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 ...

Mastering engineer Dave McNair unravels some of the mysteries of how he makes music sound good over iTunes and MP3s played over $20 computer speakers. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg ...

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 ...

We guide you through two key stages in the process of mastering in a home studio When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There is little ...

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 ...

Master bus compression is used both when mixing and mastering tracks, but with so many compressor options available in plugin form - including a host of classics such as the SSL Bus Compressor, API ...

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 ...

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