Why AI Still Can't Replace a Mastering Engineer | Jonathan Wyner | Bobby Owsinski's Inner Circle Ep. 619

About this episode

Bobby Owsinski interviews Jonathan Wyner about the limitations of AI in mastering music and the future of human creativity in the studio.

What happens when a world-class mastering engineer tries to replace himself with AI, and fails? On Bobby Owsinski’s Inner Circle Podcast, Bobby sits down with Jonathan Wyner, mastering engineer at M-Works, professor at Berklee College of Music, head of artistic technology initiatives for BEATL, and past president of the Audio Engineering Society, for a sharp, eye-opening conversation about AI mastering, music production, education, and the future of human creativity in the studio. Jonat...

People in this episode

Host: Bobby Owsinski

Guest: Jonathan Wyner

Topics covered

• AI mastering
• music production
• human creativity
• education
• mastering engineer

Keywords

• AI
• mastering engineer
• music production
• Berklee
• creativity
• Jonathan Wyner
• audio engineering

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: M-Works, Berklee College of Music, BEATL, Audio Engineering Society

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