14/11/2023
Got a huge stack of tunes to work through tonight! Then on to slamming out Deja Vu preamps until I pass out. Grateful I get to call this “work”!🥰🙏
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Mastering: Finish your project right with professional mastering. Ethereal Mastering uses high quality analog and digital tools to give your project the final tone and volume it needs to stand out in the crowd. Prices:
Analog Mastering (per song)
$70 (Single)
$65 2-5 songs
$60 6-10 songs
$55 11+ songs
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12/11/2023
Anyone ever used one of these? It’s a JZ-1, lawsuit version of the Blue Blueberry. When the original engineer for Blue mics split from Blue he created a new company JZ and then also Violet, I’m a huge fan of these company’s fwiw. The JZ-1 was the first mic he came out with seperate from blue around 2004, and it sounds incredible. I recently found a second one, within 10 serials, and finally got to use them on overheads this week while drum recording. Folks, after 20+ years of doing this I have a new favorite overhead! Silky smooth airy top and lovely mids. Natural and slightly enhanced like it has the perfect eq built in, while having zero harshness. 10 out of 10 stars, fully recommend!🤓✌️
11/11/2023
One of my life dreams has been to track drums through 8 channels of preamps of my own design. Today I am getting my first taste of this with 8 channels of Deja Vu in the rack!🤩
Three of these are the first builds for customers, going out this next week! Also, I’ve got just 2 dejavu preamps left for presale and I’ll be running a small sale this next week for Black Friday, last chance to save $100 and get one at the original early presale price! 👀
26/10/2023
Drilling plate holes, sanding and finishing the faceplates today in prep for final assembly and testing of Deja Vu preamps! After a couple day burn in and significant testing they will each be carefully packaged and shipped to their new homes. I underestimated how much effort it would take to get these out the door and yes supply chain issues found me again but we are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel on these! First orders will be ship starting next week!
If you missed the presale on these beauties then your in luck cause I have 4 left! 😏
26/10/2023
Got a little more moved in today! Getting ready for tracking sessions starting again in a week! Looking forward to it, as I’ve been primarily mastering for nearly 5 years now! Mastering will continue to be a professional focus, but recording great music will always be a passion of mine. Now that I have a beautiful space to hang some mics and make tracks through custom analog gear of my own design, you better believe I’m gunna go for that! 😎🙌✨
18/10/2023
In my happy place mixing some killer tunes for today! 😎🤘
18/10/2023
Boom! The firewood diffuser is done in the new 9x11 tracking room at recording cabin! 🤩
Now booking sessions for November and beyond! ✨
18/10/2023
In the zone today! Building Deja Vu preamps, mastered 5 tunes, and blazing on the tracking room. Got the trim and firewood diffuser up today and hoping to get most of the trim up as well!
Need a test master or mix? Hit me up! Also now booking tracking dates in November in my new studio here at ! 😎✌️
14/10/2023
And just like that, we are up and running in the new Stu! HMU if you need something mastered or want to book a recording session in the new studio!
13/10/2023
Got the new studio up and running this week at the Wilda Mae! Here’s a sneak peak at the new 11x17 control room/listening room. Still plenty of finish work to do but all the acoustic treatment is up and let me tell ya, it sounds great in here! 😎🙌✨
Next to this room I have build a 9x11 iso room for tracking, which should be ready to go in a couple weeks. The great room upstairs will be wired in for a live room, with 20 foot vaulted ceiling, log walls and stone fireplace, this room sounds incredible. All together, the Wilda Mae is turning into a full recording cabin! For the first time in nearly half a decade I’ll be offering recording services beyond online mastering and mixing so hit me up if you have some songs and let’s make some music!!
