The studio
Not your mama’s mastering suite.
I work in a 400 ft² room built for critical listening with extra care to present accurate bass. Comprehensive acoustic treatment complements the room's architecture and coordinates an excellent frequency and time-domain response.
It’s a pleasant room to sit in and a revealing one to listen in. Mastering sessions can be attended here or carried out remotely.
The suite
Ex Machina Quasar Mk II monitors are mounted in an ASC Attack Wall behind a Sterling Modular console. PSI AVAA C20 active bass traps manage the bottom octaves while Trinnov Nova correction makes finer adjustments. Passive treatment runs 21 inches deep at first and second reflections.
Monitoring and acoustics
- Ex Machina Quasar Mk II
- Trinnov Nova
- Audeze LCD-X
- PSI AVAA C20
- ASC Attack Wall
- Focal Solo6
- Rupert Neve Designs RNHP
- Crane Song Avocet IIA
The chain
The analog mastering chain is built around Knif: Soma, Eksa and the Vari Mu II. All other pieces of gear can be wired in when a record calls for it. Every connection in the room is Mogami Gold or Platinum. Analog stem mastering is available upon request.
Analog
- Knif Soma
- Knif Eksa
- Knif Vari Mu II
- Rupert Neve 5254 Shelford
- Undertone UnFairchild 670M II
- Hendyamps Michelangelo
- D.W. Fearn VT-2
- Chandler Curve Bender
- Rupert Neve 5059 Satellite
- D.A.V. Broadhurst Gardens No.4
Conversion
- Lynx Hilo
- RME ADI-2 Pro FS
- Burl B80 Mothership (64 out / 8 in)
- Rupert Neve Master Bus Converter
Software
Mastering and sequencing happen in REAPER. Quality control, spectral editing, resampling and dithering happen in iZotope RX 12. Plugins on call include DMG, Weiss, Tone Projects, Oeksound, Acustica, Softube, Sonnox, Tokyo Dawn Labs, FabFilter and far too many others to name. Reference masters are delivered via Samply and final masters through Dropbox.
In the room
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Sessions can be attended in the studio or handled remotely.