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Audio mastering from the “Live Music Capital of the World”
Total Sonic Media has been mastering recordings for hundreds of amazing artists and albums since its founding in 2002. In 2014 we relocated our facility from Brooklyn, New York, to Cedar Park, Texas - just a 25 minute drive North of downtown Austin, Texas. This move has enabled us to further refine our facility so that we can continue to bring the absolute best in premium digital and analog audio mastering to you, at rates incredibly affordable to independent artists and labels. Total Sonic Media gives you the opportunity to work with a mastering engineer with over 20 years experience - whose credits include releases by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Cedric Burnside, Bernie Worrell, Mell & Vintage Future, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Bo Phillips, DJ Brace, Erik Friedlander, Michael Montes, Ljova, Martha Wash, The Parkington Sisters, M1, The Dead South, No Metal In This Battle, DJ Child, Norris Man, Lustre Kings Productions, Chuck D, Charles Bradley, Foo Fighters, and numerous others.
TSM's mastering engineer, Steven Berson, is a graduate of
Boston's renowned Berklee College of Music, and has
studied the art of mastering directly with a number of other
experienced engineers.
Before reopening Total Sonic Media as a dedicated
mastering studio in 2006, Steve worked as the mastering
engineer at Europadisk, the last commercial facility in North
America to use the Neumann DMM vinyl record mastering
system.
He has worked on a wide variety of mixes (made in
everything from the highest end facilities to humble home
studios) and genres (ranging from rock, hip-hop, metal,
funk, americana, soul, experimental, dance, pop, world, jazz,
classical, folk, childrens music, gospel, etc.) on a near daily
basis, allowing him to develop the skills to hear what a track
needs to get it sounding its best, and to know what
processes will get it there.
An active musician for over 30 years, Steve also brings an
understanding of how important music is to the artist, and
always treats every job with the same amount of care as if it
was his own.
digital & analog audio mastering
Austin / Cedar Park · Texas · USA
© 2026
Total Sonic Media
TSM's mastering engineer, Steven Berson, is a
graduate of Boston's renowned Berklee College
of Music, and has studied the art of mastering
directly with a number of other experienced
engineers.
Before reopening Total Sonic Media as a
dedicated mastering studio in 2006, Steve
worked as the mastering engineer at Europadisk,
the last commercial facility in North America to
use the Neumann DMM vinyl record mastering
system.
He has worked on a wide variety of mixes (made
in everything from the highest end facilities to
humble home studios) and genres (ranging from
rock, hip-hop, metal, funk, americana, soul,
experimental, dance, pop, world, jazz, classical,
folk, childrens music, gospel, etc.) on a near daily
basis, allowing him to develop the skills to hear
what a track needs to get it sounding its best,
and to know what processes will get it there.
An active musician for over 30 years, Steve also
brings an understanding of how important music
is to the artist, and always treats every job with
the same amount of care as if it was his own.
digital & analog audio mastering
Austin / Cedar Park · Texas · USA
© 2026
Total Sonic Media