13/10/2023
And we are open for business!! Took all week to transfer my old studio and “finish” this room. Well, it’s not finished, there’s lots of finish work and trim to put up but all th acoustic treatment is up and the room sounds INCREDIBLE! Easily best yet! I took all of the concepts I’ve been experimenting with the last 3 years with my modular room and built them into this room that isn’t “modular”. Full size is 11x17…walls have extensive bass management integrated and wide range diffusion, even a faraday cage around the front half of the room to reduce interference. 🤓
She’s not as pretty as she will be when the lighting and trim is up but she sounds amazing! I’m stoked to say Ethereal mastering is open for business at ! 😎🙌✨
13/10/2023
Tomorrow we ride for the first time in the new listening room at !😎🙌✨
12/10/2023
New listening room! 🤓🙌
09/10/2023
Welp! It’s my last day mastering in this room! As soon as I’m done with todays masters I’m ripping all of this out of here and transporting it 20 miles to my new studio install at ! Should be up again for biz in a couple days! In the meantime feel free to send stuff in and I’ll get ya in the cue for when everything is rockin in the new room! 😎👍
03/10/2023
Deja Vu run update! Parts are finally coming in after several back orders hit me by surprise. Enclosures are finally past customs and should be here this week. I will be finishing these one at a time, fulfilling in order of purchase. I’ve got 4 more up for pre-sale on the site with a $100 discount until I’m caught up, then the will go up to the normal price!
Thanks for your patience everyone as I work through getting these made to the utmost quality!
26/09/2023
Just getting going but last night I did “finish” the first wall! Loving the vibe of the stained wood panel on the lower half of the wall! It’s a whole cabin vibe!😍
26/09/2023
Tonight I’m staining the lower half of the iso wall and adding insulation and 4x2x4” absorbtion panels into the wall. If all goes well, this wall will be basically done by the time I pass out tonight! 🤓
15/09/2023
Some early customer feedback is coming in on the Deja Vu preamp! Sam is giving my prototype a solid run through in his studio and he sent me this note this morning! He’s using the carnhill equipped version. I’ve got 4 units left in this run for presale!
Parts are slowly coming in, looks like I’ll be able to start building pcbs this week! 😎🤘🔥
31/08/2023
Hey! Good news!🥳 I’ve decided to order a few extra enclosures for this Deja Vu run and I just put 4 units up for sale on the website. They will be $100 off until I start shipping in late September so if you missed the first presale you have another window here to snag one of these first run beauties with a discount and promo shipping!🔥
The lucky few who have heard one have been absolutely raving about the depth, clarity and warmth this sweet little box imparts on any source. Use it with mic, line or DI signals and it’s beating out many industry standard preamps in blind shootouts! Plus, no dealer mark-up when you buy direct! I will be hand making each of these and signing them internally with 1 of 20 run one serial!
Current estimate on shipping is early October on new orders, as I will be shipping earlier orders in order of when they where purchased.
Thank you all for the support! Can’t wait to see these all out in there new homes and hear the music you make with them!
29/08/2023
Running an absolutely fantastic live Jazz record through the mastering chain today! So fun and refreshing to do something so different the normal folk/rock/pop/edm mixes I get most of the time (don’t worry I still love you all!❤️) Jazz takes a really different, often light touch in mastering, esspecially when the mix and performance is excellent like on this project! What a stellar mix from , you crushed it on this one bro! 😎👌
28/08/2023
So Im getting this Deja Vu prototype ready to ship today! First time shipping one of these and it almost feels like sending your kids off to school for the first time. 😆 Got this updated to dual carnhill output transformers and dual Heider input transformers for a custom special order and it sounds just killer!
Run update: The main run is still in the cooker, parts are coming in every day and right now first units should ship near the end of September if all goes well! I’m making a few more of these then I was expecting so timing has dragged out a hair beyond my initial target of early September but not to bad! There are many details to making these at the highest quality possible and I’m wanting to make sure I do it 100% the best way out of the gate! Good news is it looks like I’ll have 4-5 extra units avalible for sale, so I’ll be putting those up on the website soon!
28/08/2023
I love getting to work on all sorts of music! After 13 years of focusing primarily on mastering, there isn’t much I haven’t mastered but I still get surprised every now and then, which is always delightful! When mastering, the main things for me is preserving the original artistic vision while preparing the audio for release and translation in the modern era. If you would like to hear a test master, send me a DM and we will get it going asap! 😊✌️
25/08/2023
Congrats on the EP release and thanks for including me in the fun! 😊🙏
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My debut EP ‘One Day Like No Other’ is out now!!
Available on all platforms and on CD via bandcamp ✨
This brings together all the songs I have released this year as well as a brand new track ‘I Will Run’.
It’s been a long time since I’ve worked on my own music and I’m super proud that I’ve put my creativity out there again and rediscovered a love for writing and releasing my own songs.
