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♫ Episode #15 – What is Mastering and Remastering?

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Doug and Kirk welcome Sangwook “Sunny” Nam, two-time Grammy nominated mastering engineer. He explains what mastering and remastering are, and we learn a lot about the magic that mastering engineers perform.

“All the processing I’m doing is done on the analog side.”

Show notes:

  • Jacob’s Well Mastering
  • Sunny Nam’s recordings on Discogs
  • Doug Sax
  • The Doors on vinyl


    • Sunny Nam’s mastering studio.

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