Audio Media - September 2008 - (Page 61) ELECTRIC MASTERING > Fairchild compressor, through the EMI desk and straight on to the lathe, and cut a ” with them playing it live. The resulting record works very well, perhaps because everything including voices was balanced acoustically. Yes, it’s a very intimate and dry recording and really feels like they’re in the room with you, playing for you. There was no reverb, very little EQ, a bit of compression for safety purposes and not much else. Tell me about the retro décor That was from Pete – he’s very much into vintage mastering and recording gear, furniture and everything else – attention to detail is important to all of us, to have a room that’s conducive to making great sounding records. One nice object is a s Heals table to the side, supporting the Apple laptop running Logic [used for higher sample rate playback] and the Prism Dream converters. How do you envision the future for both Electric and mastering in general? More of the same at Electric, though vinyl will probably continue to decline slowly. It would be nice to think in the future we’d have another room, but then finding another EMI desk might not be very easy! I think the future in mastering and recording has got to be low overheads, I can’t see big uberstudios surviving, and I’d also like to think people will start backing off a bit on the loudness. I keep going on about trying to get a beautiful sound, and hopefully it’ll go more in that direction with both vinyl and CD, rather than a tearing-your-face-off sound. To be honest, I don’t know – if I did know… You wouldn’t be doing what you’re doing? I probably would, actually. Put it this way: I wouldn’t go and work in a bank for four times what I earn now. ∫ That says a lot – thank you, Guy. I N F O R MAT I O N A Electric Mastering, Studio 308, Westbourne Studios, 242 Acklam Road London W10 5JJ W www.electricmastering.com E info@electricmastering.com This text is not part of the advert - No bleed on this edge http://www.sbes2008.com http://www.sbes2008.com http://www.electricmastering.com
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