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Recording Studio Rockstars

RSR470 - Daniel Bacigalupi - Signal Chain Breakdown from Infrasonic Mastering

Recording Studio Rockstars

Lij Shaw

Music

4.8543 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Summary

Make some noise about dither ya'll! Daniel talked about how mastering flow is like songwriting, how to null check audio files, his hybrid mastering signal chain, why Wavelab is so cool, monitor levels, Ozone 11, and the magic of an old Mackie mixer.

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My guest today is Daniel Bacigalupi, a Minnesota native who has been mastering music in Nashville for 15 years. Daniel began his career at Ithaca College in New York where he earned a B.M. in Sound Recording Technology under the direction of Alex Perialas. Upon graduation, he moved to Nashville and began a 6 year career at Georgetown Masters with renowned Mastering engineer Andrew Mendelson.

Daniel opened dB Masters in Green Hills in 2014 before teaming up with Grammy Award-winning engineer Pete Lyman and Infrasonic Mastering. He now works out of Infrasonic Nashville and continues to work on projects across a variety of genres.

Daniel has mastered for a range of artists including Gabby Barrett, Darius Rucker, Parker Millsap, Parmalee, Kane Brown, Levi Hummon, Ross Copperman, Republican Hair, Ginny Owens, Hey Romeo, Here Come The Mummies, Phoebe Hunt, and more.

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0:00.0

This episode of Recording Studio Rockstars is brought to you by Adam Audio, isotope, native instruments, and grace design.

0:10.7

You're hearing my voice right now through the Grace Design M201 Mark 2 mic preamp into the Empirical

0:17.4

Labs' EL8X Distressor mixed through isotope RX, ozone, neutron, and nectar,

0:25.3

all on atom audio monitors.

0:28.1

Please check out our awesome sponsors using the links in the show notes.

0:32.1

It's a great way to help support this show, and we really appreciate it.

0:35.6

Now, get ready to rock.

0:40.2

Correct, as like an AI program would say, is not going to work for all styles. I think particularly to a couple years ago when

0:44.8

Billy Eilish's, where do we go when we fall asleep record came out. That record, according to

0:49.2

audio, whatever, is horrible. There's way too much low end. It's dark. It's distorted.

0:54.6

It's way too smashed.

0:56.1

But it's perfect.

0:57.2

Like, that record sounds amazing.

0:59.1

But on paper, it is wrong.

1:14.4

Welcome to Recording Studio Rockstars.

1:22.2

I'm Lid Shaw, and this is the podcast created to help you become a rock star of the recording studio. Adam Audio celebrates 25 years of designing industry-leading monitors in Berlin

1:34.1

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1:47.3

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1:53.3

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2:00.1

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2:13.6

Are you struggling to make your mixes sound professional?

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