The Mastering Show #100 - Matt Boudreau from Working Class Audio interviews... me !

About this episode

In this special 100th episode, Ian is interviewed by Matt Boudreau, discussing his journey in music and mastering engineering.

I wanted to do something a little different to mark the 100th episode, but wasn't sure what. I was wondering about interviewing myself but that seemed a little weird... And then Matt Boudreau from the excellent Working Class Audio podcast invited me back onto his show, and it occurred to me - I could get Matt to interview me, which would be way more fun and get some much more interesting questions ! So here it is. Matt and I talk about all kinds of things including: My background in music, production and music technology How I got my start as a mastering engineer The responsibilities of the mastering engineer (and the mistake that nearly cost me my job) My first mastering chain, and how it inspired my Perception AB plugin How I feel about being 'The Loudness Guy' Hardware versus 'in-the-box' mastering Why mastering matters And loads more ! Full links on our website: www. themasteringshow.com/episode-100 Mentioned in this episode: Learn to master ! Click HERE to see Ian's courses and mastering resources Tools For Ian's mastering plugins, click HERE Leapwing Find out more about Leapwing's plugins

People in this episode

Host: Ian

Guest: Matt Boudreau

Topics covered

• mastering engineering
• music production
• music technology
• interview
• audio mastering
• loudness

Keywords

• mastering
• music
• production
• audio
• technology
• interview
• loudness
• Perception AB
• Leapwing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Working Class Audio, Leapwing

Books & works: Perception AB

Places: www.themasteringshow.com/episode-100

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