at about 25 minutes. Do you guys have any mp3s up anywhere from that session, not that they will sound as good but to give me an idea anyway?

New Alliance is definitely a good studio and Nick knows what he's doing.

You could go upstairs to Ken at Wonderdrug for $35 an hour though, and myself and Strep Cunt of the infamous CRYOSTASIUM were extremely pleased with the job he did on the upcoming CRYOSTASIUM CD. I think it's just shy of 27 min and it was 2 hours of mastering work.

basically if you ask anyone around Eastern MA (including myself) who they would choose or mastering, they'll say Nick Z: Good rates, good output, good personality.

done deal.

hanlon666 said:

we do have mp3s, but they dont show nicks true potential (our recording was crappy, the mastering really helped it). if youve heard the red chord's 'fused together in revolving doors' then youve got an idea of his potential.

thanks all, I have heard the red chord CD, but ti was quite a long time ago. I'll check it out again.

handinjury@aol.com - Brian, he does mastering.

hanlon666 said:

Cause it's total poo?

the recording quality certainly isnt.

I wouldn't go that far, although it is not my thing.

nick zampliello

dizzyland is about 30 an hour and the place kicks ass!

yeah i agree Nick Z at New Alliance is the way to go... he did our full length cd which sounds bad ass!