Macro Sound

Mastering

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Remote and attended mastering by Amar Lal in Oakland, CA. Past credits include Pile, Titus Andronicus, Desaparecidos, Youbet, Patio, Ovlov. Stuck, and more. Projects have been released on labels such as Exploding in Sound, Hardly Art, Neurot, Bar/None, Fire Talk, Yellow K, Famous Class, Ruination and Joyful Noise.

Amar Lal has over a decade of practice mediating sonic experiences for musicians, artists, and national brands.

As a lifelong musician, Amar brings an empathetic perspective to his mastering work, allowing him to identify and elevate the intention behind artists’ visions. Drawing on a holistic approach driven by Deep Listening practices, Amar is able to enhance the beauty and individuality in each recording, allowing them to shine to their fullest potential.

Amar holds a Master’s of Music in Music Technology from New York University. He has worked at studios including Engine Room Audio, Crew Cuts, Thump, Let Em In and the Squitney; and with labels including Exploding in Sound, Hardly Art, Neurot, Bar/None, Fire Talk, Yellow K and Joyful Noise.

MACRO is located in Oakland’s historic Jack London Square district, in the Sharkbite Studios facility. Powered by state-of-the-art Neumann speakers and detailed Crookwood monitoring and conversion, listening to music at MACRO produces an almost holographic image of the soundstage in front of the listener.

The room construction was tuned by Bob Hodas, with custom acoustics by GIK Acoustics and Amar. Fine-tuning of the room to produce a response nearly flat down to 26Hz was completed with the help of Nick Dooley and REW. Our neighbors include Scott Evans’ Antisleep Audio and Robert Kirby’s The Noise Shop.

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Credits

Discogs verified credits for Amar Lal
  • Amar Lal
  • Cheryl B. Engelhardt
  • Jackpot, Tiger
  • Geena Davis
  • Big Ups (2)
  • Big Ups (2)
  • Speed The Plough
  • Cheryl B. Engelhardt
  • Aaron & The Burrs
  • Jackpot, Tiger
  • Alex Kahn (3)
  • Speed The Plough
  • Dan Francia*
  • Aaron & the Burrs
  • Big Ups (2)
  • Big Ups (2)
  • Big Ups (2) / Washer (2)
  • Big Ups (2)
  • Museum of Recycling
  • Patio (3)
  • Big Ups (2)
  • Patio (3)
  • Lady Lamb The Beekeeper
  • Big Ups (2)
  • Paisleyface
  • Big Ups (2)
  • Big Ups (2)
  • Lars Graugaard, NYU Jazz Composers' Ensemble
  • Lars Graugaard
  • Aaron & The Burrs
  • Jackpot, Tiger
  • Big Ups (2) / Flagland
  • Infernal Machines
  • Lars Graugaard, Keisuke Matsuno
  • Lars Graugaard & Jean-Michel Pilc
  • Go Love
  • Aaron & the Burrs
  • Big Ups (2)
  • Geena Davis
  • Specific Thing
  • Flagland
  • Big Ups (2)
  • Big Ups (2) / Washer (2)
  • Modern Warfare
  • Big Ups (2)
  • Robot Princess
  • Pattern (3)
  • Parquet Courts / Big Ups (2)
  • Little Slugger
  • Museum of Recycling
  • Specific Thing
  • Duckspeak
  • Trace Mountains
  • Glueboy (2)
  • Holy Tunics
  • Big Ups (2)
  • Patio (3)
  • Ovlov
  • Holy Tunics
  • Coffee*
  • Stove (4)
  • Big Ups (2)
  • Grim All Day
  • Dan Francia*
  • Warm Body
  • Coughy (2)
  • Lost Boy ?
  • Lost Boy ?
  • Eastern Mountain Time
  • Radical Dads
  • Eastern Mountain Time
  • Gus Callahan
  • Grim All Day
  • Ylangylang
  • Joni Void / Johnny_Ripper
  • Mike Quigley (2)
  • Hellrazor (4)
  • Various
  • Stuck (7)
  • Various
  • Smile Machine (2)
  • Joni Void + N NAO
  • Blanky (2)
  • The Zells
  • Washer (2)
  • Sound and Voice
  • Half Human
  • Être Ensemble
  • Patio (3)
  • Facet (4)
  • Speedy Ortiz
  • Ex Everything
Terms Of Service

All file sets are included in the rate. 2 sets of revisions included, unless otherwise agreed upon.

Gear Highlights
  • Neumann KH420
  • Crookwood C2
  • Benchmark DAC-1
  • Lynx AES16e-SRC
  • Sennheiser HD-600
  • Sony MDR7506
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