Hi-End Mastering and Metal Music Production
Back in 1996, my band mate Juan Urteaga and I converted our band practice space into a mini recording studio, and we began our journey as audio engineers. Less than 2 years later, we moved into a warehouse and built our first ‘real’ ...
Creating a musical album is a three step precess: Recording, mixing and mastering. Mastering originally was part of the process of creating a physical metal master for pressing vinyl on a lathe. A record cannot handle frequencies ...
The band asks this question: What would happen if we had our mix engineer also do the mastering? This question is asked by most bands these days at some point. Budgets are small and mixing engineers like the fact that doing their ...
If you are a mixing engineer reading this, I’d like to go over just a few ideas for making your mixes perfect for the mastering stage. Many engineers know what I am about to say, I want to mention a few items to help some newer ...
Here is a detailed guide for musicians and new engineers to help them get the most out of recording. 90 percent of what is discussed in the guide will apply to all styles. The PDF is here. The Kindle edition is available at Amazon ...