Cphonic Online Mastering Service is the pinnacle of acoustics design, featuring a 430 square foot audiophile studio environment with an absolutely flat monitor response due to the massive depth of our built-in bass trapping. The Real Traps acoustic fixtures that line the walls provide further refinement of the sound, making this the most accurate control room music producer / mixing engineer / mastering engineer Kevin McNoldy has ever created. When your music can be heard in the most accurate room possible, it means that your audio can be enhanced to its fullest potential… again, giving you the competitive edge.

The equipment is wired by hand with custom cables exclusively used by Cphonic, and no audio patchbays are used in the signal path for an absolutely pure connection. In the digital realm, Cphonic features the finest conversion available today, which is upgraded at a dizzying pace every time there is a new breakthrough in converter design technology. As with the analog signal, there are no patchbays added to the digital path in order to keep your audio absolutely pure. This means your music's overall tone and dynamics are not colored or altered in any way, unless it enhances your material by choice--our signal chain is absolutely transparent, so you only get the best out of your music, with nothing degrading the sound.

Cphonic's no-expense-spared approach also extends to our custom-built ATR Services one inch Ampex ATR-102 analog tape machine, which has been upgraded to Cranesong / Dave Hill-designed Aria Reference Series electronics. This "super analog" machine does the heavy lifting in the mastering chain, providing the most open, rich analog tape experience you'll ever hear. In an increasingly digital world, this rare and incredible sounding one-inch tape format (the widest and most robust tape format ever created) is the absolute best for adding glue, width, dimension, and fatness to in-the-box computer mixes, and it also serves as the ideal high-end two-track archival medium.

From Equitech balanced power systems to monitoring from Genelec to KS Digital, no expense was spared to create the most pure signal and monitoring path available today. Nothing in our chain (including the power itself) alters your music in any way—so when we adjust your sound, it's by choice in order to bring out the best qualities of your material.

In addition to a wonderful stable of mixing and mastering equipment outboard choices (Weiss, TC Electronic, Dangerous Music, Sonic Farm, and more), DAW choices (WaveLab Pro, Nuendo, Pro Tools, Logic, Studio One, and more), and a high-end plug-in selection of nearly everything available today (see the Equipment List), Cphonic houses a rotating set of Kevin's vintage collection of gear (pieces that impart wonderful color to masters, such as Neve, API, Telefunken, RCA, and more). The studio is also the home base for Kevin's music production, engineering, mixing, and songwriting work, so he maintains a full collection of microphone preamps and microphones.

In addition to the desk and ancillary mastering studio equipment being designed in a minimalist fashion and precisely angled to prevent reflections at the listening position, the desk and speakers are physically floated to completely decouple them from the floor and surrounding environment. This crucial step means the sound from the mastering studio monitors is completely unaltered and true to the source, with the excellent room acoustics presenting it in the most pure condition we've ever tested. All the "heavy lifting" outboard gear is wired in remotely to the computer, to keep the listening position as clean, uncluttered, and minimal as possible--a small working area equals cleaner acoustics (oversized console desks filled with electronics take a huge toll on the acoustics of a listening environment). This scientific approach to the design means your music can be heard with incredibly detailed clarity, making the decisions to bring out its best qualities the right ones.

We spent countless time and money getting the details listed above perfect, so your music can shine. This makes the difference you need to compete against the biggest artists in the world. And remember, with a room and audio system this accurate, Cphonic also represents the ideal hybrid mixing and production environment. So, if you would like your music project handled for more than just the final song mastering, please Contact Us!