Category Archives: Randy Merrill

Ask the Engineer: Should I Mix as I Go or All at Once?

Today’s “Ask the Engineer” question goes to mastering engineer Randy Merrill. Randy Merrill joined Scott Hull Mastering in early 2006 as Scott’s production engineer. Shortly thereafter he started building his own mastering clientele, and today he’s a staff engineer at Masterdisk. Randy’s approach is to be as attuned to his clients’ aesthetic and practical goals [...]

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BBiB Record Store Day Listening Party Recap

Hope you all had a great Record Store Day this year! We closed our favorite holiday out in style, with a listening party for about 30 new friends here at Masterdisk. The party was one of a continuing series of listening parties organized by Mike Newman of the East Village Radio show and just-launched record [...]

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Ask the Engineer: Randy Merrill on “How Loud Is Too Loud?”

Today’s “Ask the Engineer” question goes to mastering engineer Randy Merrill. Randy Merrill joined Scott Hull Mastering in early 2006 as Scott’s production engineer. Shortly thereafter he started building his own mastering clientele, and today he’s a staff engineer at Masterdisk. Randy’s approach is to be as attuned to his clients’ aesthetic and practical goals [...]

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Ask the Engineer: Randy Merrill on Managing the Bass In Your Jazz Mixes

Ask the Engineer is a new series here on the Masterdisk blog where our guys answer questions about music production. Send us your questions at ask@masterdisk.com. We won’t be able to answer all of them but we will definitely get to some of them. If you have a specific engineer you want to pose the [...]

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Inda Eaton’s “Go West,” and How To Choose a Mastering Engineer

Inda Eaton is a globe-trotting singer-songwriter-performer-bandleader now based in eastern Long Island. Her music has found favor with fans of rock ‘n’ roll, country, and acoustic music all over the world since she started touring behind her first album “Thin Fine Line” in 1996. Her latest album, “Go West,” was recorded by Cynthia Daniels at [...]

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