Nick Landis Mastering

Nick Landis Mastering 20 years of listening to music and turning knobs. Helping great mixes become great records since 2005.
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Vinyl mastering starts with a conversation — about runtime, level, format, and what you're trying to achieve. The earlie...
09/12/2026

Vinyl mastering starts with a conversation — about runtime, level, format, and what you're trying to achieve. The earlier we talk, the more options you have. Nick Landis Mastering.

Where you divide an album for vinyl isn't just logistical. The track that ends side A and opens side B shapes how the li...
09/10/2026

Where you divide an album for vinyl isn't just logistical. The track that ends side A and opens side B shapes how the listener experiences the whole record — the sense of a pause, a return, a second act. I talk through this with every vinyl client. It's one of the more interesting parts of preparing a vinyl release.

Low end that works fine in digital will often cause problems on vinyl. Deep sub-bass and wide stereo bass content make g...
09/07/2026

Low end that works fine in digital will often cause problems on vinyl. Deep sub-bass and wide stereo bass content make grooves harder to cut and can cause the needle to skip. Managing bass carefully for vinyl isn't a compromise — it's what the format requires. Worth discussing before you mix, not after.

Cutting louder grooves requires more physical space on the disc. More space per groove means fewer grooves per side — an...
09/05/2026

Cutting louder grooves requires more physical space on the disc. More space per groove means fewer grooves per side — and less runtime. This isn't a stylistic preference, it's physics. Understanding that tradeoff changes how you think about what a vinyl master needs to do.

Vinyl is back, and more clients are asking about it than ever. But the format requires decisions that digital never did ...
09/02/2026

Vinyl is back, and more clients are asking about it than ever. But the format requires decisions that digital never did — about your mix, your sequence, your format, your timeline, and your budget. A new post at Nick Landis Mastering covers the full picture: what a vinyl premaster actually involves, what mix issues vinyl exposes that streaming doesn't, why lead times have historically been longer than most people plan for, and what the cost reality looks like compared to what artists expect coming from a CD or digital background. If vinyl is part of your release plan, this is the conversation worth having early. Link in comments.

Vinyl has a completely different set of considerations than digital mastering. Level, bass, runtime, side splits — all o...
09/01/2026

Vinyl has a completely different set of considerations than digital mastering. Level, bass, runtime, side splits — all of it is interconnected in ways that catch people off guard. Full guide goes live Wednesday at Nick Landis Mastering.

The fall release window is the busiest of the year. If your project is targeting an end-of-year release, reaching out no...
08/21/2026

The fall release window is the busiest of the year. If your project is targeting an end-of-year release, reaching out now gives us both the best options. Nick Landis Mastering.

Vinyl can't be shuffled. You commit to a side. That constraint is part of why I think the format is making a comeback — ...
08/17/2026

Vinyl can't be shuffled. You commit to a side. That constraint is part of why I think the format is making a comeback — it restores the ritual of listening to an album the way the artist intended. The sequence becomes part of the experience in a way that streaming doesn't allow. Full post on this at NickLandis.com

If vinyl is part of your release plan, the sequence conversation needs to happen before you've committed to one. Album l...
08/14/2026

If vinyl is part of your release plan, the sequence conversation needs to happen before you've committed to one. Album length, inner groove distortion, the A/B split — these are technical realities that affect which decisions are available to you at the pressing stage. The earlier we talk, the more options you have.

The order of tracks on an album is one of the most underrated decisions in making a record — and one of the easiest to o...
08/12/2026

The order of tracks on an album is one of the most underrated decisions in making a record — and one of the easiest to overlook when you're focused on getting the music finished. Vinyl can't be shuffled. You commit to a side. That constraint is part of why I think the format is making a comeback. A new post at Nick Landis Mastering on sequence as a storytelling tool, the low-tech method I've used for decades to evaluate album order, and the technical realities vinyl introduces that most clients don't know to plan for.

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