Bob Katz
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Bob Katz is an audio mastering engineer who is known for his book on audio mastering.[1] Katz has mastered three Grammy award-winning albums and one nominated album. He has received acclaim from audiophiles[2] and his book on mastering has received acclaim,[3] and some reviewers consider it the "definitive work on mastering".[4] He has also came up with a proprietary system called K-Stereo and K-Surround. These processes supposedly "recover lost or amplify hidden ambience, space and imaging, and generate stereo from mono signals without adding artificial reverberation."[5]
Katz taught at the Institute of Audio Research from 1978 to 1979. In 1988, Katz joined Chesky Records and began recording jazz and classical artists there, as well as producing oversampled commercial recordings. In 1990, he founded an audio mastering company called Digital Domain Mastering, where he continues to work.
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[edit] Grammy Award-Winning Albums
Grammy Award-Winning Albums mastered by Bob Katz:
- 1985: Ben Kingsley, The Words of Gandhi
- 1997: Paquito D'Rivera, Portraits of Cuba
- 2001: Olga Tañon, Olga Viva, Viva Olga
[edit] The K-system
Bob Katz proposed the K-system to measure audio levels and standardize dynamic range in recorded audio.
[edit] References
- ^ Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science by Bob Katz, ISBN 978-0-24-080545-0
- ^ Stereophile: 1992 Records To Die For
- ^ Elsevier
- ^ Bob Katz Mastering Audio
- ^ Mastering Engineer Bob Katz Awarded U.S. Patent
