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 ...

Everyone who looks at the credits on a CD will have seen a line for "mastering." But like the "best boy" and "gaffer" credits at the end of a film, few people know what it really means. Oddly enough, ...

David Glasser doesn’t do iPods. He’s got an iPhone, but there’s no music stored on it. “That’s not my world,” Glasser said. Forgive the man. He’s got the most refined of ears. The MP3 technology most ...

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When it came to voting for this year’s Grammy winners, Randy Merrill had some especially hard choices in front of him. Generally, top nominees have no trouble selecting their own work, but in 2023, ...

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Emily Lazar made Grammy history this year, becoming the first mastering engineer to land three album of the year nominations in the same year. By Paul Grein Emily Lazar made Grammy history this year, ...

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