I have been mastering for many years at East London Cassettes and Ideal Mastering (both in the Farringdon and later the Holloway Road studios in London). During this time I was involved with a great many recordings; some clients include:

  • T-Rex (digital re-mastering)
  • BBC Radio1 (digital archiving; John Peel, Janice Long, Bob Harris, & Andy Kershaw sessions)
  • Tim Smith (of The Cardiacs)
  • Ten Pole Tudor
  • Brian Eno
  • Acker Bilk
  • Jet Harris (of The Shadows)
  • Lee Hart (of Bad Company, Foreigner, Fastway)
  • DJ Scissorkicks (formerly of Collasped Lung)
  • Seafood
  • Billy Mahonie
  • Org Records
  • Household Name Records
  • Fortress & Greenhouse Studios
  • The Beta Band [Parlophone Records]
  • The Tommy Chase Band [Mushroom Records]

I use a PC-based system using Steinberg's highly-regarded WaveLab software, along with a number of plug-ins for EQ, Limiting, Compression and Reverb. Along with a bunch of outboard gear, when required. I, also, use Creamware's TripleDAT system - which is an older radio broadcast system - but produces great results.

    Sources:
  • DAT
  • 1/4" reel
  • vinyl
  • minidisc
  • cassette
  • CD
    Processes:
  • PQ and ISRC coding
  • Limiting
  • EQ'ing
  • Multi-band compression
  • De-noising
  • De-clicking
  • Time Stretching
  • Non-linear digital editing
  • Track sequencing

Mastering is charged at -
£24 per hour
- to book please call 01227 831 113.