COS Mastering Competitors

Since 1968, Sterling Sound has been home to some of the worlds most talented and experienced mastering engineers. Each year Sterling's engineer's master hundreds of projects, including ground-breaking projects for artists such as Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, Coldplay, Green Day, Maroon 5, Arcade Fire and Adele. Spanning over 25,000 SF in New York City's Chelsea Market, Sterling's facility houses nine mastering studios with separate production and editing suites, as well as private lounges. If you're interested in mastering here, please contact us at info@sterling-sound.com, or (212) 604-9433.

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.

40+ years of Grammy Award Winning Audio Mastering (CD, 5.1, High resolution, Mastered for iTunes) and Vinyl Production. On December 27, 1967 Doug Sax opened the doors to The Mastering Lab - Hollywood, founding the first independent facilities in the world, as well as the most recognizable name in mastering. Now located in Ojai, California, the Mastering Lab remains a revolutionary state-of-the-art company, utilizing unique concepts of signal flow and electronics pioneered by Doug’s brother, Sherwood Sax. All of our custom-electronics and console are all purpose designed and handcrafted. The musical use of this peerless equipment has earned The Mastering Lab more Grammy nominations for engineering than any other mastering facility.