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):

KEN mode
VOID
(Artoffact)
Axis: Sova
Blinded by Oblivion
(Drag City)
Screaming Females
Desire Pathway
(Don Giovanni )
Bedroom Eyes
Turned Away
(a La Carte)
Prison
Upstate
(Drag City)
Gunn Truscinski Nace
Glass Band
(Three Lobed Recordings)
Throat
We Must Leave You
(Svart)
Weite
Assemblage
(Stickman)
Seriously
Built Environment
(Earth Libraries)
Mudhoney
Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew [2023 Reissue]
(Jackpot )
Bambara
Swarm [2023 Remix/Remaster]
(Wharf Cat)
Swallow the Rat
South Locust
(Shifting Sounds)
Weaver, Maura
I Was Due for a Heartbreak
(Don Giovanni)
Suarasama
Timeline
(Drag City)
O'Rourke, Jim
Hands That Bind OST
(Drag City )
Drop Nineteens
Hard Light
(Wharf Cat)
Amos, Emil
Zone Black
(Drag City )
Maggot Heart
Hunger
(Rapid Eye / Svart)
Sonic Youth
Live in Brooklyn 2011
(Silver Current)
Gittleman, Joe / BAD OPERATION
Wavebreaker No. 4
(Bad Time)