Audio Mixing & Mastering

Here is how this works in practice. We set up audio mixing and mastering sessions across Tobis Portuguesa's Lisbon stages (steady operating sound and post site. Since 1932), LXmedia Studios' Atmos-equipped rooms, and Estúdios Valentim de Carvalho — the oldest Portuguese audio house, founded 1914 and now anchoring top mix work for film, broadcast, and streaming. All three run Pro Tools HDX standard. With Nuendo + iZotope RX for restoration passes, Avid S6 desks for theatrical-grade mixing, and Avid MTRX interfaces for stem routing. Caleidoscópio, Atalaia Studios, and Cinemate cover boutique session work. While Loud & Clear Lisbon and Foley Walkers Lisbon round out ADR and effects-mix capacity.

Here is what we have to work with. Mastering passes lock to sites-specific loudness targets. Netflix -27 LKFS dialogue-anchored masters for Netflix Portugal, EBU R128 for RTP, SIC, TVI, and CMTV broadcast, ATSC A/85 for US deliverables, and Apple TV+ Dolby Atmos certification for top SVOD. Stem packages have dialogue, music, and effects splits plus M&E tracks for Lusofonia versioning across Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde markets where European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese dubbing tracks diverge. Cross-border mastering through Quartz Madrid and Daiquiri Sound Madrid adds Iberian capacity when calendars demand parallel rooms.

Here is the short of it. Portugal's audio mix heritage threads through Estúdios Valentim de Carvalho's 110-year steady operation, Tobis Portuguesa's role finishing nine decades of Portuguese cinema from Aniki Bóbó (Manoel de Oliveira, 1942) through Pedro Costa's Vitalina Varela (Locarno Golden Leopard 2019) and Miguel Gomes's Grand Tour (Cannes Best Director 2024), and a national music custom with Fado at its core — declared UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2011, with Lisbon Fado and Coimbra Fado as distinct sub-traditions carried by Amália Rodrigues (national mourning at her 1999 passing), Mariza, Carlos do Carmo, Ana Moura, and Cristina Branco.

Cante Alentejano added a second UNESCO inscription in 2014. Today's scoring talent — Bernardo Sassetti, Mário Laginha, Luís Tinoco, Nuno Costa, António Pinho Vargas — record at these same Lisbon rooms. Salvador Sobral's 2017 Eurovision win and Madredeus's Lisbon Story (Wenders, 1994) further anchor mix reference points. All sessions settle EUR at 23% IVA, with RGPD/GDPR + Lei n.º 58/2019 ruling stem handoffs under CNPD oversight.