RATES
Tracking
Tracking is a flat rate of $275/day with an hourly rate of $40/hour beyond 8 hours in a session (10AM-6PM).
DISCLAIMER: the live room is intended as an overdub space for loud sources such as drums, guitar amps, bass amps, re-amping, etc. The space cannot accommodate a full live-band tracking scenario. Depending on the time of day, there is the possibility of noise bleed from neighboring rehearsal rooms.
There are no rental fees associated with using any in-house equipment. If there is a specific piece of equipment desired for use during session, please specify at time of booking.
Mixing & Editing
Mixing: for outside recordings, all mixes are $350/song.
In-house mixing is $325/song for all tracks recorded at Lux Perpetua.
Extras: mix stems, karaoke tracks, and other special exports are $20/song. Please specify what extras will be needed at time of booking for an accurate quote.
If only editing services are required, I can provide instrument, drum and vocal editing for $100/instrument group (drums, guitars, vocals, etc.). This is a comprehensive manual edit which includes drum phase correction, time-alignment and quantization, tuning and audio repair if needed. I aim to preserve as natural as a performance as possible when editing.
If the tracks were not recorded to a metronome, editing is $150/instrument group.
Mastering
Digital mastering: is calculated at a rate of $5.50/1-minute of recorded material (for a 4-minute song, the mastering rate would be $22.00, a 30-minute album is $165.00, etc.). This rate includes metadata organization and a streaming master. DDP files can be provided upon request with an additional rate of $15. Client must provide track ISRCs and define metadata prior to booking.
Mastering for vinyl: if you’re intending to use a plant which requires lacquers for pressing, you will typically need a special vinyl master that has different loudness, frequency and stereo imaging specifications. I can provide a vinyl master alongside a digital master for $11/minute of recorded material.
Please note, I do not have lacquer-cutting equipment. I recommend the following mastering engineers for affordable lacquer-cutting:
https://www.aardvarkmastering.com/
https://saffmastering.com/_site/main.html
There is 50% deposit required at time of booking. This deposit is non-refundable if cancelled within 10 days of scheduled session. Invoices for mixing and mastering must be paid for work to begin.
Please note: no mixes, masters, or edits will be performed as spec-work unless communicated prior to session. Up to 3 revisions for each service are included in the rates above.