Commonquestions

Fill in the form and attach your material. You get an answer within 24 hours.

Yes. A 15-minute video call, free. Book a time at cal.com/tonfertig, or put your number in the request form and we will call you.

You collect your notes and send them in one message. Best with timestamps. One round per pass, not five separate messages.

In the mix we balance the single tracks – volume, sound, space, room for the vocals. In mastering we work on the finished mix as a whole and make it ready for release. A good master does not save a bad mix, and a good mix still needs a master.

All from bar 1, 24 bit, no master limiter, with clear names. The checklist above explains it in two minutes.

Ideally both, where you can: the dry track plus the version with effects. If that gets to be too much, send the version that belongs to the song for you, and tell us what is on purpose.

No, if they are part of the sound. Tell us what is on purpose.

The one your project uses, not converted down. 24 bit.

Up to 200 MB through the form, above that by WeTransfer or a link.

Yes, in the A/B comparison: load two files, switch at the same spot, both equally loud. Your files stay on your device.

Then mastering works, but not a mix. The result can still be good, but the options are limited – we can no longer separate the vocals from the music.

Yes, that is actually the most common case. Send it along.

Mastering 3 business days, mix and master 5–7.

Count on about two weeks for five songs, depending on the scope.

+50%, if there is time free.

You do, once it is paid. When we mix, we take no rights and no share.

Taking over rights. For the recording, that works in full. For the composition, it doesn’t: GEMA manages performance, broadcast and online use, and you license those there. What we transfer is always in writing.

If you want to get paid for your music, yes. We explain how it works.

Deleted 90 days after delivery, unless you tell us otherwise.

Yes. Whether and how Ole Heinrichs is named as an author is set in the contract before work begins.

Tell us where it should play – social media, radio, TV, an event – and exactly that goes into the quote. You license performance, broadcast and online use of the composition from GEMA – we can’t promise “GEMA-free”.

What you order on the home page, you pay right away with Stripe. For work with a quote: single songs on delivery, from €500 order value 50% up front, the rest on delivery. Payment within 14 days.

Under § 19 UStG no VAT is charged (German small business rule). The prices are what you pay.

That depends on what you need: just lyrics or a whole song, what it is for and where it will play. After the video call we send you a quote.