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 ...

The ability to make music has always been a distinctly human trait. Yes, whales whistle and wolves howl, elephants use low-frequency rumbles to communicate and woodpeckers drum but none of them sound ...

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 ...

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 ...

Landr, a website that uses AI to master songs, can now master music in multiple sonic styles. The new options allow musicians who use Landr’s AI to have their songs polished in a variety of different ...

Mastering requires an understanding of where songs are at in the mix stage and where they need to go in the mastering stage to translate in public. This is where the “Dark Art” starts to happen, as ...

Mastering is the process of controlling and changing frequencies and dynamics in order to make your music really pop. Rosie Beaton chats to mastering engineer Andrew Edgson to uncover how you can get ...

The Audiophiliac interviews mastering engineer Dave McNair about who should get most of the credit for great sounding recordings, and his answer may surprise you. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve ...

Mastering is the key process to the final sound of a recording. It’s where the mixed master from the recording session is technically fine tuned (through equalization adjustments, sound compression, ...

“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 ...

PEEKSKILL - A master of the music-mastering industry whose credits include albums by Steely Dan, Lou Reed and Sting has quietly left Manhattan and set up his studio facilities overlooking the Hudson ...