Submersible Studios

05/18/2018

Well, this is intriguing...

http://www.loudnesspenalty.com

Ian Shepherd makes some interesting tools for metering in mastering. This one is free, and potentially useful to just about anyone who makes and distributes music.

Find out if your music will be turned down by YouTube, Spotify, TIDAL, Pandora and Apple Sound Check. Discover your music's Loudness Penalty score, for free.

06/21/2017

Dang, I've fallen behind in updating this.

Been a busy past few months, though. Just finished mastering the new (and excellent) FiresOfficial record, did some production and mixing for Caustic, some mixing for The Lie, and a bunch of other smaller mixing and mastering contracts. More cool stuff in the pipe, too!

I'll be at Sweetwater Gearfest this weekend, so hopefully I'll remember to throw some photos of drool-worthy gear up here and stuff.

05/26/2016

We are pleased to announce a renewed partnership with Milwaukee's Listless Works studio. Clients mixed at Listless and mastered at Submersible will receive a discount on both services.

It's pretty great, you guys.

Specific details soon.

03/12/2016

I'm pleased to announce that Submersible Studios has been accepted as a whitelisted participant in the Apple Mastered for iTunes program.

So...what is it? Apple has a set of tools and guidelines for releases tagged as "Mastered for iTunes" - it's a series of "safety checks" to help ensure to file converts cleanly to the iTunes format, without distortions or clipping, at the best available quality.

What this means to our customers? If your label or aggregator supports MFiT submissions (24-bit uploads, primarily, with additional info for listing mastering engineer) we can provide you with masters that meet their criteria and will get your record flagged in the store as "Mastered for iTunes."

(An additional benefit is that the MFiT standards also mean conversions to MP3 and other compressed formats for streaming will generally go better)

(Hat tip to Wade Alin at Standard Mastering Chicago for helping out)

08/26/2015

...I've also updated the portfolio. It's not 100% complete, but it gives a pretty good indication of what's been done.

http://www.submersiblestudios.com/clients/

Testimonials[/...

08/26/2015

I've updated our price list. Most is still the same, but we've itemized a few things for clarity.

http://www.submersiblestudios.com/process-policies-prices-and-payment/

Basic Pricing Prices effective August 1, 2015 Mastering: $20/track. Vinyl or Cassette Mastering: $30/track. Mixing/...

01/06/2015

Hey there, Facebook!

To celebrate 2015, I'll knock $2/track off a mastering job if you reserve it with me in the month of january.

Happy new year!

11/21/2013

Matt Fanale of Caustic keeps asking me questions about audio, CDs, mastering, etc.

So I put together a FAQ.

http://www.submersiblestudios.com/bigfaq/

General info What's "sample rate?" "Bit depth?" Why, exactly, should I get stuff mastered? Why can't I do it myself? What're these "Loudness Wars" I keep hearing about? Mastering How should I deliver my audio to the mastering engineer? Should I leave...

09/22/2013

Busy recently - producting tracks for Caustic, recording vocals for Sensuous Enemy, mastering their latest single, mastering the latest epic release from Thor Bremer and this Thorchestra, recording tracks for Ned Keitt-Pride's "Screaming an Angry Silence" project, and then stuff coming up for Sensuous Enemy's full-length and Reaver's new album.

Woo!

06/08/2013

Things getting busy all of a sudden - recording vocals for Sensuous Enemy, mastering a track by Paul Dreifus, producing a new Caustic track, soon to be mastering said Caustic EP, and also mastering the new record by Thor Bremer and his Thorkestra. Whew!

(oh, and the new Null Device)

06/08/2013

I did a quick low-cost algorithmic reverb shootout. Both ValhallaDSP plugins and Eos are $50 or less, Platinumverb is free as part of Logic, and Space Designer isn't algorithmic (but it's also free with Logic).

https://soundcloud.com/submersiblestudios/algorithmic-reverb-shootout

Comparison of a few different low-cost algorithmic reverb plugins, including two from VallhallaDSP, AudioDamage's Eos, and the stock Logic Platinum...

03/23/2013

Quiet times of late. Just finished mastering the new EP by Justin Vernon's Goddamned Cabin, though. And a crapton of work in the pipeline, too.

09/23/2012

Now, on Vinyl! - http://www.submersiblestudios.com/news/now-on-vinyl/

So. We've started mastering for vinyl. We don't make our own lacquers or anything, but we now do all the wacky stuff one needs to do to make audio that doesn't, you know, make the needle leap out of the groove of a 7" or the cutting lathe melt down to a...

07/09/2012

Rejiggered some studio acoustics this week too, to install a new cloud absorber overly listening position, put air gaps behind all my major traps (and install some boss new lighting). Up next, building a few polycyl diffusors.

07/09/2012

Also been messing with Slate's VCC which is pretty great and has lots of potential once I figure out how to properly gain stage with it.

07/09/2012

Two albums mastered in the past week - Caustic's 18-track behemoth "The Man Who Couldn't Stop" and Stochastic Theory's "The Next Last Time." on deck is new stuff from Charles The Hammer, Red This Ever, and Nova Pulsar.

06/16/2012

Finalizing a few tracks for Caustic, mixing down an album for Sumanth Swaminathan...then going to get my hair cut. It's a saturday!

06/04/2012

This week: mastered 80's-style power-rock, mixed indian classical, produced ambient industrial noisy stuff, recorded stuff for south-american synthpop...SUBMERSIBLE STUDIOS: SPANNING THE GLOBE!

05/26/2012

Introducing the "Mixed By Dan" Discount - http://www.submersiblestudios.com/news/introducing-the-mixed-by-dan-discount/

Are you one of the many people who gets their stuff mixed at Listless Works by the one and only Dan Clark? If so, I've got a deal for you. Get your project engineered by Dan, and I'll knock 15% off my already-low mastering costs.

02/22/2012

Interesting...

http://www.apple.com/itunes/mastered-for-itunes/

We’re committed to delivering music exactly as the artists and sound engineers intend it to be heard. Housed here are the information and tools necessary to create the highest-quality masters for iTunes. Learn more by reading the Mastered for iTunes technology brief.

04/09/2010

Recorded, engineered and mastered at Submersible Studios!

His CD Carnatic Saxophone Classics has just been released and is available for sale in the Albums section. The album is also available on iTunes, Amazon, cdbaby, Digstation, and most major online retail vendors.