All Advertisers
| All Advertisers |
17th September 2006, 12:53 AM
| #1 |
| Lives for gear  Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Hampton Roads, VA - U.S.A.
Posts: 588
|  Best Mastering Engineer! Best Mastering Engineer! Who do you say? Rob G..   |
|  |
|
17th September 2006, 01:03 AM
| #2 |
| Gear maniac Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 171
| Denny Purcell was tops while he was here. A 777 Subject. |
|
| |
|
17th September 2006, 01:14 AM
| #3 |
| Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Hampton Roads, VA - U.S.A.
Posts: 588
| 1.)A 777 Subject says: Quote: Denny Purcell was tops while he was here. -A 777 Subject. 2.)Bruce Swedien says: Quote: Armando..... There's nothing to say about Bernie Grundman other than "Beernie is the very best at what he does!!!" "There is no one else even close to Bernie when it comes to mastering!!!" -Bruce Swedien I say Bob Ludwig is the best. Rob G.. |
|
| |
|
17th September 2006, 01:55 AM
| #4 | |
| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
Posts: 838
| Quote:
Who masters the loudest? Isn't that what it means? The best?  Kalli | |
|
| |
|
17th September 2006, 03:31 AM
| #5 | |
| Gear addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Toronto
Posts: 466
| Quote:
Then ask 20 music afficianatos and see how many different answers you get. In other words, once you get to a certain level, there is no real answer to your question other than personal preference! With all due respect to Bruce Swedian (who is mentioned in a later post), some mix engineers are very loyal to one mastering engineer because they have had great and consistent work done for them. They may have even started with them. But if their main guy was unavailable, became sick or passed away, they would soon enought find another great one. | |
|
| |
|
17th September 2006, 05:17 AM
| #6 |
| Lives for Jesus  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: orange county ca.
Posts: 2,938
| I have always loved the work that Randy Kling from Disk Mastering has done for me he is in Nashville so i am looking for someone here in ca steve 
__________________ Steve Perkins Creation Recording Studios .com Take a Kid Fishing Outreach John 3:16 |
|
| |
|
17th September 2006, 07:13 AM
| #7 | |
| Lives for gear  Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,271
| Quote:
| |
| |
|
17th September 2006, 07:19 AM
| #8 | |
| Gear Guru Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: New York City
Posts: 10,951
| Quote:
 (And this is a joke fellas so don't get your panties in bunch).  | |
|
| |
|
17th September 2006, 08:16 AM
| #9 |
| Lives for gear  Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Basel, Switzerland
Posts: 3,478
| Greg Calbi.
__________________ Andi www.doorknocker.ch 'You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap! - Dolly Parton |
|
| |
|
17th September 2006, 09:22 AM
| #10 | |
| Lives for gear  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 612
| Quote:
Strictly a matter of taste. JT | |
|
| |
|
17th September 2006, 10:57 AM
| #11 |
| Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,271
| On a more serious note than my last post, we get quite a few masters done by GS's Jerry Tubb and Brad Blackwood. I've personally used Dave Collins when he was at A&M and Bob Ohlsson through a record company. I'd put these guys up against any Grundmann, Sterling, etc. (which we also get). Though, in a Special Edition ME Celebrity Deathmatch - I'd probably put my money on DC. In my experience, if something is mastered by a guy (or girl) that makes his (or her) living from mastering, you can pretty much bet it will be good - otherwise they wouldn't be making a living. And no, I don't put myself or want to be in this category - too much stress. I came to the conclusion the other day that I really don't care that much about conventional music, I handle audio and data as a profession. I QC a couple thousand titles a year. I do "mastering" work on a hundred or so. I try to at least skip through anything that comes from a real mastering house. If it's a style of music that I like (which is rare), I'll listen to the whole thing. And like the kid's say: "it's all good" (well, mostly). And therein is also the rub, you really can't judge just the mastering. My motto is "I'd rather hear a bad recording of good music, than a good recording of bad music" (good/bad being subjective for the most part, but not always). Okay, that's it - carry on! If you made it this far, I like chocolate. |
|
| |
|
18th September 2006, 01:07 AM
| #12 |
| Gear maniac Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 171
| Doug Sax is up there too. A 777 Subject. |
|
| |
|
18th September 2006, 01:09 AM
| #13 |
| Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Hampton Roads, VA - U.S.A.
Posts: 588
| Glen Meadows is another person who's work I highly respect. Rob G.. |
|
| |
|
18th September 2006, 04:02 PM
| #14 |
| Gear addict  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: in my studio mostly
Posts: 436
| there are plenty of guys here who can do justice to a project. no need for "the best" imo 
__________________ WTB : boss se-50, dpa/earthworks mics...ribbon mic. or anything halfrack (pref compression or coloured eq) or smaller size, all broken and non operating halfrack (and maybe fullrack) stuff too (filling empty rack slots)  |
|
| |
|
24th September 2006, 11:22 PM
| #15 |
| Lives for gear  Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 2,338
| some good ones.... my vote goes for chris blair, at abbey road who did some awesome radiohead records that sound good and translate very well in any equipment... as well as emily lazar, great work on a recent david bowie record... bernie grundman of course... here in brazil my vote goes to ricardo garcia at magic master... but i agree the best one is the one that does less harm.... |
|
| |
|
24th September 2006, 11:27 PM
| #16 |
| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Muscle Shoals
Posts: 3,528
| Glenn Meadows would have to be one of my favorites.... good dude as well..... http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg...ghe4j271wai~T4
__________________ www.mytrailerpark.com |
|
| |
|
24th September 2006, 11:31 PM
| #17 |
| Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Muscle Shoals
Posts: 3,528
| Lets not forget the 3 Bobs Bob Ludwig.... Bob Kats...... Bob Olhson....... I'd like to be a fly on the wall when the 3 Bobs get together.
