*We often hear the word ‘mastering engineer’ and wonder what that is and what exactly does the job entails. Since it’s a radical role in the world of music and indispensable in post-production, one ...

PRODUCER WEEK 2025: Hailing from Mexico City and now based at New York's Sterling Sound, mastering engineer Idania Valencia has an impressive CV that includes work for Sam Smith, Shawn Mendes and, ...

Mastering engineer Dave McNair unravels some of the mysteries of how he makes music sound good over iTunes and MP3s played over $20 computer speakers. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg ...

Everyone who looks at the credits on a CD will have seen a line for "mastering." But like the "best boy" and "gaffer" credits at the end of a film, few people know what it really means. Oddly enough, ...

Atlanta mastering engineer Colin Leonard has worked with Bad Bunny since 2017, including on his album that won album of the year earlier this month at the Grammys.

Idania Valencia had never been to the Grammys before. The Mexico City native was nominated twice for her mastering work on Charli XCX’s sixth studio album, 2024’s Brat. While she didn’t win, she ...

The last step in audio production is being taken over by machines The last step in audio production is being taken over by machines Making music is one of the most human things we do, but in recent ...

As part of MFM's mission to uplift and inform working musicians, we’re thrilled to bring together two outstanding voices in music production for this event. This is a chance for musicians at any stage ...

When it came to voting for this year’s Grammy winners, Randy Merrill had some especially hard choices in front of him. Generally, top nominees have no trouble selecting their own work, but in 2023, ...