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):

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

Irving, Amy and the Goolis Orchestra
Always Will Be
(Queen of the Castle)

Dammann, Christopher
Christopher Dammann Sextet
(Out of Your Head)

Barnes, Tim
Noumena
(Quakebasket)

Black Pyramid
The Paths of Time Are Vast
(Totem Cat)

Dianogah
1995-2008 [Old Material, Larger LP]
(Landland Colportage)

Cool Whip
Flame in My Heart
(Wharf Cat)

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

Gunn, Steve
Music for Writers
(Three Lobed Recordings)

Golomb
The Beat Goes On
(No Quarter)

VA
A Chance Ride - Amish Singles 1994-1995
(Amish)

Young, Matthew
Undercurrents
(Drag City / Yoga )

Coffin Pricks
Semi Perfect Crimes
(Council )

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

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

Barnes, Tim
Lost Words
(Quakebasket)

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

Warm
Fastidium
(Light Sleeper)

Risker, Jessica
Calendar Year
(Island House)

Poole, Dougie
At Tubby's
(Wharf Cat)