Deluxe Vinyl + Digital Release Packages

Price range: £272.00 through £1,904.00

Transform your music into a masterpiece with a deal too good to miss. Deluxe Vinyl + Digital Album Mastering Packages to give you everything you need for ultimate record release gravitas.
With 20 years full-time experience we can safely say that masters for vinyl must be approached and finished differently. Pressing vinyl using masters optimised for streaming, download or CD causes problems with the cut including skips or dull “flat” tone. Streaming-optimised masters should also be finished differently to masters for CD/download/cassette. These extra mastering costs can quickly mount up, so we are offering these amazing deals so you don’t have to compromise. Save 25% and get the ultimate sound across all formats.
“We’ve been working with Fat As Funk for over 10 years and Loz is my go-to guy for pre-vinyl mastering. His expertise is always on point, and he knows how to get any masters sounding great on vinyl. It’s always a smooth ride with clear communication and quick turnaround.”Graham Worsfold, Key Production (a top vinyl pressing plant)
“I had my band’s tracks mixed and mastered by Loz after trying over 15 studios for mixing and mastering, but no one could get the sound I was looking for on my songs like Loz! The end result was amazing and the sound came out exactly how I wanted it. The attention to detail was great and I’m really happy. I highly recommend this studio to anyone looking for top quality mixing and mastering.” Bill Sam, Nightsteel
Choose either expert feedback on your mixes for you to tweak at home before we master it, or let us do the mixing work and relax while we take it to the next level.
We use our world-class analogue valve hardware to give you beautiful masters optimised for vinyl, digital and streamingperfect sound across all formats.
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“When we were preparing our first album, two of the biggest pressing plants recommended Loz to sort out our digital and vinyl masters. We were so impressed with his work that we asked him to mix and master our second album. Communicating our ideas for each song was so easy and enjoyable, and we are delighted with the results. Loz’s calm, zen-like approach, combined with his expertise and knowledge, makes him a pleasure to work with. Highly recommended!” – Olly, Bobsled Team

“We have used Loz and Fat As Funk mastering as our ‘In House’ mastering engineer for some years now and we have absolutely no intention of changing that any time soon. Loz’s versatility and attention to detail when mastering across all genres and for all physical media and digital media outputs is second to none in the business. Fat As Funk is a genuine 5 star service.” – Adam M – Director: Cram Duplication & Vinyl (a top vinyl pressing plant)

“We have been using Loz/Fat as Funk Mastering through Breed Media for years and always receive a friendly, timely and quality service/results from him for vinyl mastering, as well as level checking and DDP conversions for CD work. We have trusted him with projects ranging from household name artists to customers putting out their first release and would gladly recommend his services whenever we can.”Ben Ward, Breed Media (a top vinyl pressing plant)

“Always a pleasure to work with Loz. Turns jobs around quickly for me when time is of the essence! And what he does is always amazing – Top job!” – Liz Brown, Key Production (a top vinyl pressing plant)

Your dream sound, elite and affordable

Option A:  Detailed Mix Evaluation Advice + Analogue Mastering

      • Detailed Mix Evaluation on every track to refine your mix at home pre-mastering. Better mix in = better master out!
      • High-res masters optimised for digital use (& Cassette too)
      • Pre-vinyl optimised masters for an unmatched quality vinyl cut
      • Streaming-optimized masters to stand out in the crowd
      • Free DDP for pro CD replication
      • 16 bit / 44.1 masters for CD (and some digital distributors)
      • Best-quality MP3s made from our 32 bit highest-quality files with metadata text included

£68 per track (usually £91), 4 tracks minimum. Save ~25% + a free DDP (£40 value!)

 

Option B: Full-Service Analogue Mixing + Mastering 

      • Pro mixing and mastering of up to 10 instrument stems per song (more stems are OK with a surcharge of £7 per stem)
      • High-res wav masters optimised for digital use (& Cassette too!)
      • Pre-vinyl optimised masters for an unmatched quality vinyl cut
      • Streaming-optimized masters to stand out in the crowd
      • Free DDP for pro CD replication
      • 16 bit / 44.1 masters for CD (and some digital distributors)
      • Best-quality MP3s made from our 32 bit highest-quality files with metadata text included

£136 per track (usually £181). 4 tracks minimum. Save ~25% + a free DDP (£40 value!)

Due to the extra workload, we can only do a limited number of these packages a month, so reserve your deluxe release package now. 
20 years full-time experience for pressing companies, labels and independent artists shows in the results. We will be your secret weapon for the ultimate professional result. Choose Fat As Funk and be happy.

Description

The Gravitas Of Vinyl
Vinyl isn’t just a format—it’s a legacy, and gets much more attention than the millions of streaming-only releases out there – only serious artists release music on vinyl, and reviewers and radio producers know that. If you are making the effort to get records pressed, they MUST sound amazing! It’s a wasted opportunity to use standard masters that are not optimised for the vinyl format. Your tracks deserve that warm, rich depth and a loud punchy cut that using regular masters won’t achieve on vinyl.
(From a client with his own vinyl cutting lathe) “I did a test cut of your demo master alongside a demo master from another mastering engineer and I can confirm your master was really good, translated to vinyl well and was far better than the other engineer. I liked the way that you didn’t slam the mix too hard and the integrity of my mixdown was still there but you just made it come alive more and made it sound nice & punchy and also louder without destroying the dynamics.”  – Ben, I & I Musik

Beat The Crowded Digital Space

You still need to release on Spotify and download, so we give you separate digital masters that are optimised to cut through on digital formats too. With so many releases on streaming platforms, it’s essential your record is optimised for these platforms to stand out clear and strong. It’s a different finish than pre-vinyl masters, and to complicate things further Spotify & other streaming platforms have different “ideal” specs than download sites like Bandcamp, or if you are releasing on CD.

