Mandy Parnell: Mastering Audio

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Mastering is arguably the least well understood step in the music production chain. So, to demystify things, we headed to Black Saloon Studios to examine that very process with Mandy Parnell, mastering engineer to Björk, Aphex Twin, Snoop Dogg and White Stripes.

Chapters

00:00 - Roles Of A Mastering Engineer
02:17 - How Does The Mastering Process Go?
04:52 - What Software And Hardware Does Mandy Use?
09:35 - Listening To Analogue Records
10:51 - Mandy's Secret Weapon Gear
11:53 - Tips For Mix And Mastering Engineers
14:22 - Example Mastering Process
22:13 - Critical Listening
24:16 - Concentrate On The Vocal And Control Levels

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Brilliant, thanks to SoS and Mandy Parnell for sharing so much :)

garethmcnicol

This is the best and most concise explanation of mastering I have ever heard in 20 years researching the discipline and having heard and read what most of all the "top" mastering engineers in the world have had to say.

doradoradoramen

Mandy, you are a true master in mastering, and it's all about vocal level... I'll keep that one in mind! Love your work.

sofiedykmans

This is not a beginner's mastering how-to, but if you have ever tried your hand at mastering, there is so much gold here. Much to be learned in 26 minutes.

JasonPaulJohnston

I feel the same about analog, it was some of the imperfections of analog gear that gave it that field of depth for the ears and has an almost liquid sound to it especially if played back on some high end tube gear. I also loved those Tannoy Gold monitors in the back ground, that era of monitors seemed to make mixing pretty easy on the ears especially the concentric drivers that seem to put off that studio tan effect for an extra hour or two. You know if you were to soffit mount the Tannoy's with a 1/4" layer of dense foam between them and the external soffit cabinet they will go into, then surround that second cabinet with sand you get down about another 5 Hz extra in the lower range just by cleaning up the coupling effects and internal cabinet anomalies. (F Alton Everest r.i.p. goes into detail how to mount soffit speakers properly in his books) Sand is very heavy though. Thank you for the video!

drampadreg

Truth! Finally an engineer who calls it how they see it. The loudness wars is in full swing.

ReeWebster

I love her she is one of the best in the business! EMI is golden!!!

cullenBrooksMrBrooksmixingLLC

Awesome interview... thanks for taking the time to do it for us

therhinoceros

I have been doing this since 1994. I have watched thousands of hours of engineering videos and this is one of the best hands down.

Platnumbaby

What a wealth of information and insight. Many thanks to Ms. Parnell for taking time to share so much on the way she approaches mastering.

estreetlevi

I love the 'listen, then decide' motto in mastering. The reason there is no one size fits all.

Josh.Bartel

wheres the questions?
I would ask,
What do you like about the EMI?
Why did you choose the inward connections eq? what other eq's do you like?
Whats the eq on the emi like, if there is one?
Did the EMI require much work to get it going?
What plug ins do you rate?
What does the EMI do to the sound?
Why did you choose the monitors that you have? What other monitors do you have?
What other speakers do you listen to music on away from the studio?
Tell us about the acoustic treatment in the room? did you get it right first time, did you have to tweak it? Who put it together?
Where did you buy the EMI ?
How easy is it to assemble a record lathe after you purchased it?
Do you have any other technical help?
Whats your fave Studer? is it varispeed?
Where do you get your stuff serviced? Who are your fave service engineers?
Whats the most work you ever spent on a project?
Whats the least work?
Did you ever give up on a project?
Do you come under pressure to finish a project? Is it a good thing or too much some times? who has put too much pressure on you?
Is a record lathe easy to maintain?
How much was the emi desk? whats the history of it?
Whats the history of the record lathe?
Do you ever get modifactions done to equipment or talk to plug-in developers?

teddymartyn

Really informative, great to get an insight into such a broad range of topics, from the structure of a project team and the role of the mastering engineer, the current state of the art, and the ins-and-outs of the audio manipulation. Plus that desk is beautiful!

fizmo

Every mastering tutorial / interview: "I listen to the music and then do what's required to make that particular track sound good"... and yes, I did watch this whole one as well, in spite of knowing what it would be :D

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