AUDIO RECORDING MIXING & MASTERING FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

FAQ

Audio Recording - How much does a recording session cost per song?

At Starsound Studios, Studio A is $500.00 a song. The Dolby Atmos Immersive Audio mixing studio is $600 per song.

Audio Mastering - What is LUFS and Why Does It Matter?

LUFS means Loudness Unit Full Scale. It is the measurement of compression and volume over the song's length. Social media platforms like Spotify, Tidal, YouTube, iTunes, and SoundCloud have their standards. It matters because the social media platform will alter your song's sound if it does not comply. So why pay a studio that does not achieve that standard? You stop going to that particular studio because the platform changes how the music sounds after the upload—the phenomenon of the song playing well at home and badly when listening to it streaming. We hear that story all the time. That is why we do the exact opposite. We meet the exacting LUFS standards of ALL platforms. Or, we can ensure that the True Peak has enough play to withstand the platform raising or lowering its sound.

Audio Mastering - Do you make more than 1 master for your clients so that it meets social media LUFS standards?

No. We use Process Audio's Meter Decibel to comply with the strict LUFS social media platform standards. We make a master that has enough buffer to withstand raising or lowering by a platform. At Starsound Studios, the standard is -14 LUFS and -4dB True Peak. These settings sound the same in the studio as it does when streaming.

Audio Mixing - Do you mix any genre of music? How about Dolby Atmos Mixing?

Yes, we do. Using references helps, so bring them. We also use Izotope's Tonal Balance Control to ensure we have complied with specific genres' EQ. Izotope has analyzed hundreds of genre-specific songs, developed how they sound sonically, and made an EQ tunnel to use as a guide, so we always check against that. We also have Ohio’s first and only Dolby Atmos Mixing Studio. Get your mix in Dolby today.