__________________ www.mytrailerpark.com |
|
| |
|
25th September 2006, 12:56 AM
| #18 | |
| Mastering Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,826
| Quote:
Anyway, I always say, "Every Tom, Dick and Harry is named Bob!" BK
__________________ Bob Katz DIGITAL DOMAIN http://www.digido.com "There are two kinds of fools. One says-this is old and therefore good. The other says-this is new and therefore better." No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. | |
|
| |
|
26th September 2006, 03:28 PM
| #19 |
| Gear nut Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Amsterdam
Posts: 94
| Brian Gardner is my favourite. |
|
| |
|
26th September 2006, 05:21 PM
| #20 |
| Gear Head Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 40
| i know everyone talks about Bernie Grundman but what about Tom Coyne? man, that guy worked on nearly every classic hip-hop LP to come out of NY in the '90s. from what i know he's still staying busy too. i always liked his work... any thoughts?
__________________ "Buying old records is a habit, and if I can't afford to buy it I'll bag it." http://www.myspace.com/lynnness |
|
| |
|
26th September 2006, 05:50 PM
| #21 |
| Gear maniac  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: France, Paris.
Posts: 163
| In R'n'B style ...Tom Coyne is a genius !
__________________ Julien Apruzzese. Record and mix engineer. Di Notte Studio. France, Paris. www.myspace.com/dinottestudio |
|
| |
|
26th September 2006, 06:44 PM
| #22 |
| Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 1,015
| I've worked with just about everyone sans Mr. Katz and Bob Ludwig but Bob Olhsson makes everything better for me. But hey, it ain't a competition!  Each person has a distinct approach and style. Based on that and availability it shouldn't be too hard to find the right person for your project.
__________________ "Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbor"- Andre 3000 |
|
| |
|
26th September 2006, 08:31 PM
| #23 |
| Gear addict  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Brooklyn
Posts: 426
| I nominate myself for most mediocre. There are precicely 327 who are better than me and 327 who are worse. Please contact me if you are new to mastering with a sample of your work. How it is will determine in which direction I point my sniper rifle.
__________________ Paul Gold www.saltmastering.com most mixes that sound good usually look like a sort of puffy cloud - j ward |
|
| |
|
26th September 2006, 08:40 PM
| #24 |
| Lives for gear  Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Elmont NY
Posts: 3,143
| Scott Hull has always done it for me
__________________ Lou Gimenez www.musiclabnyc.com |
|
| |
|
28th September 2006, 07:33 AM
| #25 |
| Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 158
| My vote has got to go to Brian "Big Bass" Gardner. |
|
| |
|
28th September 2006, 09:47 AM
| #26 |
| Gear maniac  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Santa Monica CA
Posts: 237
| I have had some pretty good results from Dave Glasser at Airshow, Boulder CO... very easy guy to work with, my mixes end up sounding very nice with Dave |
|
| |
|
28th September 2006, 09:49 AM
| #27 |
| Lives for gear  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Phoenix
Posts: 6,679
 | George Marino anyone? Hello... My vote goes "it depends on the project"... I've had Blackwood master some stuff and think he's an amazing talent. Far better than a lot of other guys I've worked with. Now if I were doing a bass heavy club banga'/club anthem project, I'd probably call Brian G. If I were doing something else, who knows. If it were Brittney Spears, I'd probably call George M.
__________________ _________________ "What is a crossfire hurricane & why wasn't I born in one?" Randy Wright http://www.myspace.com/djui5 |
|
| |
|
28th September 2006, 05:37 PM
| #28 |
| Lives for gear  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Boston
Posts: 1,024
| Def dependant on the project, but Calibi is my pick. but everyone thats mentioned is special, it really depends on the music. |
|
| |
|
28th September 2006, 09:39 PM
| #29 |
| Lives for gear  Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Norway
Posts: 2,846
| Chris 'vinyl' Blair.... RIP ruudman |
|
| |
|
1st October 2006, 02:04 PM
| #30 |
| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oberlin, Ohio
Posts: 612
| Ken Love Bob Katz Doug Sax Glenn Meadows Hank Williams Dave Glasser Bernie Grundman Brad Blackwood Bob Ludwig To name a few of the "good ones"
__________________ -TOM- Thomas W. Bethel Managing Director Acoustik Musik, Ltd. Room with a View Productions Oberlin, OH 44074 www.acoustikmusik.com |
|
| |
 |
| Bookmarks |
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
| |
Linear Mode
