Mastering and lacquer cutting suites at The Hit Factory, located at 421 West 54th Street, NYC. Closed in 2005.

Vinyl releases can be recognized by THFM, HFM, HF or Hit Factory etched in the runouts. Please credit with Lacquer Cut At.

Mastering and lacquer cutting engineers known to have worked here:
- Carlton Batts;
- Chris Gehringer, signed with cg;
- Herb Powers Jr. (chief engineer, ca. 1988-1997), signed with a smiley: :-) or (^:;
- Joe Yannece, signed with J.Y.;
- Ricardo Gutierrez;
- Tim Young, signed with TY;
- Tom Kowen,
- Tom Coyne, signed with ¢;
- Tony Gillis;
- Tony "Tippy" Tarochione (1968-2005), signed with Tippy.

If an engineer's signature appears in the runouts, please credit with Lacquer Cut By and the appropriate ANV.