Studio 1979 · Arnhem
Studio 1979 is the studio of Niels Klaasen. Mastering and mixing for music, audio post for picture, websites with maintenance that keeps running, and apps for iOS, Android and macOS.
This is not a shop window of everything-is-possible. These are disciplines that kept turning out to belong together, and the proof is not in a portfolio but in the stores.
Expertise
Everything below I do myself. That means short lines, no handing you off, and one person responsible when something is not right.
Stereo and stems, ready for streaming, vinyl and radio. The translation to every platform holds up, without polishing the character out of the recording.
from €69 per track
Mixing delivered sessions and stems, with the master included if you want. Editing and vocal tuning too, when the production calls for it.
from €225 per track
Sound for picture: dialogue edit, cleanup, conform and mix for commercials, branded content, online video and longer productions. Including deliverables to spec.
€75 per hour, €525 per day
From a one page band site to a business site. Built by hand, without page builders and without a pile of plugins that breaks in a year. Fast, accessible and findable.
from €995
Hosting with technical maintenance, because a site nobody looks after becomes a problem in two years. Updates, backups, SSL and an uptime check that flags things before you notice.
from €29 per month
iOS, Android and macOS, from first sketch to store release and the maintenance after. Design, build, backend and store presentation in one place.
nine own products shipped
Own work
Conceived, built, designed, released and maintained by me. From safety exams to subtitling software for the Mac. If you want to know whether I can finish something, this is the answer.
VCA Oefenen Practice for the Dutch VCA safety exams 
DoseerCheck Trainer Nursing dosage calculation practice 
NurseDose Trainer Med math practice for nursing students 
Pabo Rekenen Dutch teacher training numeracy test 
LANTITE Numeracy Numeracy test prep for Australian teaching students 
OenoQuest Building wine knowledge towards WSET 2 and 3 
MediaText Studio Subtitling and timed text on the Mac 
DienstBrein External working memory for a care shift 
Kroegbook Archive of pubs past and present Commissioned
A selection of what has been built and mixed for clients.
Audio and web
Mastering, band site, hosting and ongoing maintenance
A six piece pop, ska and reggae band from Arnhem. It started with mastering their debut album Langspeelplaat and the singles that followed, and grew into the site as well: biography, news, tour dates and press kit for bookers and venues. Hosting and technical maintenance are ongoing. From the master to the page where you can hear it, out of the same studio.
Groot Onderhoud →Web
Website, commissioned
Meal delivery in Arnhem. The site tells the story behind Cor and moves the visitor to an order in one go. Built static, so it is fast and cheap to host.
Chili Cor Carne →Audio
Mastering for digital release
Single mastering for a streaming release, where both the translation to every platform and the character of the recording had to stay intact.
Contact
Send an email about what you are working on. You get a reply within a working day, and if it is not a fit I will say so.