Podcast Episodes

The Mastering Show #109 - Audio repair & fixing faults

Audio repair and restoration has always been a huge part of mastering – and not only for re-mastering vintage material.

Even modern recordings can hav…

6 hours ago

The Mastering Show #108 - Why I was wrong about Loudness Range

I used to say that the Loudness Range (LRA) measurement wasn't really useful when mastering - but recently I changed my mind. In this episode I expla…

1 month ago

The Mastering Show #107 - Mastering for 1-Off Vinyl (and short runs)

More and more people are choosing to get vinyl copies of their music made one at a time, rather than having hundreds of copies pressed at once. Or in…

2 months ago

The Mastering Show #106 - Are dynamics dead ?!

I see it every day: “The Loudness Wars are over - loud won. Get over it”

And it’s easy to see why. The average mainstream release hits -8 LUFS integra…

3 months ago

The Mastering Show #105 - Loudness at the Grammys: is there REALLY a secret sauce ?

It was the Grammys this week - you can't have missed it !

And somewhere along the way I saw an article by Ian Vargo assessing the loudness and dynamic…

4 months ago

The Mastering Show #104 - Mastering for Sync ? What, Why and How

Getting your music "synced" for licensing in TV, movies or ads can be an amazing opportunity for indie musicians to make money and gain exposure. But…

5 months, 1 week ago

The Mastering Show #103 – Technical versus Creative Mastering (Q&A)

This started out as a Q&A episode, but one way or another there turned out to be a real theme to many of the questions, namely - how do you choose be…

6 months ago

The Mastering Show #102 - What IS 'translation' in mastering ?

Translation is one of the main goals of mastering - make the music sound great on any platform, and any delivery format.

But how is that possible ? Ho…

7 months, 1 week ago

The Mastering Show #101 - Mixing and mastering Brian Eno - with Emre Ramazanoglu

Brian Eno is probably the musician, producer and artist who has had the single biggest influence on my music taste and enjoyment over the years. His …

8 months, 4 weeks ago

The Mastering Show #100 - Matt Boudreau from Working Class Audio interviews... me !

I wanted to do something a little different to mark the 100th episode, but wasn't sure what. I was wondering about interviewing myself but that seeme…

11 months, 2 weeks ago