Inside Abbey Road: Behind The Mastering Console with Sean Magee

Thank you to the wonderful people at Abbey Road Studios & Abbey Road Institute for their cooperation, support, and supplying of materials that made this possible.

Producer: Warren Huart
Camera: Adam Steel
Editing: Adam Steel

Photos from The Art of Recording Vol.1, Abbey Road Studios x Legacy+Art
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[Producelikeapro]

What are your thoughts on vinyl remastering in the modern day?

[RCSmiths]

Can legitimately never go wrong with such an iconic studio. Fantastic man

[Terenzio]

the latest album " i will be found " from my band "BBF" (Brunetti Banelli Forgiarini) was mastered by Sean Magee, and for us was a big pleasure and an Honor!

[CrackedAnalogue]

I had some vinyl records mastered by Sean Magee (and also Steve Rooke for CD) at Abbey Road many years ago. Each time, I attended in person and was massively impressed and will never forget the amount of care they took with my particular project. I remember both as being incredibly genuine, fastidious people and consummate professionals.

Seans approach to cutting was meticulous and he did an excellent job. I found him to be an unforgettably great guy and we talked a lot about music in general, as well as the details of mastering. He even introduced me to the music of Sun Ra.

Nothing was ever too much trouble and he was also happy to facilitate etching some messages into each side of both records he cut for me. He tolerated all of my probably endless questions and explained everything that I asked of him very clearly.

As someone who spends long periods outside of the UK, I think it’s pretty amazing to have the option to use someone of this man's experience no matter where you are in the world and hope you are doing great Sean.

I’ll always be grateful to both you and Steve for your enthusiasm, care and attention to detail. It’s great to see you again albeit via YouTube/Produce Like A Pro from all the way over here in India. Thanks to you and Warren for taking the time to record this interview.

[mazicnudgemusicmanagement]

Dear Sean, I was so lucky to have you on my first LP. Merci beaucoup pour ton travail et ta gentillesse

[blackcreekmusic]

Love the work he did on the Rush catalog a few years ago. The best Rush has ever sounded!!!

[davidallenhammond]

Wonderful interview thanks Warren and thanks Sean. I'm glad to hear he's getting interesting music to work on.

[Frazer]

I've watched a few videos by mastering engineers and more than once I've thought: '.. that sounds like a lot of pretentious bs they're talking about there...' And then I hear Sean, a mastering engineer at Abbey Road, confirming those thoughts with his no-nonsense approach to things. There's a lot of snake-oil nonsense wherever there is money to be made and it's rare to hear someone call it out as such. Top job.

[Joey-rpvg]

Thanks Sean for telling your story, great stuff. Big thanks to the PLAP team for another Abbey Road series

[jasabasenara]

Awesome video. I love Sean's approach to no-nonsense mastering. Good mix equals a good master. Perfect. Lovely guy!! 👍🙏

[aussie_philosopher]

Thank you for saying it how it is. Clients always ask things he mentioned and it's best to get all the mix stuff spot on and then take it to the mastering engineer. Great mix, greater master.

[Woopsy]

Another fantastic video. Thanks so much.

[jedeyetown]

I was lucky enough to have my Techno ep on Sawtooth mastered at Abbey road, super friendly and very magical
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[mobbgate]

Thanks for the tip about not linked the Vari-Mu

[sdbanotts]

What a refreshing bloke compared to other tubers who are shouty, over excitable glorified sales people who should be on the shopping channel! Warren also not in that later category. Good story Sean and god bless the dole.

[electricladyguitarsdevonuk]

Superb!
Does a Mastering engineer/equipment have a recognisable 'Fingerprint '?

[spinbaq_music]

I believe so much in Abbey Roads, Just by ear I can tell the song that was mixed there

[jonathanpoole]

I asked pretty please if you would do Lush previously but now I dare you to try and explain DEERHOOF who were totally awesome at the Lafayette recently. And I mean more awesome than an awesome thing.

[keithstares]

Hey Warren, hope you enjoyed your trip to abbey road, if you get 2 minutes I'd love to hear your thoughts on my song 'rejected' on my channel, its a bit of a teen angsty song i wrote when i was a teenager but i wrote and played every part, and its a jump up in production since i got an apollo interface compared to some of my other recordings on there, and also since i got a decent ish condenser mic and some proper monitor speakers. Also since I started taking lessons from you my friend! I know i still have a ways to go, but I have a lot of original material to get through so practice makes perfect I suppose! Unfortunately im currently having to produce stuff on my phone using an iRig interface and Audio Evolution mobile or FL Mobile due to my laptop dying a death! Is it actually possible to get a decent recording using a phone or should I just wait until i can afford a half decent laptop at some point. Id love to know your opinion on these phone apps from a production standpoint? Is it possible to get a decent sound using these apps and an iRig or should I just focus on getting a new laptop/computer so i can use my apollo and some decent UA2 plugins? It's just not easy to get those kind of pennies together and heartbreaking when you have a decent setup with the rest of the chain but the hub of your studio just gives up the ghost lol. Let me know if it is seriously worth persevering with the mobile phone setup in the meantime. I'd love your opinion. Music production is the only thing that takes my mind off some rather serious health problems so I'm hoping you will say the mobile option is worth pursuing! Cheers bro!

[sassulusmagnus]

Do I see a humble little Avantone Mix Cube in the center/mono position?
Good enough for EMI Abbey Road, good enough for the rest of us mortals.