Mastering Audio Studio

Abet Disc studio is LA's premiere mastering studio. Offering CD mastering, 5.1 mastering, DVD authoring and audio restoration in LA. Using dedicated outboard mastering equipment and precision monitoring and 20 years of experience, we have what it takes to make your music stand above the rest.

Endless outboard gears. Indie labels are our specialty. We've beaten some of the most expensive mastering studios in the world. With numerous Gold, platinum and Grammy awards to our credit. We also offer 5.1 surround sound mastering, DVD authoring, independent film mastering, Single mastering, Basically we master and have one awards from hip hop, Jazz, Reggea, Rock, Punk, Metal, Country, World music, Dance, Techno, Audio Restoration. We have all formats including CD, DVD, minidisc, miniDV, VHS and SVHS. If CD mastering is your final goal, then look no further. High resolution outboard mastering gear, full range monitors, and an engineer with over 20 years in the music industry, you are in good hands. If you need a package deal for CD replication or DVD replication check our unbeatable prices. CD mastering, Audio mastering, What ever you want, we can provide. You can get that major label sound for a lot less than you think. Make your music stand above the rest. Let Abet Disc Mastering Studios master your next project.

Abet Disc Mastering Samples

"When I contacted DiscMakers to duplicate and master my forthcoming release, Mercy To Be Found (Bella Vista Records), I was hoping for the mastering to make a significant difference in the overall sound and balance of the record. While they were able to bring the volume levels in to balance from track to track, the attention to sonic detail was not all there. With the advance single, Cadmium Angels, approaching AAA radio release, I felt that the track needed more definition and more clarity. When I contacted Tony at Abet Disc, Tony provided a risk-free sample of their mastering techniques on the track. The difference was huge! In addition to a warmer low end, the mid range was not as muddied and the high end was more airy and clean which allowed the vocals to find their proper place in the mix. Hats off to Abet Disc and their attention to detail. Thanks Tony!" --Tom Langford, singer/songwrite (You can hear Tom's mastering before-and-after sample in the above player)

CD Mastering is it necessary?

In the recording and mixing phases of an album project, the artist, the producer and the engineers record one song at a time, and all the focus is to record and mix each song as best as possible. The result, however, is generally a collection of songs that all peak at different levels and may have different EQs.

In the mastering phase, a professional mastering engineer unifies the album CD by using EQ phasers, Limiters and other dynamics processing to give it a consistent sound from track to track.

In addition, mastering can raise your album's overall level through the careful use of tools like Compressors, Maximizers and Limiters with higher sampling rate not necessarily in that order.
The mastering engineer also ensures that your music will sound great - whether it's being played through a car stereo, a portable CD player, MP3 or a top-of-the-line stereo system.

A fresh pair of ears can be the difference between a good-sounding album CD and a great one.

What is audio mastering?

Audio Mastering is the final critical creative step in the process of making a master audio recording ready for Radio, TV, Movie and Multimedia. At this point all the final sound adjustments, stereo imaging improvements and sonic enhancements are applied to shape the final sound in to a coherent and sophisticated work of art.

One of the important advantages of Mastering is that an unbiased professional mastering engineer has the opportunity to evaluate a bounce mix and determine how to get the most out of the project. After months or even years in a recording studio listening to the same tracks over and over again, a fresh pair of ears can put the project into perspective.

Why do I need professional mastering?

In competitive music business market today with continuous demand of higher quality and the ongoing evolution of digital technology, make mastering an indispensable step in any Music, Movie and Multimedia project. Our years of experience and unique techniques are counted on by our clients to gain the necessary competitive edge for the successes of their CD, DVD, Multimedia, TV and Radio releases.

"My american debut album FULL MOONS OVER PANDEMONIA is a double CD. I came to ABET disc looking for replication (and, hoping for, mastering assistance). I had already checked just about everybody else out. No one could accomodate my idea of a short-run double album. Mastering fees ran from the outrageous to the ridiculous. I was delighted to find that ABET was the affordable One-Stop-Shop I didn't believe existed! Brilliantly assisted by ABET's Tony, I ended up with a miraculously mastered, stunningly packaged album at an absolute bargain price. Tony - big, phat THNX!! YOU DE MAN!!!" - Lars Frykholm

Do demos need mastering?

Demo mastering is a standard practice in today’s highly competitive music market. A&R departments at indie and major record labels are flooded everyday with new demos from aspiring artists. In most cases, your music production and sound quality is closely scrutinized to weed out weak product. Mastering of demos is an indispensable step to give an artist an extra edge over the competition.

Do commercials/jingles need mastering?

Commercials are mastered to increase legibility of speech and narration with extended frequency response, maximized loudness and balanced dynamics.  Clients that master their commercials are experiencing increasing effectiveness of their efforts.  Properly mastered radio and TV commercials stand out from the rest of the program and immediately grab and hold the customer's attentions by facilitating legibility, loudness and powerful emotional impact even if the customer have turned his/her attention away from the radio or TV during the commercial break, while those who don't are continuously losing their impact on the market place and releasing the market share to their competitors.

The workflow of making a CD

Making a CD generally involves four steps:

Recording.
This is the process of capturing your performance onto a physical medium like multitrack analog real tape or a Digital computer's hard disk.

Mixing.
This is the process of blending together multiple recorded tracks using a hardware mixing consol or a recording softwear; the usual result is a two-channel, 44.1 kHz 24-bit stereo mix.

Mastering.
In this phase, your recording is optimized, balanced, equalized, and enhanced so your finished product will more competitive in the marketplace.

Replication.
In this final step, your digital audio CD master is transferred to a glass master and thousands of copies are replicated. If you're not mastering your recording, you are leaving out a crucial step in the making of your CD. Mastering your CD makes your recording the most commercially competitive it can be, and bridging the technological gap between the recording studio and the listener's stereo system. Mastering can make a huge difference in the competitiveness and musical value of your project.

Why use Abet Disc Mastering?

Quality.
Abet Disc offers world-class CD Mastering that makes your music ready for commercial release. Our industry-leading mastering studio offers some of the most advanced audio mastering techniques and geares only available to professional industry.

Care.
Your job will receive the individual care and attention it deserves. At Abet Disc we are committed to quality and customer satisfaction, and our work is not complete until you are 100% satisfied.

Rates.
Our rates are targeted and set for our customers - independent artists. Abet Disc gives you access to the same industry-leading mastering engineers and equipment at a fraction of the price of the world's other top CD mastering houses.

Free sample!
We're so confident that mastering can make a huge difference in your recordings, that we are offering a FREE one track mastering sample - upon request - when you place a new CD replication order. As part of our mission to make your CD project a success. Find out exactly what Abet Disc mastering can do for your music by sending us a song along with a return SASE. Abet Disc will master one song absolutely free.

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