Deftune.io

Mission Statement: Deftune is committed to serve the  independent artist community by providing high quality professional audio engineering at affordable rates. My name is Conrad Magabo (founder/sound engineer) and I provide mixing and mastering services for various applications such as live streaming, podcasting, recording, live sound mixing, sound design, post production and music releases. I have 10+ years of experience working with artists/labels around the world. I own a private studio space in Southern California and available for a call any time if you have any questions on the process.

RATES:

Mastering $50 Per Song. Free sample available.

Stem Mastering $75 Per Song

Mixing $500 Per Song

Mixing / Mastering 4 Song Bundle – $2000 (Save $200)

Mixing / Mastering 8 Song Bundle – $3800 (Save $600)

Mastering 12 Song Bundle – $500 (Save $100)

GEAR LIST:

RUPERT NEVE 542s, AVEDIS AUDIO E27s, SHADOW HILLS DUAL VANDERGRAPH, WESAUDIO HYPERION, WESAUDIO DIONE, MANLEY MASSIVE PASSIVE MASTERING EDITION, LANGEVIN (MANLEY) MINI MASSIVE, MANLEY VARI-MU STEREO BUSS COMPRESSOR, BAE 1073s, GREAT RIVER PWM-501s, RUPERT NEVE 551s, MASTERING AD/DA: RME ADI-2/4 SE, UA 2192 MASTERING, 12 CHANNELS OF SOLID STATE LOGIC SUPER ANALOG SUMMING WITH +27dBU OF HEADROOM, SSL EQs, SSL G STEREO COMPRESSOR, JBL 7 SERIES FULL RANGE MONITORING + SUB, GIK ACOUSTIC TREATMENT

EXPERIENCE:

– SAE INSTITUTE GRADUATE

2009

– DEFTUNE AUDIO ENGINEERING 

2008-PRESENT

– ALPHA PUP RECORDS – CONTENT MANAGER/ASSISTANT ENGINEER

2009-2011

– COSMIC ZOO STUDIO – STUDIO MANAGER/MIXING + MASTERING ENGINEER

2013-2015

LINKS:

Examples Of My Work:

https://www.deftune.io/2025/01/24/extended-discography/

Mastering Before and After Examples:

https://www.deftune.io/2025/11/26/before-and-after-mastering-sample/

Process to start:

1. Email me to book a call or virtual meeting to go over your project.
2. Once you’d like to proceed, send your deposit/payment. See the Shop page to see service options and add to cart. After you’ve added your selection to the cart a mini cart will popup. Click on the product link. You should see a drag and drop window to send me your audio files. You can send in audio tracks up to 32 bit 96 khz or the entire DAW mix session file. Once your files are uploaded you can proceed to check out. You can also send me an email and I’ll coordinate file delivery through Dropbox.
3. Once deposit/payment is received I will begin to process your project. During this time we can go back and forth on revisions until you’re satisfied and approve the final product. Turn around time is typically 24-48 hours each song for mastering and 4-5 days per song for mixing.
4. Upon final approval you will send the remaining balance. You can do this again through the Shop page. Once the full balance is received you’ll receive the link to the fully uncompressed files.
5. Stay in touch in case you need specific formats for your music distributor.

Thank you and please feel free to reach out if you have any questions!