Bear Call Mastering

12/03/2022

Hi All,

I'm excited to share a year-long project to explore spatial audio for narrative podcasts in close partnership with R&D and the Audio team at The New York Times.

https://rd.nytimes.com/projects/a-guide-to-creating-spatial-audio-podcasts

Check out some spatial audio mixes from The Daily and other New York Times podcasts – then dive into our guide for tips and best practices. This is from our own experience and research so feedback and suggestions are welcome!

In particular, we were interested in tackling the full pipeline so in addition to the guide, check our spatial audio player on Glitch which can be remixed and used elsewhere.

Spatial audio is changing the way we experience recorded sound, making it possible to add entirely new layers of sonic presence to narrative storytelling mediums. As the emerging field continues to come into focus, standards are being defined in real time — making it a crucial time to experiment a...

01/07/2020

1st record of release of the year! just released a lovely EP thats equal parts intimate lo-fi and just as lush. After mastering it, I was asked to bring back those lo-fi mic plosives that I had cleaned up:) I love attention to detail like that.
Check it out: https://open.spotify.com/album/43EZVIuCnsQUSf06w1Idrl

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11/14/2019

Proud to work on another wonderful record from Bradford Reed

10/17/2019

The Terry EQ, starring Terry. Bright colors, lovely tone.

09/05/2019

The Fugs live at Byrdcliff, 2 weeks latrr. What a great night and lovely piece of and music history from and .

08/23/2019

Its official, Bear Call Mastering is an Apple Digital Masters certified studio, even for Hindi or Greek releases, but then again we've been mastering for Apple MFiT since it was released in 2012.
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08/22/2019

The Sharpening Machine is as a sharp and artful record by violinist and vocalist Dina Maccabee that I mastered with an all-star cast of collaborators. So good! Check out her Pandora playlist:
https://pdora.co/2L1fKQX
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08/21/2019

Fascinating research from into what demographics & musical choice says about candidates and really, that everyone loves Joan Jet.
https://nyti.ms/2KSegbC
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08/20/2019

Sarah Rothberg came up to Woodstock one snowy weekend to record quirky mouth sounds as part of a super playful 3d lab she created for Apple's new [AR]T launch together with New Museum and so many of my fav artists. http://apple.co/2MvvQVr
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