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 ...

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 ...

Falconer native Randy Merrill is pictured inside his mastering studio, M6, at Sterling Sound in New York City. Merrill received two Grammys last week for his work on Adele’s album “25.” Submitted ...

The supposedly secret dark art of mastering is actually nothing of the sort; it’s just good ol’ practice and experience. A mastering engineer learns how listen to the material in a certain way, to ...

“It’s that perfect combination: Great artist. Great music. Great production. Great mixing. Great mastering. Voilà!” says award-winning mastering engineer Emily Lazar, whose work is often the last step ...

The founder of The Lodge audio-mastering facility shatters glass ceilings in the music world and racks up accolades along the way. But it should be no surprise to anyone who has known Lazar for a long ...

Audio mastering is the process of taking audio mixes and preparing them for their best presentation to the world. It is a process that involves tremendous technical knowledge of the audio path and all ...

One of today's most in-demand producers is New York-based mastering engineer Emily Lazar, who stands to win Record of the Year for Sia's smash, "Chandelier." By Harley Brown Sia isn’t the only ...

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 ...

First, the robots came for our factory jobs, then for our fast-food jobs. Now, they're aiming their laser-guided sights at... music-recording engineers? On Thursday, the audio-processing company Landr ...