OSIRIS STUDIO : MASTERING
Let’s keep this simple: we help music sound its very best, whether it was recorded last week or in 1910. And we make sure that music is delivered to you or your replication facility error-free and functioning correctly so that any copies made will sound as great as the master you approve.
Whether you plan to release an LP, CD, or digital album, we can provide the finishing touches your project needs.
Our Los Angeles studio features a mastering room designed by legendary acoustician and studio designer George Augspurgher, ensuring that Michael Graves is hearing sound as accurately as possible.
OSIRIS STUDIO : audio restoration
While we offer traditional mastering services for current artists, we also specialize in audio restoration and the creation of new masters from existing media.
Sometimes master tapes just can’t be found, and new masters need to be created from vinyl, acetate, shellac sources, cassettes, or anything else; or the tapes that do exist have suffered damage. This is where we come in. Since 2002, we’ve been taking audio from less-than-optimal sources and producing pristine audio that sounds as if it’s coming off of a master tape.
We work with virtually any type of audio from any era. This includes grooved (shellac, acetate, lacquer, vinyl) or tape-based media (any size, track configuration, analog or digital).
Because of the nature of most of the projects we receive (rare, one-of-a-kind recordings, deteriorating media, etc.), our goal is to provide our clients with the highest quality product possible, because there may not be another opportunity to do so.
This is accomplished through decades of experience, comprehensive knowledge of current and aging media types, using only the best possible playback equipment and skilled treatment of the audio; both analog and digital
What does audio restoration sound like?
Optimally, like nothing. If done skillfully audio restoration should sound completely natural. You should hear no trace of manipulation.
And be unaware that the original sounded like this:
What's involved in the audio restoration process?
A lot. Here's a step by step description of a typical restoration project from grooved media for a Hank Williams recording. And here’s a breakdown of a restoration involving tape and digital sources for Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos.
