Ted jensen is an american mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings including the eagles hotel california. Jensen has mastered a number of hit albums, including titles by the rolling stones, carlos santana and many more. Mastering has more to do with life than it does music, of course it can be argued that its the other way around. Sterling sound is a mastering studio based in new york city. I waited patiently for the remasters of the rest of the catalog. Ted jensen born september 19, 1954 is an american mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings including the eagles hotel california, green day s american idiot and norah jones come away with me.
Sterling sound nashville 805 meridian street nashville, tn 37207. Oct 28, 2006 im not putting bob ludwigs stuff down his stuff is phenomenal, ted was even present even with the mastering by mobile fidelity sound labs to make sure everything was to the piano mans standards, he also did the mastering of the mastersound copy so theres your winner, ive heard bob ludwigs copy it sounds great ted s is most vibrant its. But its obvious, the title has been drawing us closer to our hearts. If ted jensen doesnt worry about clipping in codecs then maybe i shouldnt either. Ted jensen chief mastering engineer sterling sound. Andy, i understand that you use a finalizer to essentially master things as you mix them.
I think without being in the studio with ted jensen, you cannot guess anything. Defying decay mastering with ted jensen from atr half inch. Metallica death magnetic clipping distortion mastering. Ted jensen, head engineer at sterling sound, who mastered the album. Ted jensen numb tonal balance control curve you can notice a real saturation in the rootsrock, blues, and americana tunes of our time.
Bob ludwigs or ted jensens mastering of the stranger on. Sterling sound is an audio mastering studio based in edgewater nj and nashville tn. Sep 11, 2008 those of you keeping an eye on the loudness wars may be interested by current discussions on the metallica forums. Then these ted jensen remasters began to appear with little to no fanfare. Sterling sound audio mastering studio new york city. Ted jensen, sterling sound mastering billy joel, green day, talking heads, norah jones, mastodon why did we model this unit. Their engineer lists boasts some the biggest names in the industry, including guys like ted jensen, greg calbi, tom coyne, and the late george marino. We recently sat down with sterling sound mastering studios chief mastering engineer ted jensen for a conversation on mastering, the last creative step in the hit making process. Chief mastering engineer at sterling sound mastering facility, new. Ric ocasek oversaw digital remastering for the set, while drummer david robinson who helped create the cars iconic album covers through the years served as art director. Mastering with ted jensen 23052017 at sterling sound nyc mastered from atr half inch tape at 30 ips new album from defying decay coming 2018 follow us for.
Does anybody know what mastering software or daw ted jensen use. His mixes for red hot chili peppers californication in 1999 and metallicas death magnetic in 2008 were already far too compressed when they were sent for mastering, with engineer ted jensen explicitly stating the mixes for metallicas album were already brickwalled before they arrived. Our discretemodified prism mastering eq and mastering compressor also exceeds the ones in the gear lineups of stephen marcussen, ted jensen and others whos work is known the world over. Discover hundreds of animated lessons, create customized lessons, and share your big ideas. Midi keyboard recording equipmentmac pcusbkeyssoftwareactionnoteimage. Made my old asylum vinyl obsoletedid asylum use recycled vinyl cause i never got a quiet pressing in the old days. Mastering software free download mastering top 4 download. Dcc archive eaglesthe ted jensen remasters steve hoffman. Ted jensen was born to carl and margaret anning jensen, both of whom were musicians. Il est promu chef ingenieur en 1984 et participe a plusieurs innovations technologiques dans le domaine du mastering. Background details that you might want to know about ted include. Do you keep it digital and use some kind of finalizer.
Ted jensen won a 2003 album of the year grammy for norah jones. Ted jensen is one of the worlds most indemand mastering engineers in almost all genres. Specially that if he likes to make combos of gears on one insert of his mastering console. The cars the elektra years 1978 1987 cab6cd amazon. Dec 07, 2015 adele may be smashing sales records, but when it comes to grammy nominations, theres a new king in the music world.
