My revisions have dropped considerably since installing the Barefoot MM27 monitors. In two months I've mastered 30 + albums and not one has been re-worked from ground up. (all were un-attended.) It's usually a matter of spacing, fades and relative volume adjustments -- or 'slam it please', which I normally avoid. To speed up the process I've been asking bands to submit a mock up of the cd so I can align the tracks and fades after the mastering is complete.
It sounds like you need a new mastering engineer. Sometimes the style of the engineer and music do not compliment each other. It really boils down to chemistry. Attended or not, your master should sound great through speakers you're most familiar with. For that reason I never let an artist proof the master at my studio. They can listen and A/B the difference but the true test is at home or in their car - wherever they listen to music the most. If it doesn't sound right there then my approach was wrong and additional information is needed. And unless it's a remix, I do not charge more for revisions.
Timothy Stollenwerk
503-407-2521
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