Engineering-Grade
Audio Services
Five core service disciplines designed around technical precision and controlled output. Each one a complete, methodical process.
High-Fidelity Capture
Recording at Cleftwave begins with environment. Acoustically treated spaces, calibrated monitoring, and a clean signal path from source to DAW. We track at 96kHz/32-bit, ensuring maximum resolution for downstream processing.
Vocal sessions, instrumental capture, spoken word, foley — all handled with the same level of technical rigour. No compression in the chain at capture stage. Headroom preserved. Phase integrity maintained.
Structured Sound Development
Production is the architecture of a record. At Cleftwave, we build tracks with intent — arrangement, instrumentation, and sonics considered simultaneously, not retrofitted. Every decision is traceable back to the brief.
Sessions are built to be mix-ready. Organised, labelled, gain-staged, and delivered with full session export and consolidation.
Custom Audio Creation
Sound design is the process of building audio that doesn't exist yet. Synthesised from scratch, sampled and recontextualised, or processed into something unrecognisable — all built to exact specification.
Used in film, games, interactive media, brand audio, and product sonics. Every designed sound is documented and reproducible.
Technical Refinement
Mixing is not a creative afterthought — it is the engineering stage where all elements are brought into controlled relationship. Frequency balance, stereo placement, dynamic control, bus processing.
We work from properly gain-staged sessions with full stem access. Mixing delivered in multiple reference formats with revision rounds included.
Brand-Level Sound Systems
Sonic identity is the systematic application of audio to a brand or entity. Audio logos, UI sounds, ambient brand environments, and sonic guidelines — all built for consistency, recognition, and longevity.
Delivered as a full sonic identity system: documented, version-controlled, and format-ready for all intended platforms.
Restoration & Post-Production
Not every source arrives clean. Noise reduction, click and pop removal, phase correction, spectral repair — surgical processing applied with precision to restore or enhance existing audio without artefacts.
Also covers stem cleanup, dialogue processing, podcast post-production, and broadcast compliance processing to EBU R128 / LUFS standards.
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