Mastering

Madame Vega’s Boudoir

Since 2020, Fredrik Kinbom also does mastering work for other artists in his Berlin studio, Madame Vega’s Boudoir.

Using a hybrid chain of select analogue (vintage and modern) outboard hardware and industry-standard digital tools, mastering-grade DA/AD-conversion in an acoustically treated room, Fredrik puts decades of experience in – and passion for – music production into this final and vital part of the process of making a record.

Regardless if it’s a single track or a triple-vinyl LP, Fredrik would love to help you make your music sound its very best, applying technical attention-to-detail and skill, but most importantly his ears and his creative experience as a musician and artist. Serving the music is the aim and focus. Fredrik masters for digital, CD (DDP) and vinyl (pre-master), and offers a no-strings-attached test master of a track to potential new clients. For more info, mastering rates, or if you have any questions, please contact Fredrik via e-mail HERE.

Fredrik also offers mixing upon request.

“Fredrik is a hyper-sensitive mixer and masterer whose work comes from a musician’s mind and universe.“ – Matti Bye (award-winning composer/pianist)

“…just the right amount of disco […] Indeed, the whole thing sounds fantastic – it has a real drive, a sense of momentum it didn’t quite have before. Amazing!“ – Craig Schuftan (of Ducks!)

Here below are some examples of music mastered by Fredrik Kinbom in Madame Vega’s Boudoir (and here is a Tidal playlist):

Transmitting – Red Largo (Madame Vega’s Boudoir, 2024 – mix and master)

Yes You Can’t – Ducks! (Tiny Lights, 2023)

Gunnar Hedes saga – Silent film score by Matti Bye & Laura Naukkarinen (Swedish Film Institute, 2022 – mix, master, pump organ)

Equipment includes: Analogue hardware from Manley, TAB/Telefunken (vintage German W395a EQs), Gyraf Audio, Elysia and TK Audio, RME SteadyClock FS and mastering-grade converters, mastering software from DMG Audio, Softube/Weiss, Sonnox, Oeksound, Tone Projects, Universal Audio, Brainworx, MAAT etc., Neumann KH 310 A monitors and Audeze LCD-X reference headphones, SPL Phonitor 2 headphone amplifier, cabling from Grimm Audio, Terry Audio and Mogami, Furman power conditioning.

DAW: WaveLab Pro 11, Logic Pro X, iZotope RX 9.