SPS Audio Mastering - 2024

 SpS Audio Mastering - Services: 

CD mastering, Vinyl mastering, Cassette mastering, streaming and digital mastering, audio restoration, Apple Digital Masters (iTunes mastering), mixing and remastering. 

What do we do at SPS Audio Mastering?

Processing occurs in the analogue domain, on professional audio industry hardware equipment, with digital outboard processing, and the use of various software plugins for limiting, metering, audio analysis and restoration. UK mastering engineer Simon Scott, from UK band Slowdive, has been in the music industry since the 1980's and has taught music technology and mastering engineer courses to Music Technology undergraduates and college students since 2011. 

What is Mastering? 

The purpose of audio mastering is to balance sonic elements of a stereo mix and optimize playback across all systems and media formats. Audio mastering is implemented in our state of the art studio using tools like equalization, compression, limiting and stereo enhancement. We perceive mastering as a way of framing, finishing and perfecting the hard creative work of songwriters/composers/bands or solo artists for commercial release. 

Does mastering my music make and difference? 

Think of recorded and mixed tracks as 70-80% of the music. The last 20-30%, which is audio mastering, finalises your music to the highest releasable professional music industry quality. Also we offer a fresh set of experienced ears which understand the complex nuances of many different genres of modern music, including electronic, ambient, shoegaze, rock, experimental, jazz, IDM, and metal.

Please email me if you wish to discuss mastering your music, podcasts, mixing or audio projects and requirements:  simon03030@gmail.com

SPS Mastering Rates

Vinyl + CD + Digital Download + Cassette Mastering Rates 2024:

One track, up to five minutes of audio to master, starts at £80.00 (GBP) with no set up fee for digital, CD, or cassette releases. ONE free mastering revision.

Tracks over 5 minutes have a negotiable mastering rate. Please email Simon Scott: simon03030@gmail.com

All prices include master files, optional DDP with embedded metadata (such as ISRC codes, titles, and other desired info) and the delivery of Wave or AIFF files (for vinyl, cassette and digital downloads).

12"/album Vinyl mastering set up cost is an additional £150 per side, 10" vinyl is £90.00 and 7" vinyl single cost is negotiable. 

Mastering client list include:

David Gray

Fennesz  (eMego)

Slowdive - Avalyn Live by Slowdive

Talvin Singh

Alex MacKay (Mogwai)

Seefeel (Warp Records)

Zelienople (Shelter Press)

Strategy

Chris Watson (Touch)

Deary (+ Saint Etienne + White Flowers) - (Sonic Cathedral) 

Bowery Electric 

Whitelands - (Sonic Cathedral) 

Memory Drawings

Arp

Christina Vantzou (Kranky)

Cleared (Touch)

Secret Machines (reissued debut album and 'The Moth, The Lizard, and The Secret Machines')

Jim O'Rourke

The Unthanks

Cosmo Sheldrake

Jules Reidy

Sarah Hennies

Mika Vainio

Mira Calix

CM Von Hausswolff

Nils Frahm

Rich Ruth

Maria Moles

More Ease

Eli Winter

The Corrupting Sea

April Darling

Stephen Vitiello

KMRU 

Bdrmm (Sonic Cathedral)

Glok - Andy Bell (RIDE/Oasis)

Whitelands

Cheerless

A.R Kane

Zelienople

Mildred Maude
Sennen (Sonic Cathedral)

Perila

Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty and violinist Hahn Rowe (Glenn Branca, Swans) 

Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer

Patrick Shiroishi & Daniel Wyche

Ulla

Dummy 

Carlos Niño

Resplandor (Mastered Robin Guthrie mixes) on Automatic Music

Ring Them Bells

Department Of Energy

FENNESZ

Bug Teeth

Lavender Blush

Stargazer Lillies

Dwell

Lemonadaze

Mx Gore

Boxtex Spykidelic  

Füxa 

Amphior

Chuck Johnson

Masayoshi Miyazaki (Flaming Pines)

P.M. Tummala & Mike Weis

Anqi Liu

Valerio Cosi

SUSS 

Celia Hollander

The Asteroid No.4

Under The Sun

Fia Fiell

Tatsuhisa Yamamoto

Ross Gentry

Patrick Shiroishi 

Merlyn Driver 

David Rothenberg

Magnus Josefsson

Rosy Parlane

Pinkcourtesyphone 
Matt Roesner 

Sun Shines Cold

Air Formation

Under the sun

Index

Asteroid No. 4

Ted Reichman (Touch)

Aidan Baker

Soft Set 

Bizou

Bryon Westbrook

Department Of Energy

Kate Carr (Flaming Pines)

Clem Leek and Mark Peters (from The Engineers)

Honey Chainsaw

Fehlt

Daniel Menche (Editions Mego)

Lee Yi (Thesis Project)

K I N B R A E (Thesis Project)
Toothpaste

Brian Wenckebach

Nailah Hunter (Longford Editions) 

Anti-Atlas 

Tiny Leaves

Amphior

Valerie Valmeyden

Orphax (Moving Furniture)

Horizon Bleeds

Small Planets

Yeah Baby!
Iceman Junglist Kru

Robin Saville and Antony Ryan (Isan)

INTRCPTR (members of Pelican/5ive)

Resplandor (with Robin Guthrie from Cocteau Twins)

Yifeat Ziv (Flaming Pines)

Last Tourist

Byron Westbrook 

The Eternal Chord - The Spire Ensemble: live at the Union Chapel, London:

with Fennesz, Philip Jeck, Claire M Singer, John Beaumont, Simon Scott and Charles Matthews: https://theeternalchord.bandcamp.com/track/peace-in-d-minor 

Strategy

Mx Gore

Bana Haffar (Touch)

Zachary Paul (Touch)

Jim O'Rourke

S.I.A/Shoeb Ahmad (Flaming Pines) 

Kate Carr + KMRU + Simon Scott (Coventry Biennial 2021- vinyl LP)

R Beny (Thesis)

Twilight Rays

The Pathfinders

Violet Oscillation

Chris Duncan
David Luciani (The Tapeworm)

Giuseppe Cordaro (Kesh)

Isnaj Dui

The Humble Bee (Craig Tattersall), 

Middex

Saturnshine 

Indoor voices 

Hamed Mafakheri

Wozniak

David De La Haye

Drifting Into Autumn, 

Dummy (Sonic cathedral) 

Submotile

Lee Yi

Clem Leek

Sloom, 

Dwell,

Mainlight, 

Index, 

Middex, 

The Lost Boy, CUTS, Aire Espacial, Cor De Lux, and many more......

2022 has seen many new clients turn to SpS Mastering for audio mastering or restoration work. Returning customers, including several record labels and musician friends of SPS, are also much appreciated in having faith in the hybrid analog/digital mastering system used at the studio here in Cambridge!