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 ...

Everyone who looks at the credits on a CD will have seen a line for "mastering." But like the "best boy" and "gaffer" credits at the end of a film, few people know what it really means. Oddly enough, ...

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 ...

Colin Leonard’s Grammy-winning work with Bad Bunny might be heard at Sunday’s Super Bowl. This month, Colin Leonard, an Atlanta-based mastering engineer, was awarded his second consecutive Grammy for ...

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Mastering engineer Emily Lazar listens back to a section of the song "Envelop Me" by the baroque pop band School is Cool. She's trying to make the main vocals stand out more. "We pick certain ...

When it came to voting for this year’s Grammy winners, Randy Merrill had some especially hard choices in front of him. Generally, top nominees have no trouble selecting their own work, but in 2023, ...