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/ MASTERING STUDIO

Mastering and mixing for electronic music,
handled by one engineer in Frankfurt.

Send a stereo premaster, stems, or a rough mix with references. I master on a hybrid analog/digital chain and deliver through your account, usually within 48 to 72 hours.

60 seconds of your track, full chain, no card required.

/ THE BASICS
  • 17 years mastering electronic music
  • Frankfurt am Main
  • Hybrid analog/digital chain
  • One engineer from upload to revision
  • 24-bit WAV delivery
/ SERVICES · 05

Services

01 / INPUT / MIX

Stereo mastering

For finished mixes that need level, balance, translation and release-ready delivery.

  • Tonal balance, depth and stereo image
  • Loudness set against your reference, not a generic target
  • Hybrid analog/digital chain
  • Streaming, club and vinyl pre-master
  • Club edit or radio cut on request
02 / SUB / PUNCH

Stem mastering

For tracks where drums, bass, vocals or music need separate control without a full remix.

  • Up to 8 stems (drums, bass, music, vocals)
  • Separate control of low end and vocal placement
  • Useful when the mix is close but not quite balanced
  • Built around electronic music
03 / MID-HI

Mixing

Selected projects only. Send stems or your DAW project, a rough mix, and references.

  • Stems or full DAW session
  • Rough mix and reference required
  • One revision round included
  • Hybrid analog summing
04 / FREE TOOL

3D Bass Trap & PSI AVAA Room Planner

Free interactive tool. Plan studio acoustics in 3D, see SPL pressure zones and ideal bass trap and AVAA positions.

  • SPL pressure zones from 20 to 200 Hz
  • Speaker and listening position vectors
  • Bass trap and PSI AVAA placement
  • Free, runs in your browser
Open the planner
/ HOW I WORK

One engineer, one room.

Get That Sound is run by Matt Merty in Frankfurt. 17 years mastering electronic music for labels, artists and producers.

  • 17
    years mastering
  • 48 to 72h
    standard turnaround
  • Free
    first test master
  1. 01 / REASON

    I work against your reference

    Send a track that sits where you want yours to sit. I match the level, balance and feel against it instead of pushing toward a generic loud target.

  2. 02 / REASON

    Hybrid analog chain

    Outboard for tone, glue and weight, digital where it's more precise. Same chain I use for label releases.

  3. 03 / REASON

    One revision, replied by me

    I master every project myself. One revision is included. Replies come from me by email, not a ticket queue.

/ FILE PREP

Sending files.

Five things that make the master better and the turnaround faster:

Read the full prep guide →
  • 01WAV or AIFF
  • 0224-bit preferred
  • 03No limiter on the master bus
  • 04Roughly 3 to 6 dB headroom
  • 05One or two reference tracks
  • 06Tell me the target: club, streaming, vinyl, label delivery, radio edit
/ AUDIO EXAMPLES

Audio examples.

Public examples are being cleared with the labels and artists involved.

Audio examples are being cleared. If you want to hear the chain on your own track, send 60 seconds and I'll run a free test master through the full chain.

Want to hear the chain? Ask for a free test master on your own track.

/ CERTIFIED03 / VERIFIED

Three certifications. 17 years on the job. Every master cut by me.

Matt Merty, mastering engineer at Get That Sound
Credentials03
  • HOFA Certified Mastering Engineer
    HOFA-College, full mastering certification.
  • Mastering Academy Certified
    Mastering Academy Hamburg (Friedemann Tischmeyer), full mastering certification.
  • Apple Digital Masters
    Approved engineer for Apple Digital Masters delivery.
/ ABOUT

Matt Merty

17 years mastering electronic music. Focus on minimal, tech house, deep house and afro house. Frankfurt-based, working internationally on club, festival and streaming releases.

Why not automated mastering

Automated mastering can be useful for quick demos. My work is different: I make arrangement-aware decisions against your reference, your genre, and the destination of the release.

Sometimes that means louder. Sometimes it means leaving space.

The chain

Fully analog, built piece by piece over the years:

glue and forward motion
  • Vertigo VSC-3
  • Manley Variable Mu
tonal compression with character
  • Tube-Tech SMC 2BM
  • Hum Audio LAAL
broad tonal shapes
  • Manley Massive Passive
  • Dangerous BAX EQ
surgical work where transparency matters
  • elysia xmax
  • elysia museEQ
  • elysia alpha
harmonic density and weight
  • Black Box HG-2
  • CAG HDE-250A
finishing moves a plugin chain cannot replicate
  • Goly CrosscOMPressionEQ
  • Rockruepel Sidechain.one Stereo Pair
  • Orca Bay
  • SPL BiG Studio
analog summing, 32 channels
  • Dangerous 2-Bus+
  • 32 channels
multi-channel conversion for analog mixing
  • Lynx Aurora (n) 24 DIG TB
conversion, calibrated to -18 dBFS
  • Lynx Hilo 2

Each unit adds something physical: transformer color, valve compression, transient behaviour. The decisions on top of it are made by someone who knows the genre, the room and the system the track will end up on.

Plugin development

I also build mastering software. Currently ThuMP, a low-end and transient plugin in JUCE and C++. Useful background: I know where algorithms work and where they don't.

How to send work

24-bit WAV or AIFF, 3 to 6 dB headroom on the master bus, no limiter. Send a reference and tell me where the release is going (club, festival, streaming, vinyl). Questions before upload are welcome.

/ PRICING

Pricing. Per track.

Prices in EUR. No VAT shown (Kleinunternehmerregelung gemäß § 19 UStG). Add-ons available at checkout.

/ STUDIO

The room.
Hybrid chain, calibrated monitoring.

Frankfurt am Main. Treated room, calibrated to -18 dBFS, set up to translate across club systems, headphones and streaming.

17 years pro audio · Hybrid analog chain · One engineer

Detail of the analog mastering chain
Inside the Get That Sound mastering room
Elysia Alpha mastering compressor and analog rack glowing blue in the mastering room
17
Years
100%
Hybrid
/ Free Tool · Studio Acoustics

3D Bass Trap and PSI AVAA Room Planner.

Plan your room in 3D. See SPL pressure zones, speaker vectors and the best positions for bass traps and PSI AVAA active bass absorbers. Free, runs in your browser.

Preview of the 3D Bass Trap and PSI AVAA Room Planner showing red SPL pressure bubbles, cyan speaker wall vectors and green listening position vectors
/ THUMP · IN-HOUSE PLUGIN

ThuMP
low-end and transient processor.

ThuMP is a low-end, transient and weight processor I built for the Get That Sound chain. It runs daily on real projects. Currently in private beta with a small group of producers and label engineers.