Chart Topping Mastering Engineer (SING Mastering), Colin Leonard - Pensado's Place

[@MikeHeebz]

Awesome episode, great perspective from a mastering engineer. Colin is a top notch dude & one of the best Mastering Engineers of our time! Thank You for sharing.

[@Darksagan]

Every time I find a amazing mix I look in the credits and I see Colin. Kimbra and Big Sean raised by wolves...insane vocals. I hope Mix with the masters does a series on Colin.

[@youngmarcy7087]

This guy masters every top albums I like it’s crazy asf theirs no info on him like that . It’s kinda suspect . Like wtf . We need a breakdown

[@niganools1501]

This man has mixed every album in the 2010s. Amazing.

[@DontRushRecords]

Yes! We've been waiting to hear more from Colin! Appreciate ya'll

[@bhargavdobhal5327]

Thank You Pensado's Place and Colin Leonard 🙌🙌Great Episode🔥🔥.

[@funkayprod4340]

This man did Whole Lotta Red

[@davidmorarobles5884]

Great show! Can Pensado`s Place make a show with Jaycen about Rosalía´s album? Please!!!!!

[@GARZA_ICMG]

get Chris Athens on!!

[@EynouxLaStar]

AMEN!

[@jasonjasonjasonjasonjason]

as soon as he says he wont explain or get technical I instantly gain respect........ lol

[@jasonjasonjasonjasonjason]

it was a joke I actually lost all respect at that moment

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

"No TrADe SeCrEtS!?!?"

[@blankcheckguy69]

top hiphop masterer in ATL colin a og. need mo interviews

[@amendippanesar]

Colin is my idol

[@mimidhof2179]

About Aria, I tought that people could use those gear remotely... It's fully automated you do nothing. One minute algorythm work... for 20$. It should be worth the investment. But I'm curious about it...

[@HAWDWERK]

Check out access analog dot com, i don’t work for them but I met them at naam you can use analog mixing gear remotely through their plugin and the cloud, I think they’re still in beta so you can try it for free.

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

I really hope it's not bullshit because im excited.

[@erice1763]

i understand there are output limitations with the Aria service (using Robots to control analog hardware) but the only reason I’m not going to purchase is because they don’t have an ‘Unlimited’ monthly option. eMastering is king for that very reason. Please make this an option down the road, Colin! My two cents. Thanks for the interview guys.

[@colinleonard6527]

Aria is not designed to be the cheapest automated mastering solution, it is designed to be the best. If you want cheap unlimited masters Aria is probably not for you. If you spend a little more on Aria you’ll hear a big difference in quality. If cheapest makes somebody the ‘king’ I guess that’s not for me. In my world what sounds best is king.

[@erice1763]

Colin Leonard - my apologies if I wasn’t clear (and am very unfamiliar with online mastering) - but I meant ‘Unlimited’ as being able to go back, tweak the mix and ‘re-master’ it through Aria, or any other online service. That’s all. Personally not great at mixing so it’s more about the learning aspect vs getting something cheap. Regardless, appreciate the interview.. thanks for all the info and insight

[@colinleonard6527]

Aria has a remaster module in which you can remaster your mix unlimited times and make adjustments on the analog gear at no charge. There is also a preview mode where Aria will master a section of your mix for free as a learning tool. It seems you have never used it. Also it seems like these are paid comments.

[@erice1763]

Colin Leonard - Awesome. I’ve tried to test out the free demo but it won’t upload. Tried multiple browsers and wav files. I’ll try again. Not a paid comment just trying to find the best tools for what i’m doing. Regardless thanks for the response

[@colinleonard6527]

@@erice1763 Hundreds of songs mastered daily with no reports of uploading issues. We don't see an account created for you on our site and you have no info on this profile which looks like a fake account. Let us know your account at [e-mail] and we will help you with your technical difficulties. It seems to me you'd have to try something to recommend a different product but in this case it is something you've never tried and don't really know how it works.

[@marcusjayallen]

that was great thank you for this!

[@ZAYAZOfficial]

Thanks for this!

[@Херменаутичар]

his newest masterpiece is Beyonce`s Renaissance

[@ernieg]

How much to Master a Song by Colin ???

[@DjStakman]

Plot twist , he’s really Phill Collins

[@andrewmarshall1461]

How much y’all think Colin charges an independent artist for mastering a song ?

[@indigodeep6609]

I reached out to him last year and he emailed back very quick quoting between $250 and $300 a song but less if it's for a whole project.

[@indigodeep6609]

That may have been a discounted rate because I was sent by an engineer he closely works with so don't quote me on that

[@joshsmith7812]

@@indigodeep6609 there's a lot of professional and even Grammy winning engineers who will charge you not even half of that.

[@TheBlashMusic]

Annnnnd just like that, I’ve been *SOLD* on Aria

[@erice1763]

TheBlashMusic curious, have you checked out other online mastering companies?

[@TheBlashMusic]

@@erice1763 Yes. I've checked all the major ones out.

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

Have you tried it? Whats the experience?

[@joshsmith7812]

Cardi b? Oh no