mastering studios

UMS offers a wide range of services, including mastering, mixing, editing and watermarking - as well as secure electronic delivery of assets throughout the world.

about us

Universal Mastering Studios is a full-service professional mastering facility, serving our clientele in three locations throughout North America, with studios in New York, Los Angeles and Monterey Mexico. Our veteran staff of world-class mastering engineers have worked with some of the industry's top recording artists and producers over the last 30 years.

Our years of experience, our cutting-edge technology, and our commitment to the highest quality of audio services is what distinguishes UMS from other facilities in the industry. Our expert staff will assist you from the start of your project through the final stages of the mastering process.

Studios

Manhattan

Features and Equipment:

  • Protools HD workstation
  • Sonic Studio HD workstation
  • PMC Speakers/Bryston Amps (Doug Morris Suite)
  • Genelec 1038B MOnitors (The Ritz Studio)
  • Manely Mastering Console
  • Weiss EQ-1 DS-LP Equalizer
  • Weiss DS1-MK2 Compressor/Limiter
  • DCS 904 A/D with DSD capability
  • DCS 972 D to D Converter
  • DCS 952 D/A

Hollywood

The Hollywood studio is currently undergoing renovations, a list of equipment will be available shortly.

Santa Monica

Features and Equipment:

  • full mastering/production rooms
  • DynAudio M3 speakers
  • Sonic Studio’s SoundBlade digital audio processing
  • Atomic Clock digital clocking

services

What do you want? What do you need? Refine your creation with us. UMS offers the spectrum of state-of-the art, high quality services, executed by experienced engineers, to deliver the results you demand:

  • High Resolution Mastering, Editing & Mixing, including 5.1 Surround Mastering
    Pretty much says it all. Your project will be carefully crafted to your specifications using Sonic Solutions SoundBlade, ProTools HD [need more software & version info]
  • Internet Mastering Services
    Our great mastering chops at a budget price! Submit your music via our WAMnet service and we will master it for $99 per song! (Contact us for further details.)
  • Voiceover & Radio Spot Recording
    Let us help you create engaging voiceovers to get your point across.
  • Analog & Digital Transfers / Archiving, All Formats
    We have a large collection of tape machines to transfer your tapes to new tape or into digital files for future use.
  • Watermarking & Duplication Services
    Safeguard your art! UMS can create a forensic watermark for one CD or 100, insuring that you will know who leaked your music!
  • Ringtone Editing & eCommerce Solutions
    Safeguard your art! UMS can create a forensic watermark for one CD or 100, insuring that you will know who leaked your music!