Mastering

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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