Bob Katz
Bob Katz is an American audio mastering engineer and author of a popular book on audio mastering.[1] Katz has mastered three Grammy Award–winning albums and one nominated album. Projects he has worked on have received Grammys and acclaim from audiophiles,[2] and his book on mastering is considered by some to be the "definitive work on mastering".[3]
Career
[edit]Katz taught at the Institute of Audio Research from 1978 to 1980.[citation needed] 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. In early 2015, Katz began a regular blog, Katz's Corner, on the headphone enthusiast site InnerFidelity.[4]
Grammy Award–winning albums
[edit]Grammy Award–winning albums mastered by Bob Katz:
- 1985: Ben Kingsley, The Words of Gandhi
- 1997: Paquito D'Rivera, Portraits of Cuba
- 2001: Olga Tañón, Olga Viva, Viva Olga
K-system, K-stereo and K-surround
[edit]Bob Katz proposed the K-system to measure audio levels and standardize dynamic range in recorded audio. He has developed the proprietary systems K-stereo and K-surround. These processes are designed to "recover lost or amplify hidden ambience, space and imaging, and generate stereo from mono signals without adding artificial reverberation".[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Bob Katz (2007). Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science. Elsevier/Focal Press. ISBN 978-0240808376.
- ^ "1992 Records To Die For". Stereophile. 3 February 1994. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ^ "Bob Katz Mastering Audio". Sound On Sound. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "Katz's Corner". InnerFidelity. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "Mastering Engineer Bob Katz Awarded U.S. Patent". Mix. 2006-10-24. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
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