Why Choose Osiris Studio
While our work with historical releases has been recognized with GRAMMY Awards and nominations, those accolades reflect the standards we bring to every project. Labels and artists choose Osiris Studio for our long history of thoughtful collaboration, technical precision, and commitment to serving the music—first and always.
Any genre. Any era. Any region of the world.
From the earliest recordings to today’s new releases.
This is the foundation of Osiris Studio’s work—and its ongoing mission.
MASTERING
Let’s keep this simple: we help music sound its very best, whether it was recorded last week or in 1910. And we make sure that music is delivered to you or your replication facility error-free and functioning correctly so that any copies made will sound as great as the master you approve.
Whether you plan to release an LP, CD, Cassette, or digital album, we can provide the finishing touches your project needs.
Our Los Angeles studio features a mastering room designed by legendary acoustician and studio designer George Augspurger, ensuring that Michael Graves is hearing sound as accurately as possible.
audio restoration
While we offer traditional mastering services for current artists, we also specialize in audio restoration and the creation of new masters from existing media.
Sometimes master tapes just can’t be found, and new masters need to be created from vinyl, acetate, shellac sources, cassettes, or anything else; or the tapes that do exist have suffered damage. This is where we come in. Since 2002, we’ve been taking audio from less-than-optimal sources and producing pristine audio that sounds as if it’s coming off of a master tape.
We work with virtually any type of audio from any era. This includes grooved (shellac, acetate, lacquer, vinyl) or tape-based media (any size, track configuration, analog or digital). Audio from film or video? Yes, that too.
Because of the nature of most of the projects we receive (rare, one-of-a-kind recordings, deteriorating media, etc.), our goal is to provide our clients with the highest quality product possible, because there may not be another opportunity to do so.
This is accomplished through decades of experience, comprehensive knowledge of current and aging media types, using only the best possible playback equipment and skilled treatment of the audio; both analog and digital
What does audio restoration sound like?
Optimally, like nothing. If done skillfully audio restoration should sound completely natural. You should hear no trace of manipulation.
And be unaware that the original sounded like this:
What's involved in the audio restoration process?
A lot. Here's step-by-step descriptions for typical restoration projects from grooved media for Hank Williams - The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 and Doc Pomus - You Can’t Hip A Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos. And here’s a breakdown of a restoration involving tape and digital sources for Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos.
