Crystal Mastering Pty Ltd

Joe is a great guy to work with! Talented, punctual and an all round nice guy. I run a small recording studio and I've sent some of my client work to Joe for mastering. The quality of Joe's masters was excellent, elevating my mixes without being heavy handed. Thank you Joe!

Absolutely blown away.

I usually work on my albums all alone, start to finish, until recently. Joe changed that. I won't be working on finalizing an album from now on if it's not with Joe. He widened, energized, tamed, loudened, and overall realized my tracks, leaving me speechless upon my first listen. Joe is very easy to work with because he responds in a timely manner to any questions/concerns, he intuitively knows just what each track needs whether its simple instrumentation or shoegaze levels of busy, and he's welcome to feedback in the case that you aren't sitting well with a part of the master. Lastly(and as he promised) I'd like to emphasize that Joe delivered me an impeccable finished product the first time around without any notes or feedback regarding the mastering process. I can't recommend him enough and especially if you're a solo artist working alone, it's invaluable to have someone like Joe on your side.

Joe and his team @ Crystal Mastering are pure professionals and I cannot speak highly enough of their service. Not many in this industry are willing to take the time and work with the artist to get the desired result, Crystal are the best! Having spent over 12 months writing, recording, mixing and producing my album I only wanted to work with the best and get the perfect polish to my work - Joe has delivered again. I highly recommend you contact Joe and his team at Crystal for any of your mastering needs.

Joe had a an amazing ability to understand exactly what impression I wanted in the mastering and was able achieve a very unique result. His attention to detail gave the songs an unbelievable lift and level of professionalism, which exceeded my expectations of the process. After having worked with him once, it would be very difficult to find another that I would trust so much to handle my works, particularly due to how much attention he gave to the individuality of personality of the songs. Communicating with him was so easy and in the result you can hear the efforts of someone who cares quite greatly for their practise. I would definitely recommend him to others.

Joe is a pleasure to work with every time. We trust him fully with our mastering and he has never disappointed. Communication is quick and easy, and the finished product is always superb. Can't recommend highly enough!

It was the first time working with Joe at Crystal Mastering, but definitely not the last. From the first day we contacted him, he was ready to answer all our questions with tips. No question was too much. The result is better than we expected. Highly recommended!

Legendary service. Mass attention to detail and care taken on my songs. Joe was extremely accommodating right from the get go. Very quick turn-around and was more than happy to advise and to revise based on our needs. Joe was very easy to work with. I had so many questions as it was my first time using a service like this and I was treated with the utmost respect. Will be back again for sure.

Highly recommend Crystal Mastering. Joe is an absolute pleasure too work with, his work is exemplary, his attention to detail is fantastic and his communication in person and via email is excellent.
I’ve used him for mastering on two album releases and will be back again in future.

Joe is the best of the best. Incredibly kind and so great to work with. Has brought the most magical touch to everything I’ve ever had mastered by him. Such a fast turn around and so generous with his time. Legendary. - Queenie xx

Got to Joe in the most organic way possible, seeing his name on the credits of so many of my fav albums, and I was wondering how my mixings would sound with those masters quality, and if you feel the mixing is lacking of that richness, you'll find it on Joe's masters.. crisp, alive and real, adding always his little signature touches! Lucky I went to visit him in Melbourne last year to meet his spaceship, amazing lovely and tidy studio, you just wish you have more songs to master just so you can spend more time in that studio haha plus Joe is such a nice and chill guy super passionate for what he does, and you can tell, always a pleasure to work with him. Thanks Joe!

Joe has been involved in most projects/bands I've worked on over the past 20 years & has NEVER disappointed... so when I finished recording my own album, I knew Crystal Mastering, (Joe) was "the only guy" that could bring my songs to the next level! Once again, he delivered absolute perfection that brought me & my producer/engineer to tears! (Literally!) I can not recommend highly enough! Thank you Joe & the whole team at Crystal. See you on the next album! 🙏

Joe was a pleasure to work with and very skilful at what he does. The masters he produced for my album sounded fantastic and he was extremely accommodating of the small revision requests I had. I'll definitely be working with Joe again and would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a great mastering engineer.

Hands down best Mastering studio in Aus. Sent neumerous work from when I was working in China to Joe over a decade ago and up until now the consistency and brilliance of his mastering is outstanding. I wouldn't go anywhere else. If you're a seasoned artist or just a noob trying to get your music to sit right. You can't beat Crystal. Customer service is on point and the ease of remotely sending your tracks to them anytime from anywhere in the world just caters for everyone in the biz. If I could give them 10stars I would.

Hi Joe,

Just wanted to send a big thank you from myself and the band for the great work on the mastering for our new singles.

You've managed to give the songs a new sense of depth, as well as bite and managed to pull the vocal right out in the best way possible - it's both smooth in the top end but also quite exciting as well and a great listen start to finish.

Thank you for also being so welcoming and accommodating with me in your studio, it was great to meet you in person as well as get to sit in and observe the session, over a coffee and a great chat.

We are all beyond happy and proud of the final masters and we look forward to working with you again very soon.

Cheers,
Conor

If there was a 6 star option, I would use it.
Joe did a brilliant job on mastering both some live recordings and our album. We can’t believe the difference he made to each and every track. Blown away by the end product.

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Thanks again!!!

Jem

I cant express how grateful I am for the work Joe has done on my album so far, the final sound was crisp, with a sparkle on the top end and then huge through the bottom where it was needed, joe was quick to respond with dates and had everything done within the timeframe we had set, super professional and easy to work with. I could not recommend highly enough!

Joe has mastered every song release of mine since 2019 and I’ll never go to anyone else. Such a seamless and comfortable process every time, on top of the amazing sound that is produced from his work.

I have nothing but praise for Joe and the mastering work I've had done at Crystal. What sets him apart for me is his excellent communication, swift turnaround and majestic-sounding mastering. I will highly recommend him to all the bands and musicians I am associated with, as I am grateful I was pointed in his direction when setting out on that journey as a hopeful recording artist.

I have sent a number of projects to Joe at Crystal Mastering now, and I am always impressed with the results I get back. I highly recommend Crystal Mastering.

Was such a great master of my single! So quick to respond and the final product sounds worldclass. I am looking forward to working with Joe Carra at Crystal Mastering again. His reputation speaks for itself.