Philosophers Barn Mastering
Specialist analogue audio mastering facility for Classical, Electronica and Jazz.
Highly skilled audio professionals and state of the art analogue and digital audio equipment.
PBM mastering enhances textural clarity; adds warmth; and creates a tonal balance and sense of space opening the finest musical detail.
“Textures and Tones”
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PBM Analogue -
PBM Perspective -
PBM Digital
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Analogue Mastering for digital or vinyl
Mastering to unlimited hi-res File for Vinyl Cutting
Mastering for CD, including ISRC, CD-text and DDPi
Mastering for WAV, FLAC, MP3 or Apple Loss-less formats
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Mastering for mixing engineers
Bespoke one day mastering course for experienced mixers
Working with you and your mixes at Philosophers Barn.
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Nuance Re-Mastering for classical and jazz
Specialised analogue remastering of digital sources
to high-resolution digital masters.
Classical re-editing, restoration and noise reduction
Recently Mastered at Philosophers Barn
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“What I really like about Eric’s masters is that they sound exactly the same as my mixes – but very much better.”
Rollo Armstrong
Mastered at Philosophers Barn:
Dido Still on My Mind
Faithless – All Blessed
R Plus Last Summer
R Plus (New Album Soon)
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“I’m so happy I found Eric, more than just doing a top level job on the mastering, his insights and guidance have made me a better mix engineer.”
James Holden
Mastered at Philosophers Barn:
James Holden Animal Spirits
James Holden Imagine This Is A High-Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities
Leafcutter John Yes! Come Parade With Us
Luke Abbott Translate
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“Eric James has Diamond Ears,”
Talvin Singh
Mastered at Philosophers Barn:
Once Again (Film Score)
Awakening (Single and Video)
Senior Mastering Engineer
Eric James
Eric has been involved in the music business as musician, producer and classical engineer for over 30 years. He had a parallel academic career until 2011 when he resigned his university tenure in order to accommodate an increasingly busy mastering facility.
Professional Mastering requires audio engineers with experienced ears, working in an acoustically neutral room, equipped with state of the art analogue and digital music processing, and the highest resolution accurate monitoring. The Mastering Workshop at PBM has all three.
How mastering works at Philosophers Barn
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Get in touch
As each mastering project is unique we prefer to receive enquiries via e-mail or to speak directly to you.
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Mastering in the workshop
The Workshop is housed in a converted barn, on a small farm in the quiet countryside of the wilder side of the North Norfolk coast. The room was re-designed and acoustically optimised by Dr Douglas Doherty at DACS Ltd.
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Delivered in the format you need
Mastering to unlimited hi-res File for Vinyl Cutting. Mastering for CD, including ISRC, CD-text and DDPi. Mastering for WAV, FLAC, MP3 or Apple Loss-less formats.
Questions customers ask
What kind of music does Philosophers Barn master?
- Philosophers Barn is a specialist analogue audio mastering facility for Classical, Electronica and Jazz.
What formats can you master for?
- Mastering to unlimited hi-res File for Vinyl Cutting; mastering for CD, including ISRC, CD-text and DDPi; and mastering for WAV, FLAC, MP3 or Apple Loss-less formats.
How quickly will my enquiry be answered?
- E-mail enquiries are always answered by the end of the day. If we are busy in the studio and no-one can take your call we will reply to answerphone messages within a few hours.
What is remastering?
- Remastering is simply a technical term: a new mastering of a stereo mix that has either been previously mastered, or in the case of early digital classical recordings, never been mastered before. The sole aim of Nuance Re-Mastering is to fully optimise the sound quality.