Huge thanks once again to for the incredible artwork and for the great work on the masters ✨
17/08/2023
Hanging out with and crew tonight playing with the Deja Vu preamp! Not gunna lie, it’s been beating out all the in house options, in bling testing with 5 guys! I’m even a bit surprised! Anyway, tonight’s the tone party so come by if you are in the Pdx area! Dm for directions!
14/08/2023
Hey Portland area people! I’m throwing a preamp demo party shin dig Wednesday evening at ’s studio at 6:30!🥳 If you want to come hear this puppy in action or just come hang out in a rad studio with some rad music making humans DM me for the address and I’ll get ya the deets!😎✌️
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10/08/2023
Hey! I want to work with you! 👀
I have a little open space in my schedule this month, so for the rest of the month of August you can get a 10 song record mastered for only $500! (Normally $600)
Any project over 10 tracks will be billed at $50 extra per song.
The Ethereal Mastering desk is fully loaded with hand picked analog gear and I’m ready to serve your song and artistic vision!
HMU anytime for a FREE test master to hear if Ethereal is the right fit for you and your music!
08/08/2023
PSA: It’s the last day to order a Deja Vu with $200 off!
Also PSA: This ToneX is THE best amp replacement/profiler I’ve ever heard/felt. I’ve been waiting for this for decades. It’s just fantastic and inspiriting even on headphones! First one I’ve ever used that takes pedals so good! I tracked a few guitar parts with a blues Jr and with this, side by side I could not tell you which one was the real amp when soloed.🤯 I’m sold… we will see if I ever haul an amp to a gig again… time will tell.
There is a free version of it in plugin form, go get it and try it out! 😎✌️
08/08/2023
If you are gunna build a new studio, some say you need lumber! 😏🙌
24/07/2023
PSA: Just one week left to get your order in and get in on this first run of the Deja Vu studio preamp! Save $200 if you order before August 1st! Next pre-order is planned for September!
Cheers! 😎✌️
20/07/2023
Wow, I’ve just been blown away by the interest and orders coming in this week for the Deja Vu! It always feels like such a big risk to put something new out there, and I’m beyond grateful! 🥰🙏
Deja Vu Button features:
1) 48v phantom power
2) PAD 20dB or 10dB (custom shop)
3) HPF (High Pass Filter)
4) 180 Phase Reverse
5) DI Front panel DI activate
Everything you need and nothing you don’t! 😎👌
Ok, this preorder sale closes in just over a week, so get yours in while you can save $200 plus get discounted shipping!
www.etherealmastering.com/dejavu
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Ok folks! We record for longest and highest track count project goes to @thejakeeddy! And yes, I give quantity discounts for projects with more then 50 tracks!🤪 Seriously though, it’s sooo good!🔥 Maybe I’ll man up and try the tabs when they come out!😂 Ok, back to work! 😅✌️ #mastering #analog#masteringstudio #masteringengineer#hifi#audiophile#gyraf#tkaudio#buzzaudio#studio #recording #recordingstudio #produce #producer #musicproducer #protools #mix #mixing #gear #geartalk #geartalkpnw #knowyourtone #bluegrass
Adventures in Montana! First I almost hit a bear, like it literally jumped out of the ditch and ran in front of my truck and I had to slam on my breaks. Then I see one 5 minutes later on someone’s back yard! THEN this guy is just sitting on the hill next to the road, all within a 3-5 mile distance! I didn’t feel like looking for gold after that!🥴🤷♂️😆 #montana
Tonight’s master is 😘👌and topping out around -7.5 dB lufs short term, sounding huge and punchy as ****! It could go louder as there isn’t even a hint of “flatness” yet but this is where I like to start things in this genre. It’s not rock music unless it’s hitting ****** HARD!😎🤘🔥 #mastering #analog#masteringstudio #masteringengineer#hifi#audiophile#gyraf#buzzaudio#studio #recording #recordingstudio #produce #producer #musicproducer #protools #mix #mixing
Happy Friday! I’ve got a couple of album releases today to share, starting with this full length from @corypensa! Go check it out! Thanks man for having me master it! 😎🤘⚡️ #mastering #analog#masteringstudio #masteringengineer#hifi#audiophile#gyraf#tkaudio#buzzaudio#studio #recording #recordingstudio #produce #producer #musicproducer #protools #mix #mixing
