Quality, affordable...

Form Labs offers a wide variety of creative and technical services related to music, sound, and professional audio - mastering is our focus.

About the engineer:
Brian Jackson started mastering music in 1998. He is also an internationally released electronic musician with 14 years of music production experience, and teaches audio engineering (including mastering) at SAE Institute in NYC.

What is Mastering?

Don't believe the hype - There is no such thing as a "Mastering Plug-in".

According to The Audio Mastering Handbook (Bobby Owsinski, 2008, Thomson Course Technology) :

"Mastering is not a set of tools or a device that music is run through and automatically comes out mastered (despite what the adverts for these types of so-called "mastering devices" say). It's an art form that, when done conscientously in its highest form, mostly relies on an individual's skill, experience with various genres of music, and good taste."


About my services:

I offer high quality mastering at very affordable rates. I have over 10 years of experience mastering music, a good sounding room, a broad knowledge of music, and most importantly, great ears. I have digital and analog options, and high-end reference monitors.

I am known for my honesty and straight forward approach with my clients. I will not make any claims that I cannot backup. If I do no think I can deliver what you need, I will tell you.

Rates:

Note: For a precise quote I will need to talk to you and hear some of the material.

Unattended / eMastering (via web) = $20 - $50/ song
Attended Session = $40+/ hour


Tip: Never bounce or render your final mix with a limiter or compressor on the master bus, unless: 1) You know how to properly apply mix buss compression techniques or 2) you are using a brick wall limiter for no other purpose that to catch overs - i.e., it is not maximizing gain. Don't try to make your mix Loud, just make it Good. Remember, the mastering engineer maximizes loudness, you just want to deliver a clean mix.

Samples available upon request

Tools of the Trade:

Hardware:

Summit DCL Stereo Tube Compressor
Amek Neve 9098 Stereo Image Processor
Lynx Aurora 8 Converters

Dynaudio BM12a Monitors
Adam Sub7

Software:

Sonalksis MaxLImit
Sonalksis StereoTools
Sonalksis MultiLimit
Sonalksis UltimateD
PSP Neon HR
PSP Master Q
PSP Xenon
PSP MasterComp
PSP VintageWarmer 2
URS Classic Console Strip Pro

Audiofile Engineering Sample Manager (Izotope SRC)

We will gladly demonstrate proof of ownership for all advertised software. Ask the same of others.

Mastering

 

Mixing

 

Sound Design

 

Scoring

 

Consulting

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City