Ryan Schwabe is a platinum-certified mixing and mastering engineer, a former professor of recording arts & music production at Drexel University's Music Industry Program, and a former Vice President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Recording Academy, as well as Co-Chair of the Producer and Engineer's Wing.
Currently, he is the Treasurer of the Philadelphia Chapter of the AES and the owner of Xcoustic Sound, a mixing and mastering post-production audio company. Ryan is also the owner and product designer for Schwabe Digital.
Ryan received his second Grammy nomination for "Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical" for mixing and mastering the album, Adolescence by BAYNK in 2023. His first nomination was for mixing the "Best Dance/Electronic Album" Planets Mad by Baauer in 2021.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:
- Taking chances with your career
- Choosing between your dreams or opportunities
- Teaching yourself vs. having a mentor
- Analyzing tracks on an album
- Creating the arc of a record
- What levels to master to
- How Spotify determines the loudness of a record
- When digital sounds better than analog
- The real reason people pay you to work on their tracks
- Using clippers in production and mastering
- Clipping vs. limiting
- How to use clipping to make your tracks louder
- Different flavors of clipping
- Hard clipping vs. soft clipping
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