Look closely, You will see I’m just barely kissing the Gain Reduction needle, which is all most projects usually need. 😱Don’t be fooled, the magic of this box is way more then “leveling” with classical compression! It adds a 3D seperation and glue, yes at the same time, that is simply always musical. There has not been a project I turn it off for since getting it… THAT is nuts! My hats off to @soundperformancelab for making one awesome magic tone box that I can’t live without! 😎🤘🍻 #mastering #analog#masteringstudio #masteringengineer#hifi#audiophile#gyraf#tkaudio#buzzaudio#spl#iron #gear #geartalk #geartalkpnw #knowyourtone #studio #recording #recordingstudio #produce #producer #musicproducer #protools #mix #mixing
New single day from the crew @fallorflight, mastered by me! Go check it out! #Repost @fallorflight ・・・ WE ARE SO PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE that our new song “mAGELLAN (oPEN hEART oPEN sKY) with @djmsquared has landed! CHECK IT OUT (link in bio)… And BIG love to @rebel.designer @fuschia.blue and aBSTR^CT for crushing the visuals… #indieartist #popmusic #anime #animation #space #producerlife #edm #edmlifestyle #newmusic #art #artist #love #loss @theyoogroup @etherdistro @etherealmastering
Getting down right funky with this jam today! 😎🤘🔥 Warning: sounds in iPhone recordings do not accurately portray the epic tones of this session in my room in real life! 😆✌️ #mastering #analog#masteringstudio #masteringengineer#hifi#audiophile#gyraf#tkaudio#buzzaudio#avantone#abbey #gear #geartalk #geartalkpnw #knowyourtone #studio #recording #recordingstudio #produce #producer #musicproducer #protools #mix #mixing
These lovely VU meters on my @soundperformancelab IRON mastering compressor rarely see more action than this but they sure look cool!🤩 So, indulge me a minute while I open a thought. There is a re-occurring conversation in my career about me charging below what I’m worth and it’s been suggested that maybe I should charge $100 a song to attract new clientele. Let me first say, while I certainly appreciate people thinking I’m worth more then I charge, my personal feeling on this sort of pricing is that it is not authentic to me. While I respect people who disagree, my pricing isn’t a phycological operation to get the most cash out of people for my time. My pricing, currently $60 a song, is based on simply two things: 1) How much do I need to make to provide my family and run my business effectively. 2) Simple economic feedback of supply and demand; ie as long as I can keep up with demand, my pricing will stays out. If either of those things change, I adjust my pricing the least amount I can to make it pencil. Here’s the thing, I am so blessed to get to make music for a living and work with amazing people everyday. Many musicians are struggling financially, and I simply want to help as many of them make sure they have a final record they love and are proud to put out in the world. I’m not here to get rich off of musicians or stoke egos of the elite, though I’m happy to work with labels. My name is Stephen, I live a simple life in the mountians of Montana and I just want to do my part to make the world a better place by filling it with amazing sounding music! The fact that I get to do this at all blows my mind and I’m happy to share my best with anyone i get the pleasure of working with! Cheers y’all!😊✌️🍻 #gratitude #passiton #mastering #analog#masteringstudio #masteringengineer#hifi#audiophile#gyraf#tkaudio#buzzaudio#spliron#heddaudio #studio #recording #recordingstudio #produce #producer #musicproducer #protools #mix #mixin
Punch it!⚡️ #dreamrig #levelup #mastering #analog#masteringstudio #masteringengineer#hifi#audiophile#gyraf#tkaudio#buzzaudio#avantone#abbey #studio #recording #recordingstudio #produce #producer #musicproducer #protools #mix #mixing #gear #geartalk #geartalkpnw #knowyourtone
Here’s a little clip of a song bouncing through the gear today. This solo section is clearly the loudnest part of the song, so this is what I set my gain staging and static EQ too. As you can see, my compressors are just barely turning on and micro dosing the transients with long attack and quick release, which is essentially snare peak control for the most part. This mix is solid and doesn’t require much eq, just a touch on first step on nearly every band, but don’t let that fool you, as the box tone and gain staging are doing a lot here in this chain! It may seem like alot of effort but the kiss of high end analog still does something sonically I can’t fully replicate in the box! Cheers! 😘👌#mastering #analog#masteringstudio #masteringengineer#hifi#audiophile#gyraf#tkaudio#buzzaudio#avantone#abbey #studio #recording #recordingstudio #produce #producer #musicproducer #protools #mix #mixing #gear #geartalk #geartalkpnw #knowyourtone
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