YOU CAN SAY vinyl is back; you can say vinyl never left. What's certain is that record collectors and bands alike continue to have an undying, perhaps unconditional love for the format. Having one's ...

It was just a stray remark at the end of a guitar lesson last fall. My teacher is a veteran musician whose band has had both major label and indie record deals, and he loves the analog, the human, the ...

For sheer capabilities, this program almost matches Logic. The project/album mastering module is worth the price of admission alone, and for $15 a month under the new Sphere rental option, you can ...

Studio One is arguably the most powerful DAW on the market with tons of tools for creation, production, and even mastering. It’s 64-bit engine (pro version) and effects sound fantastic, and the ...

It wasn’t long ago that mastering an audio recording was a huge ordeal: You booked time with one of the handful of trusted mastering engineers, located mostly in New York or Los Angeles, then tucked ...

When you hear your favorite artist’s track, there’s a good chance Adam Ayan had a hand in shaping its final sound ...

In professional audio production, mastering has always been the final step—the polish that separates a demo from a commercial release.

Says Ron McMaster, who retires on July 12, of making records: "The fact that it’s still strong blows my mind." There’s a theory dubbed “nominative determinism,” a fancy name to describe people who ...