journal · 22 Mar 2025

Mastering for the stream and the turntable at once

Preparing one master for streaming, vinyl, and the places music travels.

Every destination has its own physics. Streaming has loudness normalisation; vinyl has physics of a very literal kind. One master cannot be all things — but one session can produce all the masters you need.

We cut streaming masters with headroom, vinyl pre-masters with the low end consolidated and sibilance tamed, and alternates for club systems. The record keeps its voice; each format hears it correctly.