About

AIR Mastering specialises in all formats of analogue and digital mastering, providing high-end audio services to the global music industry. From independent artists to major labels and cult TV soundtracks to Hollywood blockbusters, our team has the craft and vision to enhance your release.

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Explore this page to find out more about our team, mastering suites, equipment, and our Online Mastering, Direct to Vinyl Recording, and Half Speed Mastering services.

For bookings & general enquiries, please contact mastering@airstudios.com.

Barry Grint

One of the most celebrated mastering engineers in the industry, Senior Mastering Engineer Barry ‘Bazza’ Grint started his career in 1984 and founded Alchemy in 1998, after working at Abbey Road, Porky’s Mastering, Tape One, and the legendary Trident Studios.

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John Webber

John Webber is a Grammy winner and has worked with a diverse range of artists, from indie darlings to musical legends.

His recent notable projects include mastering the SAY Award-winning album Dinny Greet by rEDOLENT and chart-topping albums like Unreal Unearth by Hozier and Danse Macabre by Duran Duran (mixed by Bob Clearmountain). He has also mastered critically acclaimed works by BBC 6 Music favorites such as Honeyglaze, Ash, Coach Party, Divorce, Junodream, China Bears, Band Of Skulls, Sløtface, 86TVs, Peace, and English Teacher.

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Jasper Ward

As a full-time mastering engineer at AIR Studios, Jasper has worked for both major and independent labels with artists like Yard Act, David Bowie, Purple Disco Machine, M Huncho, and Olivia Dean.

Jasper works across vinyl and digital mastering, with a particular expertise in stem mastering. He has established a dedicated client base and is highly regarded as an exceptional mastering and vinyl cutting engineer.

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Natalie Bibby

Natalie began her career at Metropolis studios, where she was trained by all of their engineers to become an amalgam of traditional and modern engineering. From the get go, she gained prestigious cutting credits assisting on live recording direct to vinyl sessions. Natalie has worked with the likes of Lewis Capaldi, The Big Moon, Squid, Portico Quartet, The Vaccines, Poppy Ajudha, Portico Quartet and Jimmy Eat World.

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Henry Rudkins

Henry’s passion for music began from a young age when he started playing drums and guitar. This created a desire to learn the ins and outs of music production, in particular the engineering side.

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Phil Kinrade

As a mastering engineer specialising in catalogue, mainstream, compilations, and restoration, Phil has worked with iconic artists such as Donna Summer, Frank Black, The Specials, Suede, Stewart Copeland, Echo & The Bunnymen, Erasure, Madness, Ultravox, Moby. More recently, he has been audio mastering for Two Tones iconic Dance Craze tour.

 

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Mastering 1

Mastering 1 specialises in catalogue & audio restoration with a custom made console and Focusrite Blue 300 mastering controller feeding ATC25A monitors. With replay from Studer A820, Sony 1630, Sony Dat, Technics 1210GR turntable, Nakamichi DR2, all 2 track formats can be catered for & tape baking on site. The Neumann VMS80 vinyl cutting lathe has been equipped with a half-speed mod.

Mastering 2

Mastering 2 features an in-house custom console, Avocet monitor control and a large selection of analogue processors including the legendary Sontec MES-430B amongst a curated selection of analogue EQs. The Sequoia DAW is fed through Cranesong convertors to ATC150A monitors. Analogue replay is from a custom Studer A80 or Ampex ATR100. The Neuman VMS80 vinyl cutting lathe is equipped with a half speed mod.

Mastering 3

Mastering 3 features a custom console based around Maslec MTC mastering controls and the legendary Sontec MES-432D. The Sequoia DAW is fed through DAD convertors to ATC150A monitors. Other equipment includes a DCS AtoD converter, Elysia compressor, Whitestone tube levelling amplifier and Dangerous Bax Eq. Other equipment such as a Fairchild compressor can be used if available. The Neumann VMS80 vinyl cutting lathe is equipped with a half-speed modification, updated amplifier cards and feedback circuitry.

Services

AIR Online Mastering will master your project within 5 days from £100 per track. Book, pay and upload your project and our engineers will start work on your track right away.
Your tape or digital audio is fed through our range of top-end analogue/digital processors. We produce a digital WAV file for use on all music streaming services.
We cut your audio onto a 14" lacquer (a pre-master) ready for the pressing plant to create your vinyl records. Our experienced engineers perform the transfer on our VMS80 cutting lathe and ensure your music is optimised for the format.
Previously known as ‘Mastered for iTunes’ Apple Digital Mastering is a specialist workflow that ensures the stamp of approval from Apple when buying or streaming music via their services. Each of our engineers are certified with Apple to carry out this process.
Recording, mixing and vinyl come together as we record live performances from Lyndhurst Hall or Studio 1 directly onto a vinyl pre-master in our mastering room. This is the ultimate pure analogue recording.
Vinyl mastering but with the turntable, electronics and audio set to half its original speed. Your tracks will benefit from improved groove ‘accuracy’ as the cutting takes twice as long to transcribe the audio. This reduces mechanical stress and results in a smoother, more natural top end.
CDs are still commonly used for physical music sales. AIR will master, sequence and create DDP pre-masters for your CD replication.

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