The studio
Built with a living room in mind Masterenzo Mastering has a great sounding room in an old house (1928) in Rotterdam. Amphion and Thermionic Microlabs speaker systems fit the room perfectly. The Thermionics are cloned Wilson Audio's and are custom built to specification.
A single outboard rack with modified and carefully selected gear ensures short signal paths with plenty of flexibility and power.
I look at gear as an organic musical instrument, a heritage from my years being a pro guitarist.
Monitoring.
- Amphion Two15 speakers, decoupled system
- Thermionic Microlabs speaker system, decoupled and bi-amped
- Tivoli mono speaker
- Custom built mastering console, Dutch Audio, serial no. 1
- Crookwood VU meters
- Dan Clark Ether headphones
EQ.
- Tube-Tech HLT2A shelving and tilt EQ (modified)
- Avalon VT-747 band EQ
- API 5500 dual mono EQ
- Custom Audio Germany HDE250 precision EQ
Dynamics.
- Avalon VT-747 optical compressor (modified)
- Thermionic Culture The Phoenix valve compressor
- Dave Hill Designs Titan compressor (stereo pair)
Conversion.
- Crane Song HEDD-Q AD/DA converter with tube and tape colour
- Grimm Audio UC1 USB interface and converter
Software & other stuff.
- Wavelab Pro on Mac
- Selection of plug-ins by DMG Audio, Fabfilter, Metric Halo, ToneBoosters, Oeksound, Weiss, SIR Audio Tools, Slate Digital
- Hofa DDP Player-Maker
- Cabling: Unity and Grimm Audio
- nOb generic controller
Coffee.
- Technivorm Moccamaster filter coffee machine
- Bezerra Magica PID espresso machine
- Eureka Mignon coffee grinder
- Freshly roasted coffee beans from Rotterdam!