Sterling sound is home to grammy award winning mastering engineers ted jensen, greg calbi, chris gehringer, randy merrill, and more. It appears to require winrar or another extraction program to unzip. Fully integrated talent management software solutions teds inc. In a talk from the cuttingedge of science, she explains how her team is studyi. The shadow hills mastering compressor has both slow and fast. The elektra years 19781987 includes six studio albums, each one presented in a replica sleeve with original artwork. Jensen, ted the ear jensen, ted iensen, ted jansen, ted janson, ted jensens, ted jenshen, ted jenson, ted. Ted jensen born september 19, 1954 is an american mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings including the eagles hotel california.
Teded celebrates the ideas of teachers and students around the world. By sharing new ideas, the brightest minds of the tech field are constantly reimagining the world we live in and encouraging software developers across every field to reach higher with better development. Broken valley is the fourth studio album and sole major label release by new yorkbased alternative metal band life of agony. Dont get me wrong, the content of the album is great. Ted jensen was born to carl and margaret anning jensen. Ted ed celebrates the ideas of teachers and students around the world. The california rapper and his album to pimp a butterfly paced. Mastering tech artistry lessons worth sharing teded. The mastered tracks are pretty loud, generally hovering around the 6. Mastering software free download mastering top 4 download offers free software downloads for windows, mac, ios and android computers and mobile devices. It seems like everybody is modeling hardware these days, but we wanted to do something a little different. This uses proprietary software to enable clients to deliver raw master.
Site by kosa twitter facebook instagram welcome 2018 expansion engineers discography software. Media in category ted jensen the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. For most mastering tasks, a multiband dynamics plugin such as waves c4 bottom will achieve the most transparent results, but that doesnt mean that you cant use a fullband compressor such as universal audios 1176se top if youre after a more vintage pumping sound. A very interesting read on mastering recording forums. I think you are looking too complicated with tricks that, for myself, i never use, maybe quarter of half once a year. Each year sterlings engineers master hundreds of projects, including. The ability to reply to and create new discussions. Precise mastering, bob katz we are saving a post just for him, trutone mastering, lacquer channel, golden mastering, randys roost, paramount studios, classic sounds, motown studios, the record plant and local heros. Find the best candidates and talent for any position based on your needs as a company. With what3words, chris sheldrick and his team have divided the entire planet into threemeter squares and assigned each a unique, threeword identifier, like famous.
Ted jensen is a legendary american mastering engineer who has worked with big names such as the eagles, green day, norah jones, evanescence, slipknot, paramore, alice in chains. Check back and forth with coil above and nickelback and youll hear the difference in these well presented productions. Ted s work is supersmooth with very even mids, yet still sounding clear. If we can better understand this process, we could unlock the ability to reprogram cells ourselves, says computational biologist sarajane dunn. Some models of software compressor, such as the fabfilter proc, provide powerful. Mastering engineer and antiloudness war advocate ian shepherd examines. Bill szymczyk and ted jensen at sterling sound 2014.
I would return this but theres no telling if itll ever be done the right way, like the 2014 beatles mono reissues. Jan 10, 2009 the secret to great mastering, something that the op probably never intended on seeing grow into a intense view into the subject. Adele may be smashing sales records, but when it comes to grammy nominations, theres a new king in the music world. Ted used to make it available on his netcom website but has recently been deleted, this here is to preserve what i consider the best tutorial on pointers in c out there. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from ted jensen at the discogs marketplace. Since 1968, sterling sound has been home to some of the worlds most talented and experienced mastering engineers. Ted jensen mastering audio mastering, ted, master engineer. Ted jensen is one of my favorite mastering wizards who works his usual silkysmooth magic, with a little extra widebody low end here. We didnt want to model any hardware units that have been done a million times. This is just the tip of the mastering iceberg well be getting more into depth in the coming. Ted talks inspire, teach, and open a platform for discussion that helps people advance technology to the next level. This is ted jensen s tutorial on pointers and arrays in c. Sterling sound is home to grammy award winning mastering engineers ted jensen and tom coyne.
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