“We’re delighted with those masters you sent us. They really are perfect and everyone on our end is happy.” A Futurist Theatre

“Since I discovered them a few years back, I exclusively use Fat as Funk to master all of my tracks. There is simply no substitute for experience, a trained ear and the right gear. Fat as Funk is highly professional and easy to work with. I won’t send my music anywhere else!” – Tripjacker

“Wow! I am absolutely blown away. The difference you have made is incredible and I love every bit of it. I think what you did on the vocals is perfect.” – Lucas Leitch


Note: Vinyl Length Guideline

For best results don’t have more than 22 minutes of audio per side of a 12″ record at 33rpm, or 5 min per side for a 7″ at 45rpm.
You can go slightly over time, but these are good guidelines. As a rule, the less music time you can put on per side, the deeper the grooves can be cut and the louder the record will be. If your music is super-bassy, it’s best to have less time per side to allow the grooves to be wider & deeper, & conversely if your music is quite bass-light then you could potentially push it a little longer. For best results you can re-order the tracks so the loudest are at the start (the outside of the record) and the more mellow ones are at the end of each side (the inside of the record). Just get in touch if you have any questions and we will sort you out.
We’ve done many thousand pre-vinyl masters for pressing plants and independent musicians since 2006, so you can be confident it will sound incredible in every groove. 
“In my 25 years within the Music Industry as an A&R man, producer, songwriter, record company owner, lecturer and consultant I’ve had the opportunity of working with some excellent Mastering Engineers. Lawrence I can safely say is one of the best. His understanding of mastering coupled with his easy going approach, flexibility and quality of work at a decent price make him an absolute treasure to work with in his particular field. I can’t recommend him enough.”Richard Rogers – Ex Head of A&R for Warner-Chappell

“Loz, it turns out you were the best to my ears, including people in multi-million dollar mastering facilities.”  – Augustine Leudar

“Fat As Funk has changed average recorded music into tracks suitable for national exposure on radio stations for me.” Rob Saunders, Deuce Management

“A mix evaluation from Fat As Funk mastering is an essential part of my process now. The insight, technical expertise, and precise attention to detail that Loz brings to my work, gives me an additional layer of confidence as I prepare a mix for mastering. After a period of time working intensively on a track on my own, the fresh perspective and clarity provided is invaluable. I highly recommend this service!”Neil Foster

SkidMark Multimedia Productions have used Fat As Funk to remaster every SMP release for the past 4+ years, as they provide outstanding digital, pre-vinyl & cassette ready assets. Feedback received consistently from both artists and customers is how wonderfully clear and tonally balanced SMP releases are and this is all down to the expert audio skills of Loz @ Fat As Funk. SMP cannot recommend their services enough – Fat as funk mastering services have made every recording we have supplied to date sound absolutely amazing, and SMP will continue to endorse & use Fat As Funk  going forward indefinitely.” – Mark, SMP Records

“Thanks again mate, it’s truly magical what you’ve done. You’ve really bought out parts of the tracks that were hidden.” – Kino Bro

“Just messaging you from holiday but wanted to say how delighted I am with both of the tracks you mastered, as are Louis and Jon T at Saline Records. They’re absolutely spot on and sound superb! Looking forward to getting more tracks done with you in the very near future.” – AGD Music

“Fat as Funk masters are full of warmth, punchiness and clarity! It’s always a pleasure working with Loz. Here’s to many more of his first class masters!” – Balcony Sunrise

“Loz! WOW. They sound beautiful. Kind of crying. Been 2.5 years to get here. Can’t believe it. That you got such round bottom-end with such depth to the mix as well, no loudness madness, is really impressive and everything I’d hoped for.” – Jung Jungle

“Loz’s mix evaluations are invaluable and I use them for every song I produce. He has an incredible ear for detail and provides detailed, actionable advice that I always find useful.” – Matt Button, Mongo Shakers

“Loz is a brilliant masterer, we won’t go anywhere else. His skill and natural connection with the music makes his mastering have the human touch while also giving it a top quality professional sound.” – Stick Up Boys

“These masters are phenomenal ! I’ve only been mixing for four years but I still can’t get over how you can take a stereo stem and make it groove and move more with mastering… You’ve brought out details that I haven’t heard before and I’ve been obsessing over these mixes for two years. The vox sound front and centre without compromising the music. We love them and we’re delighted with the overall service – brilliant communication and a speedy turnaround without impacting the quality. All magic. In the short time we’ve been doing this we haven’t even considered trusting our music to another mastering engineer – that won’t change ! Thank you again.” Strange Crazy

“Fat As Funk… superb quality, quick turnaround…I wouldn’t go anywhere else!”Laurence Hobbs, Blue Room Productions

Elite sound: achievable. Your dream release: everlasting.

 

Additional information

Deluxe Package

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