January 23rd, 2015
Recording, Mixing or Mastering: Which Matters Most?
The Audiophiliac, aka Steve Guttenberg, interviewed mastering engineer Dave McNair and basically asked, “what’s the biggest factor in determining the overall sound of a recording?” over at cnet (you can read the article here). The answer [...]
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