Online Mastering

Audio mastering from £90 per song (ex.vat)

Abbey Road's unrivalled combination of award winning engineers and unique portfolio of vintage and state-of-the-art equipment
have made it a leader in audio mastering.

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NOTE: Stem mastering is not available via the online service. For any stem mastering related booking, please contact the Mastering team using the form below.
 
 

Online
Mastering

Our engineers are responsible for mastering the records of Radiohead, Blur, Björk, New Order, Sigrid, Lily Allen, Ed Sheeran, Rita Ora, Johnny Marr, Krept & Konan, Elton John, Massive Attack, Paul McCartney, Mogwai, Dizzee Rascal, Aphex Twin, Novelist, Rudimental, Primal Scream and now you!

Our Online Mastering service makes the expertise of the world's most famous recording studio available to anyone, anywhere.

 
Abbey Road's unrivalled combination of Grammy award-winning engineers and unique portfolio of vintage and state-of-the-art equipment, including the legendary TG 12410 Mastering Console developed in-house, has seen us become a leader in audio mastering and one of most trusted mastering houses in the world.

In a hurry? Use our Fast-track service to get your tracks in 48 hours (subject to engineer availability). But please note we cannot guarantee a 1-2 day turnaround if you select a specific engineer when choosing Fast-track.
 

Choose Your Master Format

Choose the format that best suits your project

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Digital formats

DDPi - Download

£25 per format

Your tracks will be mastered for CD production and supplied as DDPi files to download. Max length 79 mins.

Apple Digital Masters

£30 per track

Abbey Road Studios is certified to deliver Apple Digital Masters. Please supply 24bit master files.

SD 16bit

£15 per track

You will receive a 24bit master included as part of your order. Select this option if you also require a 16bit/44.1kHz WAV. This is the format required by many digital distribution services such as CD Baby.

320kbps MP3

£15 per track

A lossy format used to cut down file sizes.

FLAC

£15 per track

This format has similar uses to MP3, but is lossless.

Digital Package

£50 per track

Incorporates Apple Digital Masters, SD 16Bit, 320kbps MP3, FLAC.

Physical formats

Physical CD Masters

£50 per format

Your tracks will be mastered for CD production and supplied as either a PMCD or DDPi on a CD Master. Additional listening copies in bundles of 10 x CDRs available.

LP Album

£550 per format

Your tracks will be cut to a Long Playing Vinyl production master and supplied as Lacquer. Max length 20-25 mins per side.

12" Single

£450 per format

Your tracks will be cut to a 12" Vinyl production master and supplied as Lacquer. Max length 14-15 mins per side.

7" Single

£350 per format

Your tracks will be cut to a 7" Vinyl production master and supplied as Lacquer. Max length 6-7 mins per side.

 

How it works

You can add your chosen extras when you upload your tracks

£90
Start Project
  • Select your engineer
  • Interact with the engineer on your job
  • Turnaround of 5 working days *
  • Mastered WAV file ready for download on approval
  • Your own account to organise and edit your projects
  • Maximum length of track 10 minutes
  • One set of revisions on request (This does not include new mixes)
* Allow extra time if you specify an engineer
 

For further information, head over to our FAQ section.

 

Mastering Engineers

Choose one of our world-class award winning engineers

Alex Gordon
Alex Wharton
Andy Walter
Christian Wright
Sean Magee
Frank Arkwright
Geoff Pesche
Miles Showell
Oli Morgan
Simon Gibson
 

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Contact

We'd love to welcome you to Abbey Road, so if you have any questions about our Online Mastering please get in touch.

Peach Kazen

Studio & Mastering Coordinator
+44 (0)20 7266 7000 

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Abbey Road Studios

3 Abbey Road
London
NW8 9AY
UK

Please note that Abbey Road is a working studio and business and as such, is not open to the general public for visits or tours. For information on vacancies and internships in the UK, please visit the Universal Music website.