Lunch with Paul: The mastering engineer
Subscribe to Ask Paul Ask a QuestionPS Audio and Octave Record's recording and mastering engineer, Gus Skinas, helps us understand the vital role played by mastering engineers.
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Which Sony speakers does he use?
And which ATC? I couldn’t understand well…
I guess the ATCs are powered, right?
I think they are ATC SCM50 or SCM50A.
Thanks. I wasn’t sure.
I wonder what are the implications of what he is saying to the PS Audio speakers they are developing. He talks about “flat” sound preferred….
Same mandatory requirements (flat) for studio monitors are claimed by Genelec, Finland. They even would prefer in-wall speaker for best coupling to the room and avoiding the early reflection effects of loudspeakers placed near to adjacent walls.
Whoever heard Genelec would not have them for their home Hifi.
Prove me wrong.
ATC. Yes please, speakers to live with forever, blameless. It’s tiny irritants that make a speaker impossible to live with.
I would avoid such bold generalizations unless I get more and better information about the correct or incorrect settings/set-ups. I experienced from HIFI-shows how different a speaker can sound depending on room acoustics and front ends. No wonder that more and more companies offer preamps with room correction and speaker correction (see: Devialet, NAD, Lyngdorf, Linn, Trinnov, etc.)
I met Gus last August when I visited PSA. He was nice enough to let me sit in the sweet spot at his console. I listened to a Joni Mitchell cut with (I think) the London Phil. It was wonderful! The Sony speakers are REALLY neutral…
Isn’t the mixing engineer more important than the mastering. Far more latitude in shaping the signal before forwarding it to the cd cutting preparation.
I’m guessing that Gus would spend more time on this section.