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My studio is located in the music capitol of the world: Los Angeles. Whether your final product is vinyl, CD, or digital release, by working with Lotus Mastering, you will have in hand a radio-ready, professional master to match the best in the industry.

World-class audio mastering services

I use a custom-designed analog and digital hardware chain and precision monitoring to bring out a timeless clarity and warmth in my clients’ final song mixes.

Every piece of gear in the mastering signal path has been hand-picked and modified for the highest in sonic fidelity, all the way down to the cables.

I’ve designed a simple and direct signal chain to let the music deliver as much emotion and clarity as possible.

I am continually upgrading equipment, so equipment list is subject to change.

Monitoring

Exakte ML-6 Speakers (design and build by Grammy-nominated, super-genius Ken Goerres)
Yamaha NS-10 (modified)

Digital Conversion

Universal Audio 2192 Converters AD/DA
Apogee PSX-100 AD/DA

Playback

Sony cassette player
Sony CD Player
Sony MD Player/Recorder
Panasonic DVD-A Audio Player

Amplification

Parasound A23 Power Amp
Adcom GFA-535 Power Amp

DAW’s and Recorders

Sonic Studio (mastering/editing)
Digidesign Pro Tools (playback)

Digital Processing (Hardware)

Weiss EQ1 MKII Equalizer
Junger DO1 Dynamics Processor
Waves L2 Ultramaximizer Limiter

Analog Processing (Hardware)

Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
Manley Vari-Mu Limiter/Compressor

Digital Processing (Software, Plug-ins)

Waves Mercury Bundle
Digidesign BNR Standard LE
Digidesign Hybrid
Digidesign Music Production Toolkit
Digidesign Smack LE
Altiverb

Our other services


Mastering

25,000 Hours of Experience

After working and training at Warner Bros Records Studios for nearly a decade … read more...

Remastering

Bring new fans to classic recordings

Remastering has become a powerful buzzword in the music industry ...
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Archiving

Protect your musical assets

When was the last time you turned on that hard drive you recorded your last record on?
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“Michael, thanks for making it sound so good!”

~ Julie Cain, “Picture Show”

“Thank you again and again and again!”

~ Edwin Camacho (Disney Records) for The Ethers, “The Ethers”

“Thanks for all your tireless help making this thing.”

~ Year Of The Dragon, “Five Fingers Of Def”

“Michael, thanks you made it sound great.”

~ Susan Surftone, “Shore”