Category Archives: Mastering Sessions

The Cuddle Magic All-Analog Vinyl Project

Here at Masterdisk HQ today Scott Hull has been mastering the all-analog LP version of Info Nympho, a new album by band and songwriting collective Cuddle Magic. This is the real deal – the old school way to make an LP.

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Andy VanDette Discusses Mastering Porcupine Tree’s ‘In Absentia’ and ‘Deadwing’ Albums

Two of Porcupine Tree’s biggest albums, In Absentia [Lava/Atlantic 2002] and Deadwing [Lava/Atlantic 2005], were mastered by Masterdisk chief engineer Andy VanDette. In this article Andy discusses his work on on these two very different records.

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Scott Hull on the Production of La Monte Young’s The Well Tuned Piano (Gramavision 1987)

Mastering engineer Scott Hull discusses his role in the production process of the 1987 Gramavision release of La Monte Young’s The Well Tuned Piano.

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Masterdisk Podcast: Mastering Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 with Tony Dawsey

Tony Dawsey is a Masterdisk mastering engineer with a long list of hit records under his belt. For our first podcast, I talked to Tony about his experience mastering Jay-Z’s 2009 hit record, The Blueprint 3.

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MASTERING AN INDIE PROJECT: The Diary of an Obsessive Artist, Part III

Part 3 of Kirsten Thien’s article about the ins and outs of the mastering process from an independent artist’s perspective. In this installment: mastering miracles with Scott Hull.

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