Danny ....

or 


Discmakers:   http://www.discmakers.com/soundlab/   They are also a disc replication ...total package kind of place. 
Discmakers also have or had on their site some free stuff you can request. Good info  on DVD that may help you with recording and writing as well as getting your music ready to master so that they can do their best job for you. Look around the site a bit.

greekmac7


Danny, whats the turnaround like? 

I've seen places that say they need 2 days and places that need two months (I'm guessing its because of some kind of waiting list).
Ed.

Ed, I'll send you a pm. The turn-around times are always different. But roughly, depending on when you schedule and what I have already scheduled, anywhere from same day to 7 days give or take.
 
 
Herb: Thanks brother. :)
-Danny

Danny, I wasn't suggesting you weren't legit!!!  Just that the OP is in the UK and probably can't afford to drop in at your place.

bitflipper


Danny, I wasn't suggesting you weren't legit!!!  Just that the OP is in the UK and probably can't afford to drop in at your place.

LOL I know Dave, I was just having some fun with you. :)
 
-Danny

Indeed, home mastering is my fav modus operadi ... notwithstanding platinum potential?!

Can the self-ME vs. the pro-ME REALLY make the difference to my ears?


 -- I've concluded that a pro-ME sounds better 50% for my mixes, primarily the rock mixes.


 -- The ME had better be a rock-star himself, else I can not trust him for my rock mixes.  Why should a rock artist trust himself to a technician with no rock vibe?

 -- When it comes to hip-hop, trap, etc., a pro-ME really cannot do much better than Slate or Xenon limiters, imho.

 -- A pro-Me is less apt to care about YOUR instrument transients than you, unless he has recorded/performed at least some of those transients.

 -- If you take the time to mix and manually compress individual tracks, the ME plays less a role.  He might-not significantly improve things in the long run.

 -- A veteran ME is great for fixing 'my bad mixes'.  Danny Danzi has miraculously saved one 'finished' collab mix I did with Rick-NoHow, where the cantankerous sibs almost destroyed everything.  Also, Danzi will try, when feasible, to get you to fix things at the source track(s): especially timing errors, EQ-ing, serious dissonance, etc. ... so he might be more of a co-producer, than an ME.  I don't know how oft Katz would co-produce with his clients though.

 -- IOWs, a co-producer, co-artist, and partner, IMHO/JMO, is MUCH better than the best ME.  

 -- If in doubt, I'd go with Danziland (Danny) ... for a few mixes at least ... and then see if you can learn to self master the hip-hop stuff:


 -- Today's go-to 'Limiters' are probably the same for self vs. pro-ME volume maximization ... with today's 'loud' hip-hop mixes.

Vox-Elephant, 
Sonnox, 
FabFilter Pro-L, 
Slate Fx-g, or 
Xenon.  

(Not UAD Master (precision) limiter, not Ozone, and not Waves Maximizers ... since these don't seem to deal with hip-hop transient technologies so well)  

Choose one and see if you can compare to your ME (to your ears and others).
Most venders have trial versions ... and you end up paying $200 for one that you like.  Then you swear by it.  TBH, my Slate Fx-g is perfectly sufficient for my hip-hop stuff and getting things in the ball-park.

Blessings,

Go with Danny.....