Studio move for the new year is done. The new space features 14 ft. tall vaulted ceilings, several GIK monster traps (the big boys, 7.3 in.), several custom made bass absorbers (12 in. thick!), large “walls” of broadband absorption (built by me), and that massive skyline diffuser.
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Current equipment and processor list for the mastering room as of January 2025:
Dutch & Dutch 8c
Prism Lyra 2
Terry CEQ
HCL Thermos
Junger D02
Hendyamps Michelangelo
Hendyamps Crash (custom)
Hendyamps Pollock
Neve MBP Portico II
Rockreupel Comp.Two
RJR Transfourmer Station (custom)
RJR BAX (custom)
Elysia Nvelope Mastering Edition
Gyraf G23-S
Cranborne Carnaby HE2
Plugins from UAD, TDR, Fabfilter, etc.
Power conditioners from Furman & ART, and a combination of cables including Gotham, Mogami Gold, & Belden 🤘🏼
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So nice having this guy plugged back in and running. Best cheap digital gear purchase I ever made. Wish it went to 96k but most stuff I work on is 48k so 😎
I've said this before (maybe not on my mastering page), but mid side processing is highly overrated. Dual mono processing makes magic - or maybe I just know the magic moves. Idk! You have a left and a right speaker. Treat your music as such. Mid side is cool and perfect and everything, but our ears prefer non-symmetry. When I need width, I don't just boost the sides. Offset filter positions. Engage different transformers. Use your ears and hear the difference for yourself 😎
Analog is such a weird beast. For me (and likely other engineers, too), it really does take an entire chain. Where processors sit in the chain matters. Order of operations matter. Sometimes one piece sounds different when another is in/out. There's technical reasons for this, but I haven't explored that deeply into it. I could care less about some of the really nerdy stuff. Sound is the ultimate guide for how things work, and it's easier (and a lot more fun) to just accept that turning knobs and pressing buttons can make magical things happen to audio. 🤘🏼
