Neil has been an audio engineer for over 15 years originally producing, recording and mixing a wide variety of indie rock bands and singer songwriters. He also has specialised in location recordings for major artists of their live shows. In recent years he has concentrated on mastering. He believes that the insight from this experience of the entire process from recording the first guide track, to the final mix, gives him a unique and helpful insight as the final Mastering Engineer of your project.
My approach to mastering is best described as “sympathetic” to the original mix. If a mix has reached mastering I assume (unless told otherwise) that the vision of that mix is what was wanted by the Artist, Producer and Engineer. I therefore view it as my job to take that vision and put simply, make it sound as glorious as possible without damaging that orginal artistic intent. If there is something fundamentally wrong with the mix I would talk to the artist first and make suggestions rather than simply try and reverse engineer an out come with multiband compressors and MS tricks. A well balanced mix in the first place always makes for the best master.
To that end I like to work primarily in the analogue domain initially as I'm a big believer in “Analogue Vibe” being imparted onto your mixes especially if they have been done “In The Box” as many mixes are these days. A quality analogue chain can really make an “In The Box Mix” sound like it was done on a big vintage console.
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Sonic Soundblade Professional Mastering DAW
Avid Pro Tools HDX 11HD
MacPro 12 Core
UAD-2 Quad DSP Card
Avid HD i/o 16x16 ADDA
Antelope Isochrone Trinity Master Clock
Manley Massive Passive Mastering Version Valve EQ
George Massenburg Labs 8200 EQ
Thermionic Culture The Phoenix Mastering Plus Vari Mu Valve Compressor
Alan Smart C2 Compressor with high pass filter side chain modification.Monitors - Focal SM9 on China Cones.
Sonnox Elite Bundle, Sonoris Mastering EQ
Plug In Alliance V2 EQ, FabFilter ProL
Massenburg Design Works Digital EQ
Flux Pure Analyzer with Metering Option
Slate Digital VTM, FG-X, ProAudioDSP DSM V2
Izotope RX3, Sonnox Restore
UAD-2 Ultimate Plug Ins Collection
McDSP Everything Pack
Soundtoys V4 bundle
Slate Digital Platinum Trigger
Softube Bass Amp Room, TSR1 and Trident A Range.
Everything by Avid
Waves Platinum Bundle (includes mastering collection)
Pleased to say I’ll finally be getting some professional photos of the new set up! Watch this space for an enhanced website, better images and more blogging activity. Saludos Neil
My approach to mastering is best described as “sympathetic” to the original mix. If a mix has reached mastering I assume (unless told otherwise) that the vision of that mix is what was wanted by the Artist, Producer and Engineer. I therefore view it as my job to take that vision and put simply, make […]
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