Saff Mastering is a facility providing mastering for all formats (CD, digital, vinyl, cassette, etc.) and lacquer mastering for vinyl in northwest Chicago. Carl Saff began tracking and mixing records in 1995, but mastering has been the focus of his engineering work since 2000. This studio's goal is to make sure the mixes you've worked hard to perfect receive the best possible presentation for your listeners, and payment is only accepted when the client is completely satisfied with the work.

Be sure to check out the studio's regular "Master of the Week" posts and more on the social media sites linked below:

And you can keep up with the studio's ever-expanding discography on the clients page. Here are some of the most recent additions ( indicates lacquer mastering only):

Resurrectionists
Double EP
(Seismic Wave Entertainment)

HISS
A Cheapend Crown
(Dipterid / Hex)

Blackshaw, James
Fractures on the Horizon
(Amish)

names of music
This Extinction
(In Situ)

Squanderers
Bright Madness
(Blue Chopsticks )

Olson, Aaron M.F.
Songs Album II
(Country Thyme)

Florry
Sounds Like...
(Dear Life)

Sun City Girls
Cloaven Theatre / That Old Western Sieve
(Three Lobed Recordings)

Berliner, Cole
The Black Door
(Drag City )

You-On
New Side
(12XU )

Gardner, Drew
Rabbit Ears
(Eiderdown / Feeding Tube )

Sun City Girls
The Palm Leaves of Victory / Audio Letter to Mitch Meyers
(Three Lobed Recordings)

Dollbaum, Thomas
Birds of Paradise
(Dear Life)

CS Cleaners
What's This?
(Wharf Cat)

Reverend Baron
Daniel
(Karma Chief)

Healing Power of Horses, The
Summer Indoors (or outside wearing black)
(section1)

Holy Motors
Heaven's Night
(Wharf Cat)

Nester
Royal Jelly
(Shortwave)

Styrofoam Winos
Any River
(Dear Life)

Fig Dish
When Shove Comes Back to Push [2026 Reissue]
(Forge Again )