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Justin Perkins - Mystery Room Mastering
@mysteryroommastering.com
Audio Mastering Engineer from Milwaukee / Madison, Wisconsin

https://linktr.ee/mystery_room
Audeze LCD-5s in the house:
February 3, 2026 at 3:47 PM
REAPER DAW for the win today:
www.reaper.fm
www.reaper.fm
January 30, 2026 at 8:12 PM
The debut EP from The Cranberries has been remastered here, and is available on streaming for the first time ever as well as a new 180-gram vinyl pressing:
The Cranberries - Uncertain EP
Listen to content by The Cranberries.
thecranberries.lnk.to
January 30, 2026 at 2:48 PM
WaveLab 13 is out today, and my friend/web-developer @guerrilladigital.bsky.social made a cool website/app that allows you to create much better looking PDF reports from the Audio Montage than the native WaveLab PDF report.

You can learn more and see some examples over on the website:
Professional Album Reports from WaveLab XML | CueSheet PDF
Professional cue sheets as polished as your masters. Convert WaveLab Album Report XML into clean, client-ready PDFs in seconds.
cuesheetpdf.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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Some recent gear updates for the audio nerds. You’ll have to read the Instagram post for more info:
January 20, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Really enjoyed mastering this new single from Listening Party:
January 19, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I'm starting to think the FIFA Peace Prize is meaningless.
January 15, 2026 at 1:38 AM
You won't be disappointed if you watch this video footage from 1985 of Rocker playing at The Migration in Bonduel, Wisconsin:
Rocker 1985 Migration in Bonduel
YouTube video by Rocker, Rocker Doug
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Welcome to 2026.

As always, you can submit new mastering projects directly via the website. Links in bio.
January 12, 2026 at 4:17 PM
@stereogum.com has the scoop on the new Wristwatch album that’s out now.

Recorded & Mixed by @beaunoise.bsky.social

Mastered Here
Wristwatch's Tightly Wound Garage Punk LP 'III' Hits Hard
Madison’s Wristwatch play a sharp-edged, high-strung form of garage punk, like the Buzzcocks meet Dark Thoughts. The vocals are theatrically forceful and piercing in a way that reminds me of Jay Reata...
stereogum.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:24 AM
I didn’t have the bandwidth to make a fancy highlight reel or release collage this year so all you get is this dumb photo of me saying thanks to all the bands, artists, labels, and other miscellaneous clients that sent so many great mastering projects my way this year.
December 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Bari Weiss sounds like a new flavor of Leinenkugel's and I'm sure they'd be happy to make that.
December 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Steve Rules:
I'll continue to work and write there, though not as much as before (and for less money). I wrote about my future plans (which I'm excited about) for my newsletter, to which you should subscribe, now more than ever.

tinyurl.com/ynj2wu9k
A Period Of (Professional) Transition
Notes about future programming and life changes scheduled for 2026
tinyurl.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Somewhere under there is my mastering desk, but here's a sampling of some of the vinyl (and one CD) that has arrived in the last 6 months (since the last time I posted a photo like this) of projects that were mastered or remastered here at Mystery Room Mastering.
December 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Americans should be requires to show ID and proof of citizenship at all times, unless they are at a gun show.
December 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
What a disgrace. Bring back the Gov Scott Walker signature plates:
December 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Honored to have mastered a great number of releases on this list from @milwaukeerecord.bsky.social including...
Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music of 2025
It was another one of those years: a year absolutely LOADED with great Milwaukee music.
milwaukeerecord.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
It was a lot of fun to master “It’s A Wicked Cool Christmas!”, the coolest Christmas Compilation in the World out today from @wickedcoolrecords.bsky.social and the folks at Little Steven's Underground Garage.

Available on your streaming service of choice.
It's A Wicked Cool Christmas! by Various Artists on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 11 Songs
music.apple.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Who pays the tariffs again? Thanks MAGA morons.
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
These cabinet meetings where they just kiss Trump’s ass are fucking insane and so cult-like it’s hard to even listen to them whether you agree or not.

How do his followers not see through the bullshit?
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Honored to have mastered a number of releases on this list from @milwaukeerecord.bsky.social i including:

Brett Newski, Diet Lite, @dryhouseruins.bsky.social, Phase Machines, Guerrilla Ghost, They Want Blood, Tyler Chicorel, and Collections of Colonies of Bees:
Milwaukee Music Roundup: November 2025
This month in Milwaukee music: Diet Lite, Wave Chapelle, Tyler Chicorel, Queen Quail, more.
milwaukeerecord.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
ATTENTION Pavement fans and audio nerds:

The latest episode of @workingclassaudio.bsky.social features a deep dive into the making of Gary Young's 'Hospital For The Chemically Insane' which is a reissue of his 'Hospital' album containing a bunch of bonus tracks and the main album remastered.
(1/3)
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Is anybody else experiencing insanely slow uploads to
@dropbox.com as of yesterday and this morning?

It's not my network and it's happening on all 3 Macs using the sync app and web-browser so all signs point to something on Dropbox's side but I haven't seen any other reports of this yet.
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is out today. If you’re interested you can read my Instagram post about it as I don’t have it in me to reformat for the Bluesky:

www.instagram.com/p/DRUrcIQjssC/
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM