Mastering for As Low As $45 A Song

TuneCore has partnered with Dave Locke at JP Masters to provide you with affordable and high quality mastering. You can take advantage of this offer from anywhere in the world.

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Prices vary based on the number of songs, starting at $75 for 1 song, to $55 per song for 6-10 songs, to as low as $45 per song if you have 15-20 songs mastered.

Please select the number of songs you need mastered:

1 Song ($75) 2 Songs ($120) 3 Songs ($180) 4 Songs ($240) 5 Songs ($300) 6 Songs ($330) 7 Songs ($385) 8 Songs ($440) 9 Songs ($495) 10 Songs ($550) 11 Songs ($575) 12 Songs ($600) 13 Songs ($650) 14 Songs ($675) 15 Songs ($700) 16 Songs ($720) 17 Songs ($765) 18 Songs ($810) 19 Songs ($855) 20 Songs ($900)

For a simple flat Mastering fee as low as $45 per Song you get:

• Consultation phone call with a professional Mastering Engineer to discuss your goals, sound, etc.
• Each song fully mastered and your album sequenced.
• Approval before a final master is made: an email will be sent to you to download the song(s) allowing you to hear and approve the mastered and sequenced album.
• If you are not satisfied with the final version, revisions will be done at no extra charge until you are satisfied. In the unlikely event satisfaction can not be reached, you will receive a full refund.

If needed, for an additional $40 plus the cost of shipping, a physical master for CD manufacturing can be sent directly to you or TuneCore's manufacturing plant.

To get started, click on the Add To Cart button and then enter the number of songs you want mastered for your total. Once payment is received, Dave will contact you directly via email to arrange a time to speak about your goals and needs and provide the way to deliver your songs to be mastered. If you have any additional questions, write mastering@tunecore.com.

About Dave Locke

Dave Locke has been mastering CD releases for labels and independent artists for over 14 years and has currently mastered more than 2000 projects, including albums mastered for Warner Music Group, Universal Records, RCA Records, Epitaph Records, Metal Blade Records, Gotham Records, Signature Sounds and thousands of artists. His ears and aesthetic touch can be heard on a wide variety of musical genres, from Punk to Rap and from Pop to Classical. Dave founded JP Masters in 1999 and has become one of the most trusted mastering engineers in the business.

Testimonials

“Dave Locke is about the only guy I trust mastering my client’s work. He is my first choice for clients to consider. In all these years, never a miss step, he's my Big Brother of Sonics who knows how to make our work impress the masses. He’s Fast, Reasonable, Musical and never a hint of EGO in the final product.”
--David Minehan Producer, Woolly Mammoth Sound (The Neighborhoods)

“Dave Locke is by far the most trustworthy and talented mastering engineer in the business today.”
-–Jim Seigel, Producer, The Outpost (The Ducky Boys, Since The Flood, Drop Kick Murphy’s)

“I have relied on Dave’s great ears for over a decade. I trust him as a professional and as a friend.”
-–Gunther Schuller, Composer, Producer, GM Recordings (Pulitzer Prize Winner 1994)

"Dave Locke has both the experience and technical know how to take the sonic integrity of your project to its fullest potential. Mastering is a true science that requires not only an insane amount of high end digital and analog hardware, but the all illusive "golden ear". He's one of the best kept secrets in mastering!"
--Anthony J. Resta -Producer/Composer (Duran Duran , Elton John, Megadeth, Collective Soul, Guster, Extreme, DMC, Josh Joplin, David Mead)

"Dave Locke is my top choice for mastering engineers, over the past year he has become my 'go to guy' for all of the projects that I produce, mix and engineer. i recommend him to all of my clients with great confidence and they have been extremely satisfied with the finished product. Its a great feeling as an engineer and mixer to know that someone like Dave can compliment your mixes in such a way that even I, who is extremely critical with my own work, can be blown away by the finished master that he sends. I often feel like I am listening to the songs and mixes for the first time again! I look forward to continuing to work with Dave as the years go on and find him such a pleasure to do business with!"
--Lynne Earls -Producer Engineer (KD Lang, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim etc)

Equipment List

• Sonic Solutions 5.4 24-bit digital audio workstation with full NoNoise"!, full EQ, and sample rate conversion
• Sonic Studio PreMaster CD 2.02
• Millennia Media NSEQ-2 analog mastering EQ
• Weiss DS1 MkII digital stereo compressor
• APi 2500 analog stereo compressor
• Apogee and Troisi AD/DA converters
• Waves L2 48 Bit digital limiter
• Lacie and Plextor CD/DVD Drives
• Rorke Data hard drives, DDP/exabyte drive
• Apogee UV-22 super CD encoding
• Ampex ATR102 1/2 inch analog mastering deck
• Panasonic SV3800 & SV3700 DAT decks
• Z Systems digital detangler
• Aardvark Aardsync II master word clock generator
• Aardvark Sync DAword clock distributor
• Dorrough model 40-A loudness meters
• PMC FB1 loudspeakers
• Bryston BP20 stereo preamplifier
• Bryston 4BST stereo amplifierBio