Chris Leva

Analog Mastering Studio

THE PURELY MUSICAL MASTERING SOLUTION

Treat your artistic achievements to the ideal final step in the audio production process-

Audiophile analog mastering will preserve or even embellish the dynamic range, enhance the sonic spectrum and contribute a sense of dimensionality and space to your music.

A.I. mastering has no ability to truly listen to your compositions and performances and to help supplement & fulfill your artistic intent.

MASTERING IS AN INTEGRAL STEP IN BRINGING YOUR MUSIC FULLY UP TO IT’S POTENTIAL-

CHRIS WILL HELP INCREASE THE WARMTH, CLARITY, PRESENCE AND IMPACT OF YOUR MUSIC.

Chris offers analog mastering services with a signal chain that includes:

- Burr-Brown D/a

-charter oak & elysia eq’s

-solid state logic fusion

-IGS TUBECORE MASTERING COMPRESSOR

-manley compressor/ Limiter

-Burl Audio adc

Chris works as an archival and mastering technician at Grammy-winning Long Gone Sound Studio in Faber, VA.

What the clients are saying:

CHRIS KING (Grammy winning producer; mastering technician)

"Chris Leva has ears like a bloodhound has a nose.  In my thirty years of remastering old recordings and recording live groups, I've never encountered a person so keenly aware of the sonic space that creates life in music.  Working with chris has been not only a sheer joy, but an education in how sound works, how music works, how life works."

DEVON SPROULE  (singer/songwriter; Tin Angel Records recording artist):

"I loved working with Chris.  He is an excellent communicator with an incredibly sensitive, respectful, and wizardly set of ears and mastering tools.  Highly recommended!"  

LEE MAY, THE CAN-DO ATTITUDE  (musician, songwriter):

"The album sounds amazing and Chris was the easiest and quickest person I worked with throughout the entire process. I look forward to working with him again."

MAX WAREHAM  (musician, songwriter):

"Chris is a master of his craft and a pleasure to work with. He treated my recordings with the utmost care and attention to nuance. I was very happy with the products- they sounded fantastic, and the mastering made every detail audible, cozy, and cool." 

WES SWING  (musician, composer, arranger)

"It was such a pleasure to work with Chris and I’m so proud of the final master!"

ORION FARUQUE  (recording and mixing engineer, musician, producer)

"Chris Leva's dedication to the getting the right sound makes him great quality control at the end of your project. His clever and never overstated use of processing match well with online streaming, CD or vinyl mastering."

JUSTIN CASON  (Relic Nouveau)

"'WORKING WITH CHRIS WAS AMAZING! HOW HE FIT TOGETHER MY SEEMINGLY VARIED MUSICAL PIECES INTO ONE COHESIVE WORK OF ART I'LL NEVER KNOW. DOWN TO EARTH GUY WITH A GODLY TALENT!"

 JOHN DOUGLAS, WHO SHOT JOHN?

“Chris was affable and easily able to answer any of my questions and concerns in our very first conversation. Through the very affordable process, Chris kept a continuous line of communication running with our group about the scheduling and expectations of the project's completion, so that there was no grey area whatsoever concerning the time line of our record's next step. Chris truly handled our project like it was his own, taking great care to have his work only improve our sound, and the results were phenomenal. We could not be happier with the warmth that Chris' anolog mastering process lent to our tunes and it was just a great pleasure to work with him. We would highly recommend anyone to Chris for music mastering--we will most certainly be using his services again!"

DAVID MATTERS, LIFE LIKE WATER  (musician, singer, songwriter):

“My experience working with Christopher was top notch! His ear is exceptional and his communication is clear. He attended to all the details we wanted in the mastering process and went above and beyond when it came to customer service.”