Welcome to Lair Mastering

At Lair Mastering, our analog hardware is carefully chosen to deliver a perfect blend of vintage warmth and modern precision, essential for both music mastering and audio restoration. We focus on mastering-grade components that ensure superior transparency and advanced routing capabilities—including Mid/Side and Dual-Mono modes—to give us complete control over your stereo image. Most importantly, our hybrid mastering system features full digital recall. By storing hardware parameters directly within our session plugins, we guarantee 100% accuracy for revisions and future projects, moving past the limitations of traditional paper templates.

• Universal Audio 2192 Master Digital Audio Interface, designed by Rich Williams, founder of Burl Audio.
• Crane Song Avocet iia, designed by Dave Hill, which also serves as the main monitoring controller
• 2 x Freqport Freqinout, a unique AD/DA converter, offers the capability to function as a plugin.

• WesAudio ngTubeComp is a sophisticated Vari-Mu mastering compressor that exemplifies versatility in music mastering. Featuring four Carnhill transformers and an 'Iron Pad,' it allows for a seamless transition between rich tube warmth and transparent, electronically balanced signal paths. With support for Stereo, Mid-Side, and Dual-Mono modes, it also offers full digital recall and automation, enhancing workflow efficiency for audio restoration projects. 
• WesAudio ngTubeEq, dubbed the 'King of Mastering EQs,' combines a fully analog, inductor-based passive circuit with the convenience of DAW control. It delivers classic tube musicality alongside modern features like Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) control and multiple output stages (Tube, Transformer, or Balanced). Its 5dB mastering mode provides ultra-precise 0.08dB increments for surgical tonal shaping, ideal for hybrid mastering setups. 
• Cranborne Audio Carnaby HE2 is a first-of-its-kind harmonic equalizer that utilizes saturation to boost and cut frequency content, providing a unique way to add presence and weight to a master. Fully digitally controllable, it operates in Stereo, Mid-Side, and Dual-Mono configurations, making it versatile for various mastering techniques. 
• WesAudio _dione, known for its legendary VCA-style compression, utilizes four THAT 2181 VCAs—two in the signal path and two in the sidechain—to deliver punch and glue with surgical accuracy. It features advanced sidechain filtering and full digital control, operating in both Stereo and Mid-Side modes, further enhancing your audio restoration capabilities. 
• WesAudio _prometheus represents a modern evolution of the classic Pultec-style passive equalizer. Built on legendary inductor-based circuitry, it provides the iconic 'low-end trick' and silky highs that analog enthusiasts crave, enhanced by modern routing options (Stereo, Mid-Side, Dual-Mono) and total digital recall. 
• WesAudio _pandora is an advanced Analog Multi-Band VCA compressor designed for final dynamic refinement in hybrid mastering. It offers frequency-tailored harmonic distortion, allowing for precise control over the character and impact of specific frequency bands during the mastering process.

• Tyler Acoustics D1x, powered by the Emotiva XPA-2 Gen 3 
• Dynaudio BM6A and Sub
• DMAX 5 Super Cubes
• Yamaha NS-10M 
• Advent AV570 
• Audeze LCD-X 

SSL, Weiss, Brainworx, Fabfilter, Sonnox, Sound Radix, SPL, Universal Audio, Izotope Ozone and RX, Waves, Elysia, Slate, Melodyne, and Spectralayers

• Steinberg Wavelab 13 
• Pro Tools 2025 
• Logic Pro 
• Universal Audio Luna 

• Acoustic Treatment by GIK Acoustics
• Cabling by Mogami
• M2 Mac Mini 
• Furman Power Conditioniong