Facing East
In California, everyone seems fixated on getting as close to the ocean as possibly. ZenMastering is located about 25 miles from the Pacific, near a range of small mountains. One of the great things about the location is that it faces east, which can produce some great sunrises, such as this morning.
Cars
As I mentioned in a previous post, everyone has their audio truth…flawed as they may be. The most common is someone’s car stereo…and it’s always a thorn in the mastering engineer’s side: making compromises to satisfy someone’s palace on wheels. I decided to finally take it to the street and get scientific on the situation. [...]
Even in a Bad Business, Good Companies Exist
If you’re involved in the music business you’ve probably figured out by now that it’s not the greatest business model in the world. Artists have to wear tons of different hats, work many long/thankless hours, put up there own money to finance projects, and overcome many obstacles. It’s like shark infested water where everyone is [...]
Deck Chairs on the Titanic?
Big mastering facilities have started offering cheaper rates to counteract what indie studios (like ZenMastering) are taking away from them. Usually, it’s the junior engineer doing the work in off hours, or a “one-pass” through their gear, and then you do the edits and disc creation. It’s a scramble by major mastering facilities that have [...]
Welcome to 2010
Happy New Year! 2010 marks ZenMastering’s 10th anniversary, and in celebration of that we’re doing something called The Power of 10. This year we’re donating 10% of ZenMastering’s gross revenue each month to the American Red Cross to celebrate 10 years of business, coinciding with 2010. The American Red Cross is a great charity because [...]
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From Ohm to Om reflects the opinions of mastering engineer Paul Abbott, owner of San Diego's ZenMastering.
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