eureka mastering
welcome!
eureka mastering provides professional audio mastering services. The studio is located in Portland, OR and is owned and operated by Mike Nolte, who has worked with many independent artists and record labels for more than 15 years. Equipped with a carefully curated selection of rich, velvety NOS tube processing and precision solid state electronics, eureka eastering can enhance your project with everything from classic vintage to fast and clean modern mastering. eureka mastering is an Apple Digital Masters certified provider.
Please feel free to contact me with your project details. Thanks!
featured projects

Paint a Room
Chris Cohen

Lady On The Cusp
of Montreal

Eight Pointed Star
Marina Allen

High Functioning
tp Dutchkiss

Future Past Life
STRFKR

Curve of Earth
Ohtis

White Is Relic​/​Irrealis Mood
of Montreal

Vault Vol. 3
STRFKR

Sweetheart
Cassie Ramone

Occasional Din
J Fernandez

Droll
Droll

Wicked Jaw
Locate S,1

Satanic Panic in the Attic
of Montreal

Starless
Shiner

Attachment Figure
Sarah Morrison

Over The Wall
MOURN

FM-2030
Reptaliens

Coda
Radiation City

Shy Boys
Shy Boys

Spotify Session
Local Natives

Holy Terror
Bummer

Vault Vol. 2
STRFKR

Rune Husk
of Montreal

A V
Surface to Air Missive

Running Back
Weed

Making Life Worthwhile
Dan Lurie

Mild West
Fullbloods

Little Leaves
The ACBs

Vault Vol. 1
STRFKR

Jigsaw Puzzle
of Montreal

Pennsylvania
Melkbelly

Congratulations
Mac Lethal

Boil
Forty Feet Tall

Shadowgraphs
Shadowgraphs

Talk Loud
Shy Boys

Ghosty
Ghosty

Schadenfreude
Shiner
services
digital / cd mastering
1 song($100), 2-4 songs($75/ea), 5-8 songs($70/ea), 9 or more($65/ea) Optimized mastering for CD and WAVE uncompressed format.
vinyl premasters
12" ($100), 10"($50), 7"($30) Specially prepared high resolution files for delivery to the lacquer cutter or vinyl manufacturer. One file for each side of the record with a cut sheet.
additional instrumental masters
$10 extra per song If you have instrumental mixes that are the same as your regular mixes without vocals, and provided at the same time as the main mixes.
mastered for iTunes / Apple Digital Masters
$10 extra per song Optimization of mastering for Apple Music / Apple Digital Masters. Masters are delivered to your distributor or label in a hi res format that has been tested with tools from apple to make sure there are no "overs" causing clipping after being converted to their Apple Codec format.
equipment
Magix Sequoia 15
Egglestonworks Andra Speakers
SPL DMC Console
Sontec MES-432d9 Equalizer
SPL PQ - 2050 Equalizer Mastering Edition
SPL Gemini Mid / Side Processing
Pacific Microsonics Model Two ADDA
Lavry Savitr Analog to Digital Converter
Lavry Quintessence Digital to Analog Converter
Bricasti M21 Digital to Analog Converter
Fairman TMC Tube Limiter
Weiss DS1MK3 Digital Compressor Limiter
Waves L2 Ultramaximizer Hardware Version
Merging HAPI
Crookwood VU Metering
Pass Labs 350.5 Amplifier
Acoustic Zen Absolute Speaker Cables
Shunyata Everest Power Conditioning