*We often hear the word ‘mastering engineer’ and wonder what that is and what exactly does the job entails. Since it’s a radical role in the world of music and indispensable in post-production, one ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While music production undergoes several steps, mixing and mastering music are the two essential processes that ensure every track sounds professional. Mixing is the technique of adjusting and ...

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 ...

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 ...

This month Greg Obis formally becomes the sole owner of Chicago Mastering Service (CMS), founded in 2007 by Bob Weston and Jason Ward. Weston, best known as the bassist in Shellac, moved to Portugal ...