cutandboost Mastering is a professional mastering studio owned and operated by Simon Uter-Kirschey in Berlin. The focus is on enhancing and finalizing independent artists records for physical and digital formats – offering mastering for CD, digital distribution, cassette and vinyl pre-mastering.
The goal is to release the full potentional through the mastering process of what have achived while capturing recording in the most musical way. Your mixes are more than a file or rather spools of magnet tape. They are your art!
The most important aspect in mastering is communication. Optimal results come from clear expactations from the client and open communication on the process from the engineer. If you are interested in having me master your record or having a test master for listening, please come in contact with me.
Listen in details and bring out the best are the guiding principles at cutandboost Mastering.
Clients
AMEN (PL) | ANTHONY MILLER (DE) | AUDIOLITH RECORDS (DE) | AWON & PHONIKS (US) || BAHNHOF SCHWARZBURG (DE) | BAKRAUFARFITA RECORDS (DE) | BALAGAN (DE) | BOWMAN (DE) | BOXING FOX (DE) | BRENNHOLZ (DE) || CAPTAIN GIPS (DE) | CLEAR LINES (ES) | CYKONE (DE) || DEAF LINGO (IT) | DESOLAT (DE) | DIRTY ART CLUB (US) | DON’T SLEEP RECORDS (US) | DORISTAY (DE) | DUCHESSBOX RECORDS (DE) || FALSE PEAK RECORDS (AU) | FITZKARRALDO (DE) || GRIEF SCENE (DE) || HAZEL IRIS (DE) | THE HEROINE WHORES (DE) || IN SCHWARZ (DE) || JOANNA GEMMA AGURI (DE) || KORROSION (DE) | KUOLEMAN TEATTERI (DE) || LEOPRRRDS (DE) | LONE OL‘ WARRIOR (DE) || MURUHUAY (IT) || PADRE TÓXICO (PL) | PIEFKE (DE) || ROOD WOOF RECORDS (DE) || SEED HOLDEN (DE) | SPÄTI PALACE (DE) | SYMPTONE (PL) || TURBOGENERATOR (DE) | TYRAN TYRAN (DE) || ULLIVERSAL (DE) || WE SET SAIL (AU) || ZEHNAGEL RECORDS (DE) | ZVVEI (DE)
EQUIPMENT
All the Equipment has been carefully chosen to best handle every possible task. Everything in the signal path is amazingly clean and detailed. Sonic enhancements are made with precision, clarity and depth.
Monitoring
APS Coax + Bass Extender
Antelope Pure 2 (DA)
TC Electronic Clarity M Stereo
Transfer
Burl B2 Bomber (AD)
Antelope Pure 2 (AD/DA)
Master Clock by Mutec MC 3+
Analog Processing
51dB audio GIANTi Custom Shelving/Tilt Equalizer + HPF
Gyraf G14 Parametric Equalizer (mod.)
Buzz SOC-M Stereo + M/S Mastering Compressor
TK BC1-THD Stereo Mastering Compressor/Peak Limiter (mod.)
All hardware is wired in a short signal path by Vovox and Neutrik gold jacks.
Digital Processing
iZotope RX Advanced
Select plugins by Weiss (Softube), DMG Audio and Tokio Dawn Labs
PRICING
€12 per minute of material lenght
€85 minimum (Single)
Alternate Versions + €15 per Song
DDP Image for CD or Vinyl (SideSplit) + €50 per Album
Metadata encoding, edits and revisions within the same mixes are included
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