Harold LaRue is a Billboard-charting Mastering Engineer and Educator with over thirty years of audio production and technical training experience. He is the Owner and Chief Engineer of Harold LaRue Mastering in Houston, TX. Recent clients include Macy Gray, Kayley Hill (The Voice), Jeffrey Osborne, and Pablo Held.
A recent guest on the excellent, pro audio podcast, Recording Studio Rockstars, Harold explains his approach to audio mastering and music production:
https://recordingstudiorockstars.com/rsr225-harold-larue-how-to-do-pro-mastering-in-your-daw/
As an educator, Harold has designed and presented studio production, audio mastering, and technical troubleshooting curricula at several universities, music production schools, and private studios including:
Seattle Recording Arts (seattlerecordingarts.com)
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Academy of Contemporary Music, University of Central Oklahoma (acm.uco.edu)
Capital University (https://www.capital.edu/music-technology/)
Groove U (grooveu.net)
SAE Nashville (https://usa.sae.edu/campuses/nashville/).
Affiliations include:
Audio Engineering Society (AES)
Recording Academy (Grammys)
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)
International Standard Recording Code (ISRC)
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Credits
- Evolution Control Committee
- Pale Grey Lore
- Nina Ricci
- Cienfue!
- Visceral Design
- Stan Smith
- Lisa Bella Donna
- The Carlsons
- Harm's Way
- The X-misses
- Macy Gray
- Jeffrey Osborne
- Radicales Libres
- Zoo Trippin'
- Will Wakefield
- Miller & The Hunks
- Juanito Pascual
- The Deeptones
- Quality Cable
- Champagne Sunday
- Clever Measures
- Dark Roast
- Diez 12
- Electric Orange Peel
- Highwire Kicks
- Sweatheart
- Holly Morretti
- Hocking River String Band
- jly
- Jahman Brahman
- Jibri McLean
- Ken Morrow
- After Death Plan
- Lunchbox Heroes
- Softaware
- The Original Soundtrack
- Pls Pls Me
- The Turbos
- The Werks
- Folkquinox
- Jeffrey Johnson
- Nadiem
- Stringquake
- Kayley Hill (The Voice)
- Pablo Held
- Kayley Hill
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check_circleVerifiedHarold does excellent work.
Harold takes a personal approach to each project, and delivers beautiful sounding masters. Highly recommend!
Harold has mastered a couple of projects that have come through my hands, every time the result has been nothing less than perfect! Harold is an extremely competent Mastering Engineer and a great person to boot! I strongly recommend Harold for any Mastering project!
I’ve had the privilege and pleasure to work with Harold on a wide variety of musical projects. Including my own records. It’s amazing to witness him shapeshift from one project to another. He misses nothing and knows just how to adapt to each project with a wizards wand.
One thing I find that sets Harold apart from the many other mastering engineers I’ve worked with, is that he masters it like a seasoned MUSICIAN. He truly listens to every nuance. He works wonders with music / mixes that only need a finishing touch or a total uplift. He’s an absolute treasure to work with.
I have worked with Harold on a couple of projects and what he does is amazing! He's a sorcerer of audio!
Harold was not only brilliant at mastering our material. He worked as the producer on our project in Nashville and was a joy to work with all the while keeping us at task. We finished recording ready to mix 15 songs in 2 days and Harold was instrumental in that massive undertaking. We would have never accomplished it without his help.
I was the Producer and Mastering Engineer in this production
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