Music Tech Focus

MASTERING PRO TIPS

MANDY PARNELL

A mastering engineer for several decades, Mandy has mastered records for artists such as Björk, Aphex Twin and The xx from her Black Saloon Studios

“I always do a playback of the whole album before I master. For some albums, it’ll be really easy and instant to zone into the mood and feel of the record, which helps me to decide what I’m going to do, why I’m going to do it and it’s easier. Other records, it takes longer. I might have to

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