Brian Eno is probably the musician, producer and artist who has had the single biggest influence on my music taste and enjoyment over the years. His work speaks for itself and needs no introduction !

So when I heard Emre Ramazanoglu talking on the Working Class Audio podcast about re-mixing and mastering many of Brian's classic albums for Dolby Atmos, my ears immediately pricked up. I just couldn't miss the chance to talk to him in more detail about working with Brian - and the amazing detective work that it involved.

So in this episode Emre and I take a deep dive into this fascinating subject, talking about things like:

• "Audio archeology" – the challenges of mixing Eno's older material, and the unexpected solutions Emre found
• How mixing for Eno is different from Emre's usual workflow, even with brand new releases
• The lessons Emre learned - and why this might be what makes Eno such a great producer
• New immersive strategies Emre developed specifically for these albums...
• ...and how they're helping his stereo mixing as well !

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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

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Stereo, mono, binaural or surround-sound ?

I've worked with this episode's guest in all these formats and more over the many years we've been working together - but which does he prefer, and why ?

Richard Durrant describes himself as an "Indie Classical" musician, which I think is a pretty good summary - but doesn't really take into account the fact that he also toured with Sky, worked as an accomplished session musician for many years and has released albums in a brilliantly eclectic variety of other genres and styles over the years.

In this conversation we talk about:

• Why Richard records in an "acoustic igloo" (and what that is)
• Mic techniques for guitar and dealing with "wolf notes" on stringed instruments
• Real spaces versus digital reverb
• Touring (and performing) with a bicycle
• Performing Bach's cello suites on Banjo and Ukulele - how and why

Full links on our website:

www.themasteringshow.com/episode-99

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