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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Audio mastering is the process of taking audio mixes and preparing them for their best presentation to the world. It is a process that involves tremendous technical knowledge of the audio path and all ...

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 ...

MASTERING WEEK: Before you start piling the plugins onto your latest project’s master channel, you need to understand exactly what ‘mastering’ is. Broadly put, it’s both the final stage in the ...

SoundCloud have started a new partnership with Dolby to offer its users ‘algorithmic audio mastering’ technology for just $4.99 (£4). The new ‘Mastering on SoundCloud’ service is aiming to sit in ...