Infrasonic Mastering Chain

What is the Infrasonic Mastering Chain?

The Infrasonic Mastering Chain is a complete analog mastering and 2-bus processing console modeled on the chain of Grammy-winning mastering engineer Pete Lyman of Infrasonic Sound. It runs your audio through real hardware from Rupert Neve Designs, Manley, Maag, and Dangerous Music, wired together in a custom insert console and controlled from your DAW with the Analog Matrix. The chain can move from clean and transparent to richly saturated, all in one curated signal path.

What is the Infrasonic Mastering Chain best for?

The Infrasonic chain is built for mastering and for polishing a full mix on the 2-bus. It shines on final-stage moves, controlling dynamics, shaping tone, adding analog weight and air, and bringing up loudness, across genres from rock and country to hip-hop and electronic. Because it spans transparent to saturated, it works as both a clean mastering tool and a coloring mix-bus chain.

Is the Infrasonic chain real hardware or an emulation?

It is the real hardware. The actual Rupert Neve Designs, Manley, Maag, and Dangerous Music units in a rack, not models of them. Real Gear. No Emulations. The Analog Matrix plugin acts as a portal from your DAW to the physical console, controlling and streaming the real analog gear in real time.

Is the Infrasonic chain analog or digital?

The signal path is 100% analog. Your audio passes through real EQs, compressors, and a limiter, not algorithms. The only digital elements are the AD/DA conversion that links the chain to your DAW and the robotic control of the hardware. When you insert the chain, its converters lock to your DAW’s sample rate, creating a pristine path with no extra sample-rate conversion.

What gear is in the Infrasonic Mastering Chain?

The Infrasonic chain runs through a curated series of mastering hardware: a Dangerous BAX EQ, a Manley Massive Passive EQ, Maag compressors, a Rupert Neve Designs Master Buss Processor, and a treble limiter, with dedicated conversion at each end. The lineup and signal flow mirror Pete Lyman’s own mastering console at Infrasonic Sound. Every stage is a real analog unit you control from the Analog Matrix.

Can I use the Infrasonic chain for mixing, or only mastering?

You can use it for both. The Infrasonic chain doubles as an exceptional 2-bus mix chain, not just a mastering tool. Run a full mix through it to glue the elements together and add analog character, or use it as a dedicated mastering chain on a finished stereo file. It’s range from transparent to saturated makes it flexible enough for either job.

What is a mastering chain?

A mastering chain is the ordered series of processors a finished mix passes through (typically EQ, compression, and limiting) to prepare it for release. Order matters: corrective EQ and compression usually come first to shape tone and control dynamics, with a limiter last to set final loudness without clipping. The Infrasonic chain packages a pro-built version of this sequence in real analog hardware.

Can I save and recall my settings on the Infrasonic chain?

Yes. Access Analog lets you save and recall whole signal chains, so your Infrasonic settings can be stored and brought back later. Because the gear is robotically controlled, recall physically returns the units to your saved positions rather than approximating them. That makes it practical to revisit a master or keep a consistent sound across a project.

How much does it cost to use the Infrasonic Mastering Chain at Access Analog?

Reservations start at $27.07 per session. You can also use it on demand with credits or a subscription. Access Analog offers dedicated Infrasonic subscriptions, with Standard at $59.98/month and Pro at $94.98/month, each including monthly time on the chain. New accounts also receive 12 free credits (about an hour on an average device) to try the service.