Mastering: Streaming

(Digital Streaming Mastering – $25 per song)

Description:
Mastering: Streaming is a precision mastering service for artists who value dynamic, well-balanced playback across every platform.
Each project is treated with care — from tone shaping to loudness calibration — to ensure your music translates clearly on all major streaming services and playback systems.

This isn’t a one-size-fits-all chain. Every master is approached with the same discipline used in vinyl cutting: clean signal path, calibrated monitoring, and musical decision-making that serves the mix.

Gold-Standard Streaming Format

All streaming masters are delivered in 24-bit lossless WAV at your project’s native sample rate, built around the modern reference of –14 LUFS integrated loudness used by Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and Tidal.
This ensures full compatibility across platforms while maintaining natural dynamics and tone.

Unlike CD-era masters slammed to –6 LUFS and hotter, this approach preserves musical headroom and clarity.
Most streaming masters land between –10 and –16 LUFS, depending on the mix and desired impact.
This slightly wider range helps your song maintain consistent perceived loudness across different platforms — even as each applies its own normalization — while preserving depth, punch, and transient integrity.
In some cases, a slightly higher LUFS target is chosen to keep a single consistent across multiple services with varying loudness standards.

Three Tonal Masters — One Price

Every song receives three unique tonal interpretations of the final master:

1. Warm / Analog-Inspired — relaxed highs, rich midrange, extended low end

2. Neutral / Reference — balanced, natural tone suitable for any genre

3. Modern / Polished — tight low end, open top, and forward presence

You choose the version that best fits your release — or use all three across different platforms and contexts.
Each version is a finished master, ready to release as-is.

File Upload Instructions

Please upload your stereo WAV or AIFF file (24-bit preferred) using the uploader on this page — files up to 200 MB are supported.
If your files exceed that limit, please send them via WeTransfer to contact@greatlakerecords.com after checkout.

What You Get

• 3× full-resolution tonal masters (Warm / Neutral / Modern)

• 24-bit WAV files at your project’s native sample rate

My Tonal Approach

Masters are shaped using analog-inspired EQ curves developed from years of vinyl mastering work.
This includes Sphinx-style tonal balances — extended low end, open midrange, and smooth, natural highs.
The result is clarity without compression fatigue, depth without mud, and musicality that translates across all platforms.

Workflow

Upload your audio (≤ 200 MB) or send via WeTransfer for larger files.
Default loudness target: –14 LUFS integrated.
Custom targets available upon request.

Submit your PQ sheet (track order, metadata, and output structure).
If you don’t have one, I can help you create it before mastering begins.

This service delivers a final, professional master — no revisions are offered.
Each version is an intentional, finished interpretation designed to stand on its own.

Add-Ons

• Instrumental / Clean / TV versions — $12 each

• Vinyl Mastering (Disc Mastering) — available only with physical records

• CD / DDP Pre-Master — sold separately (for Red Book-compliant album delivery)

Turnaround

3–5 business days
Rush services available upon request

Price

$25 per song

Result

A set of three detailed, professionally balanced streaming masters — Warm, Neutral, and Modern — giving you tonal choice and playback consistency across all major platforms.
Each master is clean, dynamic, and calibrated to modern loudness standards for a smooth listening experience anywhere.

Technical Specs: 24-bit WAV | Native Sample Rate | –10 to –16 LUFS Integrated | Streaming Optimized