A mastering engineer’s tools start with first-class monitoring and playback, along with processors that are customized or otherwise well-suited to the fine task at hand.
Everything we use here at Sonopod has been selected or modified with great care and scrutiny, affording a wide range of treatments for a wide range of music. Whether transparent corrections or euphonic enhancements, our goal is to deliver your listeners the best possible presentation of your tracks.
Analog Signal Processing
- Eclair La-La Model 62 vacuum-tube optical limiter
- Focusrite Blue 230 compressor/limiter
- Crane Song STC-8H compressor/limiter
- NTP 179-170 compressor/limiter
- UREI LA-22 de-esser/compressor
- Dolby 740 spectral processor
- SPL Passeq equalizer
- Millennia NSEQ-F equalizer (NSEQ-2 with Forssell and mastering modifications)
- API 5502 equalizer (custom modified)
- Crookwood custom M-S processor
Digital Audio Workstations and Signal Processing
- Pro Tools HD6/Accel with DSP by Massenburg, Waves, McDSP, Massey, Sonic and many more
- Bias Peak Pro and Audiofile Engineering Wave Editor
- Z-Systems Z-3SRC sample rate converter
Monitoring & Transfer
- ME-Geithain RL901K monitor loudspeakers
- Custom-modified AD and DA converters by Crookwood and Panasonic/Ramsa
- Custom Crookwood monitor, insert and transfer console
Engineer's Notes
While we love our gear, there is no 'default' processing scheme applied; every project is approached with an intention to hear into the mixes and work in a continuation of the production. So, our work starts and ends with listening, making our ME-Geithain monitors a key to the studio. They allow us to decide what, if any processing is needed, and to know definitively when we’ve got it right.
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