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):

Shooting Daggers
The Real Life Thing
(New Heavy Sounds)

Burns, Warren
Burn Again
(San Huevos)

Dharma Chain, The
some kind of pure state
(Spinda / Le Cepe / Clostridium / Echodelick / Dirty Filthy)

Nester
Royal Jelly
(Shortwave)

Landowner
Assumption
(Exploding in Sound)

Incantation
Onward to Golgotha [2025 Remaster]
(Relapse )

Florry
Sounds Like...
(Dear Life)

Valentine, Dick
Anxiety Dogs
(Shortwave)

Molto Morbidi
Maybe Marcel
(No Salad)

Prison
Big Rigs on the BQE
(Drag City)

Styrofoam Winos
Any River
(Dear Life)

Eleventh Dream Day
Lived to Tell [2026 Remaster]
(Comedy Minus One)

HISS
A Cheapend Crown
(Dipterid / Hex)

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

Berliner, Cole
The Black Door
(Drag City )

Dollbaum, Thomas
Birds of Paradise
(Dear Life)

Dismiss
Lost Transmissions: 1995-1996
(Snappy Little Numbers / Rad Girlfriend)

Infesta
Abisso blu
(Stanze Fredde / Osare[EXCLAMATION] Editions)

Trippers & Askers
Tried To Do's
(Sleepy Cat)

Bishop, Sir Richard
Hillbilly Erotica
(Drag City)