Though mastering, as a discipline, still hasn’t caught up with the Indian audio and sound industry, the awareness levels have surely skyrocketed. Thanks to numerous institutions and well-heeled producers and composers, today we have tracks and albums mastered with great audio quality, leading to an excellent aural experience.

Taking forward this very standpoint, Mastering World, a UK based online mastering network, has planned to amplify their reach and add on to their current set of offerings. Their website allows musicians, composers and producers to master their tracks online via an easy web interface that makes for a great experience. Additionally, soon enough, there are plans to launch a new product to the pro audio market and, at the same time, root themselves in the Indian market.

Comprising of three of the UK’s best mastering facilities, namely, Hafod Mastering, LOUD Mastering and Super Audio Mastering - Mastering World has six highly experienced engineers who work with many chart-topping artists. The mastering studios use the best high-end analogue equipment from manufacturers such as Manley, Prism Sound, Summit Audio, SSL, coupled with their high-end digital equipment from Izotope, Waves, Slate and Weiss makes Mastering World the perfect choice.

Interestingly, unlike many other online mastering services, Mastering World runs all the tracks through analogue equipment, not just using digital plug-ins. At the same time, the rates suit any budget starting at just £50 per track, with an album-mastering package also being offered.

Donal Whelan, Founder of Mastering World, elucidates, “We love working with our core client base in Mumbai and we would like to reach further afield and bring more amazing Indian and Asian music to our studios. In addition, expect an announcement from us soon about our new venture, which we are delighted to confirm will launch in India before anywhere else. We will be teaming up with a very well-known and reputable Indian company for this new product to ensure that our delivery and services are offered in the best manner possible.”

Mastering World has worked with clients all over the world and works with many of India’s top film composers such as A.R. Rahman, Amit Trivedi, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, and Gulraj Singh among others. Some of the film albums they have worked on include AR Rahmans ‘Highway’, ‘Kochadaiyaan’, Amit Trivedi’s ‘Bombay Talkies’, ‘Lootera’ and ‘Queen’.

Services offered by Mastering World include Online Mastering, Virtually Attended Mastering, Mastering for iTunes, CD Mastering, Stem Mastering, Re - mastering, etc.