• TYA

    Venetian Blind

    Digital Mastering

  • T H R O N E

    Lionfish

    Digital & Vinyl Mastering

  • Strong Maurice

    We Can Go Back

    Digital Mastering

  • As Living Arrows

    Hope And Ruin

    Digital & Vinyl Mastering

  • Yvie Oddly

    SLAY MY BOOTS READING BOOKS

    Digital Mastering

  • Layth

    DAYTONA

    Digital Mastering

  • Lilly Legit

    Loss Has To Be Beautiful

    Digital Mastering

  • Jasper Typical, Jelani Aryeh, Blonder

    RIDE AGAIN

    Digital Mastering

  • Blush Face

    Had To

    Digital Mastering

  • Omar Sommer

    Vaivén

    Digital Mastering

  • Abbie Callahan

    I Am Not Evil

    Digital Mastering

  • OJ Mountain

    I WILL NOT BE AT THE FUNCTION

    Digital & Vinyl Mastering

  • Beauty Sleep

    BIG + BAD

    Digital Mastering

  • Agent Envy

    No Friend

    Digital Mastering

  • CATALAN!

    Veritas

    Digital & Vinyl Mastering

  • HAI-LIFE

    Your Arms

    Digital Mastering

  • T H R O N E, Paul Wall, AYGR

    TRUTH SPOKE COLD

    Digital Mastering

  • Eric Reid

    Roots

    Digital Mastering

  • As Living Arrows

    Hides

    Digital Mastering

  • Hidden Renaissance

    Effigy of Love

    Digital Mastering

  • Axis Of

    Bella Pacifica

    Digital & Vinyl Mastering

  • kojima plus

    delusions in the color, blue

    Digital Mastering

  • Old Man of the Woods

    Triptych I: Devolve

    Digital Mastering

  • savesomeone

    tightrope

    Digital Mastering

  • Drew Makes Noise

    Let The Whole Tape Run

    Digital Mastering

  • Jasper Typical

    NERVOUS MUSIC

    Digital Mastering

  • Sid Mason

    bleed4

    Digital Mastering

  • Aluminum Boys

    Collected Pieces

    Digital & Vinyl Mastering

  • The Major Minus

    A Space Between

    Digital Mastering

  • Erika Davies

    Give Your Heart A Whirl

    Digital Mastering

“Sam is one of the very few mastering engineers I trust to enhance the music while still doing justice to the song, leaving my mix and productions intact. The clients are given the best version of their vision. Period.”

- Richie Beretta, Mixer & Producer (Beyoncé, Major Lazer, Diplo, A$AP Ferg)

“An acute ear. It’s the most important piece of gear that a mastering engineer has at their disposal. This is what Rose Quartz brings to mastering, and it's why I continually bring them my mixes. Besides having killer gear; I know that they will take the time to listen to the music and craft a master that always exceeds my expectations."

- Rich Stine from The Byrd House in Richmond, VA

Rose Quartz Mastering is home to Sam Kumar Tandon, a mastering engineer known for his work with artists like THRONE, Paul Wall, Plastique Tiara, Jelani Aryeh, Strong Maurice, Lutan Fyah, As Living Arrows, CazwellYvie Oddly, & hundreds of other talented artists, engineers, and producers. 

Our San Diego mastering suite is outfitted for critical listening. With full-spectrum acoustic treatment based on the space’s architecture, the suite maintains a favorable frequency and time domain response. The studio houses a set of Ex Machina Quasar Mk II monitors behind a Sterling Modular console. Combined with active bass trapping technology from PSI and industry-leading digital acoustic correction from Trinnov, we are able to finish records in an audiophile’s dream listening environment — a space that is pleasant, but quite revealing.

The suite also hosts a wide selection of analog mastering equipment that boasts industry-leading performance and transparency to ensure that mixes and stems are treated with the care that they deserve. With 64 analog outputs and several analog summing mixers on hand, Rose Quartz Mastering is one of the few studios in the world capable of offering analog stem mastering for up to 32 stereo stems at such a high standard of fidelity. Each analog (and digital) connection in the studio is made via Mogami Gold or Platinum. In addition to our carefully crafted analog signal chain, we have a suite of digital options in the form of plug-ins and software programs. 

  • Knif Soma Luxury Tube Mastering Equalizer

    Knif Vari Mu II Luxury Tube Mastering Compressor

    Chandler Curve Bender Mastering Equalizer

    Undertone UnFairchild 670M II Tube Mastering Compressor

    Rupert Neve Designs 511 Preamplifiers

    Rupert Neve Designs 5059 Satellite Analog Summing Mixer

    Chandler Mini Mixer Analog Summing Mixer

    D.W. Fearn VT-2 Stereo Tube Preamplifer

    GOLY Porter Grinder Op-Amp Mastering Equalizer

    Hendyamps “Tandon” Michelangelo Tube Mastering Equalizer

    D.A.V. Broadhurst Gardens No.4 Mastering Limiter

  • Steinberg Wavelab Pro 11

    Pro Tools HDX

    Izotope RX 11 Advanced

    Cockos REAPER

    Proprietary Breakaway Dynamics Metering Technology

    Plugins from DMG, Tone Projects, Oeksound, Acustica, Softube, Sonnox, Tokyo Dawn Labs, Fabfilter, Metric Halo… and too many more to name.

  • Ex Machina Quasar Mk II 3-Way Main Monitors

    Crane Song Avocet IIA Monitor Controller

    Audeze LCD-X Planar Magnetic Headphones

    Rupert Neve Designs RNHP Precision Headphone Amplifier

    Trinnov Room Optimizer

  • Lynx Hilo Reference Grade 192kHz AD/DA converter

    RME ADI-2 Pro DAC FS Reference Grade 768kHz DA Converter

    Burl Mothership B80 with 64 channels of DA and 8 channels of AD Conversion

    Rupert Neve Designs Master Bus Converter