BreakPoint Mastering is an analog mastering studio run by Adam Straney, established in Seattle in 2011 and based in Portland, Oregon since 2016.

Over 15 years and thousands of releases, BreakPoint has mastered records for Sub Pop, Hardly Art, Kill Rock Stars, Hush Hush, Crane City Music, Glitterbeat, and Holodeck, including albums by Shabazz Palaces, THEESatisfaction, Tacocat, Knife Knights, Porter Ray, Yuno, The Moondoggies, and Blimes and Gab. Recent work also includes sound design for the game Warped Universe.

Every master here is done by hand, by one person, on high end analog and digital gear in a tuned room. No presets, no automated processing, no assembly line. In an age of AI mastering, every track that comes through BreakPoint gets human ears, real gear, and as many passes as it takes. You don’t pay until you’re 100% happy.

Adam is also a producer and artist himself (The New Law), which is why mastering here starts with what the artist hears, not what the meters say.

Whether it’s a single, an album, or a full label catalog, I’d love to work on your record.