"I'm gonna get really grandiose here," mastering engineer Noah Mintz warns me. "The one thing in the universe — the one thing that's inarguable, that's ubiquitous for the entire universe — is entropy, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hailing from Mexico City and now based at New York's Sterling Sound, mastering engineer Idania Valencia has an impressive CV that ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Mexican mastering engineer on working on Charli XCX's Grammy-winning behemoth and why she works entirely with software When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Standing out as one of the only women in a male-dominated industry, Emily Lazar is the engineer behind the sound of everyone from Björk to the Killers. Mona Lalwani sits down with her The walls of The ...

Emily Lazar made Grammy history this year, becoming the first mastering engineer to land three album of the year nominations in the same year. By Paul Grein Emily Lazar made Grammy history this year, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Back in the noughties, such was the impact of the so-called 'loudness was' that they weren't just something that music technology ...

This story is part of Billboard's annual Year In Music package, which identifies and explores the major music trends and industry stories that defined 2021. By Lyndsey Havens Mastering engineer Ryan ...

Beyoncé. Dolly Parton. Alanis Morissette. David Bowie. Wu Tang Clan. These iconic musicians are just a handful of the acts mastering engineer Emily Lazar has collaborated with over her storied career.