World-famous recording studios Abbey Road have announced the launch of a new on-line mastering service. Clients submit their tracks digitally through the dedicated web site to Abbey Road’s servers, then one of the studio’s professional mastering engineers will be allocated the job.The mastering process will take place in one of Abbey Road’s top-class studios and, once the process is complete, the customer is notified, and a downloadable file in WAV, DDP Image, or PMCD format made available. Vinyl mastering, which includes an audio CD for reference, is also an option.Commenting on the launch of the service, Abbey Road’s general manager Jonathan Smith said, “we are delighted to launch our online mastering service and offer the expertise of our engineers to producers and musicians anywhere in the world. Abbey Road Studios is dedicated to inspiring great new music and we see this as a fantastic opportunity to make that Abbey Road sound available to emerging talent whilst continuing our tradition for innovation within music technology.”The standard Abbey Road on-line mastering service costs £90 excluding VAT per track ($148 at the time of writing), while vinyl services start at £150 excluding VAT for both sides of the record ($248).