Ham Audio (Label)

Lacquer cutting, vinyl and digital mastering studio in Hamburg, Germany.

Originally founded by Peter Harenberg in September 1984 as "ham - Harenberg Audio Mastering Peter Harenberg", after mastering at TELDEC-Studio, Hamburg was stopped. In October 1985, the company was renamed to "h a m Audio Mastering GmbH".

The studio is equipped with a Neumann VMS-66 cutting lathe.
There also are two digital mastering studios.

Known engineers:
Peter Harenberg
Joachim Hinsch (1984-1986)

Cuts can be recognized by "ham" etched in the runouts.

Also appears on releases as:
- .ham. Mastering GmbH, Hamburg
- ham.audio Mastering GmbH
- .ham. Audio, Hamburg
- h.a.m., Hamburg
- Ham, Hamburg
- .ham. Audio