The Audiophiliac went to New York's top mastering house, Sterling Sound, to discuss the state of the art with mastering engineer Ryan Smith. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also ...

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 ...

There is little doubt that a professionally mastered track will receive more smiles, head nods and foot taps than a track that has no mastering at all. The roadmap to the best product may seem clear - ...

It was just a stray remark at the end of a guitar lesson last fall. My teacher is a veteran musician whose band has had both major label and indie record deals, and he loves the analog, the human, the ...

Nervous about mastering? Master Plan has plenty of controllable content to make home mastering a reality for all. Effect muting isn’t obvious. Graphics could be clearer and larger. MusicRadar's got ...