All files delivered to our clients are performed to the highest level of excellence and performed to the strict guidelines put in place by Dolby. Such guidelines ensure that quality control is in place and the industry as a whole has as standard that … [Read more...]

Dolby Atmos is a relatively new format that is sweeping through the music industry one major studio at a time. Dolby Atmos is an immersive audio format that utilises an array of speakers upwards of 7.1.2. Audio is wrapped around the listener and over … [Read more...]

There are lots of different ADAT interfaces that will expand any interface that includes ADAT, not just UAD interfaces. If your interface has ADAT (which all UAD interfaces do) you will be able to expand the amount of inputs and outputs by 8. Meaning … [Read more...]

This is a question I know I asked myself when I first got an Apollo interface. Then after learning the answer I was quite gutted I had only had bought a quad. Bare in mind this going back quite a while before octo's were even thought of. From what I … [Read more...]

This is a question put to me a few days ago and I feel answering it from my own personal experiences could help a good few people break into the industry and turn a hobby into a full time job. There are many ways to do this but there is no quick 100% … [Read more...]

This is something I do at least 10 times a day. As a mixing and mastering engineer I am the best person to ask if the mix is correct and I will happily help each and every person who gets in touch to ask about this free service we provide. Before … [Read more...]

Technically you don't actually need any qualifications. For me personally as someone that is an employer in the music industry I've always found that hands on experience is far more valuable than a qualification. For instance you could have a degree … [Read more...]

The transient designer is a tool that is often forgot about or not even known about. For us at Audio Animals it's an essential tool. All transient designers work in a similar way, they all achieve the goal of shaping the transients. But which one … [Read more...]

The average turn around time for all of our services is between 4 to 7 days. This time frame gives our engineers time to analyse your music and work in a way that achieves the best results. Priority mastering is turned around with 2 to 48 hours. … [Read more...]

Files should be delivered to your mastering engineer in wav format 44,100kHz 16/24bit. This format ensure the engineer has a high quality version of your track to work with. Never deliver a mastering engineer an MP3 even if you are told it is high … [Read more...]