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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mastering engineer Emily Lazar listens back to a section of the song "Envelop Me" by the baroque pop band School is Cool. She's trying to make the main vocals stand out more. "We pick certain ...

While music production undergoes several steps, mixing and mastering music are the two essential processes that ensure every track sounds professional. Mixing is the technique of adjusting and ...

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 ...

“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 ...

This is the second installment of Rolling Stone’s series At Work, in which we explore the fast-changing music business from the perspective of a different industry leader each week. Read the first ...

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 ...