Worldwide Services in Mixing, Mastering, Audio Restoration, and more including Chicagoland’s Most Reasonable Recording and Production Rates.

Studio time starts at a very reasonable $25/ hr. Block an entire day of time (8 or more hours), for only $20/hr..

Studio time with Production starts at $35/ hr. Block an entire day of time (8 or more hours) for only $30/hr.

An example of Production would be taking your song and filling it out with say drums or other instrumentation, like a bass, strings, whatever we see fit.

Another facet of Production would be working closely with you to bring the song to something marketable, offering my professional opinion and insight to possible small changes I believe the song could benefit from, allowing it to evolve to the final cut on the album.  The whole time, my only goal would be to make you sound like a god, and working with you to make that happen.

In comparison, Recording would be defined as you want your song to be exactly as you have it now, no changes, no instrumentation, no drums (e.g. solo acoustic artists), and you don't want my opinion, you just want me to record you (or your band including full drum set micing by Audix) and get the best takes.

My role can change from song to song if you like, but the main point is knowing that I charge differently for Producing your music as opposed to just Recording your music.

Either way you choose, i can still offer comping of takes, pitch correction, timing correction, mix-down, mastering, etc.

Mixing material recorded in our studios is a flat $15 per song.
Mastering of material recorded in our studios is a flat $15 per song.
Additional time required to composite multiple takes, correct pitch, refine midi, or other tasks necessary to get your material ready to mix is only $15/hr.

Mastering a 2 track mix-down of material not recorded in our studio is only $25 per song.
Mixing a multitrack (2 or more) down to a 2 track and then Mastering is only $45 per song*.

Mobile solutions start at $30/ hr plus travel time at $10/ hr one way (which we pre quote... we don’t stick it to you for getting stuck in traffic, you only pay what Google Maps quotes, and we don’t charge you for the ride home). After recording your session, we can deliver in 1 of 2 ways... or both. We can export the project onto DVD from any of the DAWs on our Home page for only $15, or we can take it back to our studio for mixing and mastering. Live capture mixing and mastering without composite takes is only $5 per song.

We also work with nature sounds and scenes. Sound Isolation and scene building is $20/ hr.

Restoration of old recordings, or transferring vinyl to cd or digital media is also $20/ hr.

All rates are tracked to the hundredth of an hour. Example - 1.04 hours.
Mobile rates are as follows: we start the rate clock at the beginning of setup. Once the recording process is over, we stop our clock and breakdown. This time is then added to the pre quoted travel time and your export options for your final invoice due at that time. We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or cash for mobile recordings. Choosing our Mixing and Mastering option for your mobile recording will be a separate invoice due at time of delivery.

Studio time paid at the end of the day via credit / debit MasterCard, Visa, Discover, or Cash will receive a 10% discount. For your convenience we can also bill you payable through PayPal.  You do not need a PayPal account to pay the invoice online, as we accept MasterCard, Visa, Discover, and American Express in addition to a PayPal account through online billing.  All invoices payable online will be due within 15 days of the invoice.

All services accrued preparing any and all material for mixing and mastering in post production (work done after you are recorded) will be invoiced on the 1st and 15th of every month, payable online as described above, due within 15 days.

*Mixes containing more than 8 tracks are an additional $3 per track.
All prices effective Feb 1 2010 and are subject to change without notice.

Email us for an appointment, or call (800) 464-6949 today.