Every great master starts with one thing: truthful listening.
In professional mastering, the sound of your room and monitoring system directly dictates how your music translates to the outside world. That’s why we align Moreish Studios’ mastering room with the AES Mastering Facility Standard — the global benchmark for acoustic accuracy, monitoring, and workflow reliability.
It’s not about chasing perfection for its own sake. It’s about building an environment that engineers can trust — one where every frequency, every transient, and every subtle detail behaves exactly as it should.
The Audio Engineering Society (AES) developed this standard to define what a true mastering-grade control room should deliver.
In simple terms, it ensures that a mastering studio’s acoustic response — including frequency response, reflection control, and monitoring accuracy — meets a level of linearity that allows engineers to make fast, confident, and repeatable decisions.
The AES standard sets out measurable targets, such as:
You can read the technical overview directly from the source at the
Audio Engineering Society’s technical standards page.
Frequency response defines how your room and monitoring chain interpret the mix. Even a small dip or bump in your mastering space — say, a 3 dB dip at 120 Hz — can completely change how bass translates to headphones, cars, and club systems.
By adhering to AES mastering standards, we maintain a nearly flat frequency response that lets us hear the truth of the music. That means:
In a room like that, every EQ move, limiter setting, or dynamic decision comes from what’s really there — not from what the room is hiding.
When your space is calibrated to a defined mastering standard, engineers can move quickly without hesitation.
At Moreish Studios, our AES-aligned monitoring environment means:
That’s why major studios around the world use AES as a baseline. It’s not just an academic standard — it’s the difference between guessing and knowing.
If you’re curious about the broader philosophy of mastering room design, check out this piece from
Sound On Sound on basic room acoustics.
For us, AES compliance isn’t just a box ticked — it’s the backbone of our workflow. Every mastering session begins in a space that’s tuned to reveal exactly what your music is doing, no matter how complex the mix.
By working within an AES-grade acoustic environment:
It’s our way of respecting both your music and your time.
If you’re ready to experience what an AES-aligned mastering room can do for your sound, Moreish Studios is here to help.
Our Melbourne mastering studio offers true high-fidelity monitoring and professional mastering that ensures your tracks sound exactly as intended — everywhere they’re played.
