Masteringby Mike Piacentini
I'm Mike. Grammy Award–nominated mastering engineer at Sony Music's Battery Studios in Midtown Manhattan. Thousands of records, from chart-topping hits to historic reissues.
— 01 / Approach
Mike Piacentini
Grammy-nominated mastering engineer · Sony Music
I don't make things louder. I make them make sense — at the airport, in the car, on a $5 speaker at 2am, on whatever your listener is using that you can't control.
I'm one of Sony Music's in-house mastering engineers and a Grammy Award winner. I've mixed and mastered thousands of tracks — from indie breakthroughs to major label icons — delivering records that sound powerful, polished, and release-ready across streaming, radio, vinyl, and beyond.
Beyond the discography, I bring a deep understanding of today's artists and producers. Every master I deliver translates with impact — on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, radio, clubs, and beyond. From singles and full albums to vinyl and immersive formats, the goal is the same: release-ready masters that compete with the biggest records in the world.
— 02 / What I do
Services
Four ways to work together, depending on where you are with the record.
Mixing
Taking your raw tracks and turning them into a balanced, emotionally impactful mix that translates everywhere. Everything from vocal-tuning and drum replacement to full arrangement tightening — the mix is where the record actually comes to life.
Mastering
The final creative and technical step. Stereo and stem mastering for streaming, radio, CD, and vinyl — loudness optimization, ISRC embedding, sequencing, fades, and the last pair of ears before the world hears it.
Immersive Audio / Dolby Atmos
Spatial mixing and mastering for Apple Music, Tidal, and Amazon Music. Binaural headphone renders, 7.1.4 speaker deliverables, and ADM/BWF files — everything you need to place the listener inside the song.
Audio Restoration
Noise reduction, click and pop removal, hum filtering, spectral cleanup. For reissues, archival tape transfers, vinyl rips, podcast recordings, or anything where the content is gold but the audio needs help.
All sessions include one round of revisions and delivery in the formats you need. Ask about a project.
— 03 / Recent work
Selected credits
A handful of records I've worked on over the last few years.
The studio
Battery Studios, Midtown Manhattan · Since 2014
— 05 / The signal chain
The signal chain, for the gear-curious.
A world-class hybrid analog-digital mastering rig at Battery Studios in Midtown Manhattan. The gear matters — but it's the ears and the room that make the records translate. Here's what's in the chain.
— 06 / Process
How a record gets through here.
No project management software. No onboarding calls. Send a file, get a master, send notes, get a revision. That's it.
Send a track.
Email me a link to a stereo mix (WAV, 24-bit or higher). I'll confirm I've got it and that nothing's weird about the levels.
I master it.
Usually within 2–3 business days, often faster. You'll get a watermarked preview MP3 to check on your own speakers first.
Notes, if you have them.
I send back the preview with written notes. You reply with whatever you want changed. One round is included.
Final master, ready to ship.
WAV 24/96, WAV 16/44.1, 320kbps MP3, ISRC embedded. DDP for physical. Whatever you need to push the button.
— 07 / Get in touch
Ready to work together?
Tell me about the record.
Reach out with some details about the project — how many tracks, where you are in the process, and what you're hoping to get out of it. I'll follow up within a couple days.