Elevate the quality of your music without spending a fortune.

 

Our goal is to make broadcast quality mastering more affordable for independent artists and small labels.  Use your mastered songs for a CD, digital downloads, or streaming audio.

 

Our prices start at $45 per song and go as low as $20 per song for 15 mastered songs, or $18.75 per song for 16 songs!.  Your first song on every project is free!

 

Here are two examples:

 

1. 4-song demo or EP master package complete for $135 (about £69 or €102). This comes with a free reference sample of your mix for your approval, clean up of minor imperfections, equalization, and loudness maximization without adding harmful distortion.  (Total time up to 30 minutes.) Click here to get started!  A 5-song demo is $180.

 

2. Full-length CD (8 to 16 songs) master package comes complete for $300 (about £153 or €226). This includes reference samples for your approval, clean up of minor imperfections, equalization, loudness maximization without adding harmful distortion, red book standard production master CD-R, backup master CD-R, and Internet ready MP3s converted directly from the 32-bit master. (They'll sound great on your Myspace page!)  The full length package includes up to 16 songs for a total length of up to 79:45 minutes.  Try a sample of your mix for free!  Click here to get started!

 

For an additional $45, you will receive a DVD-R of your songs mastered at 24-bit for storage and future use.

 

Read comments from some of our recent clients and friends here.

 

CLICK HERE FOR AN ONLINE CURRENCY CONVERTER. Check to see how much $300 US dollars for a full length CD (8-15 mastered songs) equals in your currency. You may be surprised how low our prices are, given the current exchange rates! Use your back button to return here.

 

CD Replication

 

For prices on CD replication and promotion (much of it free!), please see our Marketing page. Contact sonikwheel@sonikwheel.com for a free quote.

 

Easy Payment Plan!

 

You can pay for your mastering over a year or more by having your songs mastered one song at a time. Use each individually mastered song for you MySpace player, other streaming audio, and digital downloads. Later, when you have a complete collection of songs mastered and ready for CD, we will master your songs together on one CD at no extra charge!

 

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Please Make MASTERING Payments Here:

 

We accept PayPal and major credit cards through PayPal. You do not need to be a member of PayPal to use this service.

 

 

 

Mastering Payment Option 1: Pay $45 for each mastered song, up to 7 songs. One song in every group is free. Use this payment option for mastering any number of songs up to 7.

 

 2 mastered songs $45. (1 @ $45 plus one free) 

3 mastered songs $90 (2 @ $45 plus one free)  

4 mastered songs $135 (3 @ $45 plus one free)

5 mastered songs $180 (4 @ $45 plus one free) 

6 mastered songs $225 (5 @ $45 plus one free)

7 mastered songs $270 (6 @ $45 plus one free)

 

 

Mastering Payment Option 2: The Best Deal! - Pay $300 total for 8 to 15 mastered songs. That's only $20 per song for 15 songs!

 

$300 total for 8 to 16 mastered songs!

 

 

 

Mastering Payment Option 3: Pay $150 for half payment of 8 to 16 mastered songs.

 

$150 for half payment of 8 to 16 mastered songs

 

 

 

Please don't be fooled by our low prices! We use much of the same gear used by the most expensive mastering houses!  If it would make you feel better to pay 2 or 3 times as much, we'll gladly accept it!

 

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Mastering at "The Wheel" includes the following:

• High definition equalization for frequency balance
• Level maximization without adding harmful distortion and while maintaining a natural sound 
• Editing spreads (the time between songs), fades (both fade-ins and fade-outs), and basic additions/subtractions
• Adding effects, such as small amounts of reverb, delay, or tape compression modeling as appropriate
• Clean up of minor noise and imperfections
• Sequencing of songs
• Stereo field optimization
• Bass management
• Creating MP3 and RealMedia files (or related files) for Internet distribution, converted directly from 32-bit masters
• Creating a 24-bit DVD-R master for archiving and future duplication (additional $45 fee)
• Taiyo Yuden master CD-R for duplication or replication
• Taiyo Yuden back up master CD-R
• Quality control check of all CD-Rs

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