InterSpace Group Partners with Masterchannel
The InterSpace Group has partnered with Masterchannel, the Oslo-based music mastering company, to bring professional mastering directly into the dashboard InterSpace artists already use to release their music. The integration is live today on InterSpace Distribution and on ToneGrid, the Group's white-label distribution platform for labels, distributors and music companies.
Mastering is the final step between a finished mix and a release. It balances a track's tonality, dynamics and loudness so the music sounds right on every streaming service and every speaker, from headphones and car stereos to radio and club systems. For many independent artists, that step has meant paying for studio time or releasing without it.
Now artists open Mastering from their dashboard menu, upload a mix and get a mastered version back within minutes. Every master comes with a free full-length preview that can be compared against the original mix, with loudness-matched playback so the difference is easy to hear. Artists pay only if they choose to download the final master. There is no subscription, and nothing is ever charged automatically.
How it works
- Open Mastering from the menu in your InterSpace dashboard.
- Upload your mix.
- Wait a few minutes while it is processed.
- Listen to the free full-length preview and compare it with your original.
- Download the master if you like the result.
Because the integration is built into ToneGrid at the platform level, every label and distributor on ToneGrid can offer the same mastering tool to its own artists, inside its own branded dashboard.
"A great release starts with a great master, and for too many independent artists that last step has meant expensive studio time or guesswork. With Masterchannel built into the dashboard, an artist can get a professional master in minutes, hear the whole track before paying anything, and release with confidence. Because it ships on ToneGrid as well, every label and distributor on our platform can now give the same tool to their own artists, under their own brand."
Eric Okechukwu, Founder & CEO, The InterSpace Group
Masterchannel was founded by a mastering engineer, an independent artist and a producer. Its technology combines human engineering expertise with modern audio technology: it analyses the sonic characteristics of an uploaded mix and calculates precise adjustments to tonality, dynamics and loudness. It does not generate or alter musical content, it was not trained on copyrighted recordings, and every master remains entirely the artist's own.
"Our partnership with InterSpace stems from a shared commitment to empowering independent artists. As musicians ourselves, we at Masterchannel understand the dedication required to produce great work, and we're proud to make high-quality sound accessible and affordable for all InterSpace's artists."
Christian Ringstad Schultz, CEO & Co-Founder, Masterchannel
Mastering is available now to InterSpace Distribution artists from the Mastering page of their dashboard, and to the artists of every label and distributor on ToneGrid. Artists can start distributing with InterSpace at interspacemusic.com. Labels and distributors that want to run their own branded distribution business can learn more at tonegrid.pro.
About The InterSpace Group
The InterSpace Group is a Port Harcourt, Nigeria-based holding company founded by Eric Okechukwu, operating InterSpace Distribution, ToneGrid, InterSpace Sound System, InterSpace Daily, and InterSpace SmartLinks. Built without outside venture funding on a technology stack developed in-house, the group's stated ambition is to become infrastructure for independent music distribution globally, with particular focus on Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.
About InterSpace Distribution
InterSpace Distribution is a global digital distribution and label services company headquartered in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Founded in 2021 by Eric Okechukwu, InterSpace works with independent artists, record labels and rights holders to deliver music and video to 150+ stores and platforms worldwide, and provides publishing administration, marketing, YouTube Multi-Channel Network services and royalty solutions. Home to more than 20,000 independent artists generating over fifty million streams a month, InterSpace Distribution is part of The InterSpace Group, which also operates ToneGrid and InterSpace SmartLinks.
About ToneGrid
ToneGrid is a white-label music distribution infrastructure platform that enables labels, distributors, and music companies to run fully branded distribution operations under their own identity. The platform delivers DSP content delivery across 200+ streaming services, automated royalty collection and reporting, YouTube Content ID management, DDEX/XML catalog ingestion, and a complete API suite for programmatic integration. Partners retain full ownership of their client relationships, branding, and revenue models while ToneGrid handles the technical backbone. ToneGrid is operated by The InterSpace Group.
About Masterchannel
Masterchannel is a music mastering company based in Oslo, Norway. Founded by a mastering engineer, an independent artist and a producer, Masterchannel combines human engineering expertise with modern audio technology, giving artists the sound profile of world-class mastering engineers such as Simon Hestermann and Wez Clarke, with precise control over tonality and dynamics. Its mastering technology is used by independent artists, professional producers and music platforms, and the company was named one of Music Tech's Innovative Start-Ups by Business Insider.
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