Analogcut Mastering Competitors

At Disc Makers, your music is our business. We support independent artists by making physical music and video media, printing promotional materials, and partnering with distribution channels. In addition to manufacturing CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, custom USB drives, and vinyl records, our audio mastering and DVD authoring services ensure that your work looks and sounds professional — every time. Since 1946, more than one million indie artists, filmmakers, and creators have trusted Disc Makers to bring their creative visions to life.

Masterdisk, founded in 1973 and owned and operated by expert engineer Scott Hull since 2008, is “one of the most enduring mastering facilities in the world” (Mix magazine). The NYC studio has mastered many of the world’s most famous records, and continues to master for major labels, indie labels and independent artists. Masterdisk masters for vinyl as well as digital: they have one of only a few existing Neumann VMS-80 lacquer cutting lathes on-site, and the expert engineers to use it to the best of its formidable capabilities.

Chicago Mastering Service is a full-service analog and digital audio mastering studio. Our 1400 square foot facility is located on Chicago's near west side. We offer mastering services for CD and vinyl, as well as dub plate cutting. Our primary goal is to offer high-quality mastering services to the independent music community. To this end, we offer a control room with superb acoustical characteristics, the highest quality equipment and an empathetic approach to the diverse sonic goals and needs of independent musicians. This site contains information about ourselves, our facility, and our services. If you are interested in booking a session, please look around the site, you can find answers to most questions about pricing and preparation for both attended and unattended sessions. Our links page contains links to some of our clients, vinyl manufacturers, studios we often work with and more. Additionally you can find some information covering issues such as dynamic range and loudness that are typically addressed during mastering, which we hope will help to facilitate an informed and effective relationship between ourselves and our clients.