Simon Heyworth / Super Audio Mastering
Simon established his reputation in recording at Virgin’s Manor Studios, most notably as co-producer of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells. He gained years of experience working as a Mastering Engineer in London, before establishing his own revolutionary audio Mastering studio in Devon during the summer of 2002.
His client history boasts the likes of Brian Eno, King Crimson, Imogen Heap, Marillion, Nick Drake and Kate & Anna McGarrigle. As well as working with new artists such as Egonon, Carmen Hillary and viseMenn, Simon has worked on many seminal legacy productions. Some of these have been remixed in Stereo and 5.1 (Depeche Mode, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, King Crimson), as well as being available as updated Re-masters.
He is renowned for maintaining absolute integrity of the audio he is working with alongside coaxing incredible Masters that will not disappoint.
Work history
Manor Studios, Oxfordshire
Matrix Studios, London
Chop Em Out, London
Sanctuary, London
Super Audio Mastering, Devon
Years Experience
45
Mastering Highlights
| Artist |
Album |
Listen |
| Imogen Heap |
Ellipse |
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| Nick Cave |
Let Love In (Remaster) |
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| 1 Giant Leap |
1 Giant Leap |
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| Simple Minds |
Once Upon a Time |
Spotify |
| viseMenn |
To Where You Come From (Single) |
viseMenn |
| Honeyroot |
Sound Echo Location |
Spotify |
| Jon Hopkins |
Contact Note |
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| Marillion |
Marbles |
Spotify |
| Nick Drake |
Made To Love Magic |
Spotify |
| Nick Drake |
A Treasury SACD |
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| Christoph Titz |
Titz Magic |
Spotify |
| Jose Carreras |
Energia |
Spotify |
Example Tracks
| Demo |
Before Mastering |
After Mastering |
| Blood and Soil |
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| Can't take the leaving |
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| Phantom lovelife |
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Testimonials
We all had a wonderful time in Devon and the results sound truly fabulous.
'Voice In My Head'. LEO SAYER
Brian Eno - 'Another Green World'.
'This re-master not only picks out the strangeness in the original production,
but also reveals what sound like completely hidden new parts'
David Buckley. MOJO
Brian Eno - 'Here Come The Warm Jets'
'Breathtaking music, beautifully packaged and brilliantly re-mastered'
Peter Watts. TIME OUT
Simon Heyworth has our thanks for a truly astonishing re-mastering job.
'Here Come The Warm Jets' jumps and flickers now with information,
two million points of light.
Taylor Parkes. UNMUSIC
'Having listened to the CD ref you gave me on three different systems
I can honestly say I am very, very pleased with the overall sound.'
Jeff Reilly. 'Sanctuary' on Warner Classics
'Thank you so much for the extra time and effort you've put into all this,
it means a lot. Everything with the master is perfect.'
Leo Abrahams. 'Honeytrap' on Just Music
Rates
| Tracks |
Cost |
| Single Track |
£100.00 |
| Album (Unsigned) |
n/a |
| Album (Signed) |
n/a |
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Album packages include up to 12 tracks. Any tracks over 12 are charged at £50/track.
Super Audio Mastering
Housed in a spacious granite walled Roundhouse in an idyllic location on Dartmoor, in Devon, Super Audio Mastering produces the highest quality Masters for CD, DVD, SACD, Vinyl, Blu-Ray and Download.
Super Audio Mastering has established itself as one of the world’s finest Mastering studios. The studio is fully equipped to Master your music, both in Stereo and Surround. Super Audio Mastering has worked on numerous projects, from new albums by new artists as well as seminal legacy productions that are remixed at 5.1 which underlines the studios capability of moving between Stereo and Surround Sound with ease.
At Super Audio Mastering we incorporate only the finest audio signal paths, converters and audio transparency.
Monitoring
TDL Transmission Line with Sumo Amps
M&K 2510P with MPS 2810 Bass Units on each channel plus Sub
Dunlavy SC-V's
Workstation
1 x Sonic soundBlade 2.0
1 x Merging Pyramix 6 System
2 x Sonic HD Multi-Channel PCM DAW
1 x Sonoma Multi-Channel DSD (Direct Stream Digital) DAW
Equipment List
SPL MMC1 Surround/Stereo Mastering Console
Ampex ATR 102 1/2”, 1/4” and Full Track Mono with ARIA electronics
Ampex 4 track 1/2”
Studer A820 1/2” & 1/4”
Studer A80 1/2” and 1/4” Classic Analogue Tape Machines
Sony DMR-4000 PCM 1630
Weiss Digital EQ and Dynamics
Waves L2
TC System 6000 with Massenburg MDW5 Surround EQ and Surround Processing
Penteo Surround Sound Processor
Z-Systems K-6 Surround Processor
Analogue EQ
Avalon 2077
Maselec MEA-2
Analogue Dynamics
SSL super analogue x-logic 5.1 compressor
Millennia Twincom TCL-2
Chiswick Reach
A-D and D-A Conversion PCM up to 192khz and DSD
DCS (6ch)
Meitner ADC & DAC Mk1V (8ch)
Pacific Microsonics with HDCD
D-D Conversion (PCM & DSD) is by 6ch of DCS974
Sample Rate Conversion
Weiss Saracon (Offline)
DCS974 (Realtime)
Years Established
12