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):

Cool Whip
Flame in My Heart
(Wharf Cat)

Coffin Pricks
Semi Perfect Crimes
(Council )

Bishop, Sir Richard
Hillbilly Ragas
(Drag City)

Golomb
The Beat Goes On
(No Quarter)

Fig Dish
That's What Love Songs Often Do
(Forge Again )

Sun City Girls
extra-sensory defection / graverobbing in the future [cloaven cassette series volume 7]
(Three Lobed Recordings)

Sun City Girls
famous asthma / tibetan jazz 666 [cloaven cassette series volume 6]
(Three Lobed Recordings)

Barnes, Tim
Noumena
(Quakebasket)

Barnes, Tim
Lost Words
(Quakebasket)

Glorious Vapors, The
Love Songs
(El Gran E)

Greet Death
Die in Love
(Deathwish)

Warm
Fastidium
(Light Sleeper)

Dr. Dog
Easy Beat [2025 Reissue]
(We Buy Gold )

Blue Cactus
Believer
(Sleepy Cat)

Ambarchi, Oren / Johan Berhtling / Andreas Werlin
Ghosted III
(Drag City )

Street Eaters
Opaque
(Dirt Cult )

Some Soviet Station
ST
(Expert Work)

Volk Soup
10p Jazz
(Dipterid)

Gunn, Steve
Music for Writers
(Three Lobed Recordings)

Risker, Jessica
Calendar Year
(Island House)