Category: Season 2 – May

Mastering engineer Brad Blackwood (Korn, Lamb of God, Maroon 5) sits in with us to talk everything from how he sets up his mental space at the beginning of the day, to the one tool he wouldn’t be able to work without, and his lone wolf approach.

Still have questions about mastering? Yeah, you do. Everybody does! Mastering might as well be ancient black magic for a lot of us. Luckily, on this episode, we’ve got Brad Blackwood along to pull back the curtain to show that it’s not actually magic, but it is often misunderstood.

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“I’ve really made it a point to listen to all kinds of music, all the time.” – Brad Blackwood

ON THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:

– Brad’s history and early beginnings at Ardent Studios
– His favorite pieces of gear
– The ins and outs of invoices and payments
– Why Euphonic Mastering is a lone wolf operation
– Brad’s methodology on resetting his ears to prevent sonic biasing
– Whether or not shadowing a pro is the most productive means to an end or not
– And much, much more

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On this episode, with Adam Ayan (Paul McCartney, Katy Perry): demystifying the final sonic footprint of recorded music that is mastering.

This discussion is jammed full of so much amazing information about mastering. Whether you’re looking to get into mastering yourself, an engineer, mixer, or producer that wants to be informed about what a mastering engineer is going to be doing with their part of the process, or an artist that would just like to know what goes into your songs coming out sounding polished on the other end of the process you’re going walk away from this episode with a whole new perspective.

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“I think that every recording has a loudness potential and a window where loudness works. If you push it too far, you get outside of that window. If you don’t push it far enough, you get outside of that window on the other side, which is where compression works.” – Adam Ayan

ON THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:

– Why some pros take interns and others don’t
– Navigating sonic options and making decisions
– Adam’s favorite mastering tools
– Applying a “fake master” during a mix
– The many different paths for audio education
– And much, much more

Links:

Moulton Labs – Golden Ears 

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On this episode of the podcast, Mike Kalajian (Saosin, Against the Current, Moving Mountains) joins the show to cast some light on the subject of mastering.

Ever been confused about mastering? You’re not alone. It’s a process that a lot of audio professionals just take an, “It’s just weird magic or something” approach to. Well, no longer! Mike is here to demystify the process a bit and, by the end, hopefully you’ll be on some better footing about what mastering is, why it matters, and how to get started if it’s a part of the audio production process that you’re interested in persuing.

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“Mastering is like the final coat of paint.” – Mike Kalajian

ON THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:

– Mastering trends and loudness wars
– Best bang for your buck monitoring and acoustic investments
– Mike’s opinion on ITB vs. OTB mixing
– Test masters for landing business
– Experimenting with new gear
– And much, much more

Links:

Rogue Planet Mastering

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