The Audiophiliac went to New York's top mastering house, Sterling Sound, to discuss the state of the art with mastering engineer Ryan Smith. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

A ubiquitous name in the world of mastering, Katie Tavini’s intuitive senses and aptitude for bringing out the best in a huge array of music has been rightly praised When you purchase through links on ...

Mastering engineers use tools specifically for the mastering stage, much like recording engineers may use a classic Shure 57 microphone on guitar cabs. There are no secret pieces of gear or magic ...

The last step in audio production is being taken over by machines The last step in audio production is being taken over by machines Making music is one of the most human things we do, but in recent ...

“These are coaxial speakers, and the tweeter’s in the throat of the woofer.” “Now you have 16 sets of stampers for a set of lacquers.” The language can get pretty heady when Bernie Grundman is talking ...

Suddenly, everyone can master their own music. I would worry that it would produce one generic master sound but the labels do a pretty "good" job of making that happen right now. I’ve been really ...

Online platform LANDR uses cloud-based software to help both major labels and bedroom artists smooth out their tunes. By Harley Brown As Gwen Stefani prepared to debut the video for her single “Make ...

PLUGIN WEEK 2023: In an ideal world, we’d all send our mixes off to Abbey Road and have their ‘golden ears’ take a listen, adjust frequencies, add compression, and limit our mix through a set of ...

In the journey that music takes from the artist to the fan, mastering is perhaps the most misunderstood of all of the processes in the production of music. Once music is recorded, its various musical ...