Recording, Mixing & Mastering
Everything you need to take a song from the first take to a polished, release-ready master.
Recording & Tracking Sessions
Our hourly studio sessions include a skilled engineer to handle recording, editing, and a high-quality rough mix within your scheduled time. The engineers at Solar Sound are fast and experienced, often making your rough mix sound nearly finished if time allows.
Note that full mixing and mastering are separate services from recording. For a complete, professional mix, book a dedicated mix session. If you'd like to focus more on mixing during your recording time, consider booking a longer session.
Mixing
High-quality mixing is essential to crafting a great record, making sure each element shines in its proper place. We provide professional mixing on a per-song basis, typically completed within 2–5 days depending on our current workload.
Mix sessions are usually unattended, but we can accommodate attended sessions on request. We welcome projects recorded elsewhere — just send the Pro Tools session or exported stems from your preferred DAW.
Mastering
Mastering is the final step to a polished, radio-ready track once your project has been recorded and mixed. We master in Pro Tools HD for optimal quality.
Please provide a 24-bit, uncompressed 2-track file with no plug-ins (such as compressors or limiters) on the master fader. Mastering is done per song as an unattended session, with a typical turnaround of 1–3 days.
Pro Tools Ultimate & Pro Gear
We run Pro Tools Ultimate with an array of outboard gear and plug-ins.
- Pro Tools UltimateDAW
- Mac 3.2 GHz Intel Core i764GB memory
- Digidesign C24 ConsoleControl surface
- Universal Audio Apollo X8Thunderbolt 3 A/D D/A converter
- Neumann TLM 103Microphone
- Avalon 737Mic pre / compressor
- Mackie HR824 MkIIStudio monitors
- (2) Mackie SRM18501600W 18" powered subwoofers
- Mackie SRM65015" 1600W active PA loudspeakers
- Waves Plug-In CollectionIncluding Vocaline
- Auto-Tune Pro & Auto-Tune ArtistAntares
- SSL, FabFilter, UAD, Native InstrumentsAnd more plug-ins
Let's Make Your Next Record
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