What is the best way to prepare a project for mastering?
Our preferred file formats are .aif, .wav or .sd2 stereo. These can be sent to us on CD-R or DVD-R. If your program is in another format, we can arrange to have it transferred at an additional cost. Set the burn speed on your disk recorder to the slowest speed available and use high quality blank disks. We’ve had good success with disks from Taiyo Yuden and Sony. Leave the disk free of any sort of paper or plastic labels. Please submit digital files in their original wordlength and sample rate. We can perform any conversion that might be necessary for processing and/or the final master. For best results, we suggest recording and mixing at a wordlength of 24 bits and a sample rate of 96kHz. Try to aim for peak levels of -6dbFS but don’t worry if the peaks are lower. -20 is not a problem with a 24 bit file, while -3 might not leave enough headroom. It is always a good idea to leave this kind of headroom for the mastering engineer to work with. Also, most digtal converters perform their b
