Notes
Writing on the craft and the trade, plus podcast appearances. The two podcasts are in Hungarian; the notes are in English.
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We are not the source of truth. The music is.
On what an engineer owes the music rather than to their own ear, on a trade that keeps accelerating, and on colleagues who went to my clients over my work.
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The business model is not new
On imbalanced contracts, creators played against each other to shrink budgets, and the three practical things that follow once you know what your work is worth.
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Vinyl loves your music exactly as it is
After dozens of vinyl projects: most music needs no compromise in the transfer, online specs usually damage it, and what "vinyl mastering" actually means.
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I genuinely trust my clients' taste
Why a second pair of ears is worth having even if they are not mine, and the difference between a bias from the mind and a bias from the audio setup.
PodcastIn Hungarian
Jaj, a világ — on adapting faster than the industry changes
On the channel between artist and listener, why engineers are never right on their own, and what changed in mastering over five years of new tools.
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Fifty tracks in five days
An engineer's dream and an artist's nightmare. On refusing to turn down people you love, and why collaboration turned out to be the way to carry the load.
PodcastIn Hungarian
Egyhúron — ABK Podcast #03
A long conversation about what mastering actually is: why the job is not to change a record at any cost, why empathy is the first skill, and why a record can be finished before it reaches you.
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A mastering engineer's life can be pretty lonely
On being the last person to touch a record before the public does, on learning to deal with the fear that comes with it, and on where the growth goes next.
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Dear Folks
A note to engineers starting out: be transparent, listen to the emotion behind the sound, and remember you are channelling someone else's work, not making it.