Creme in the Mastering Studio: Markus Schatz
- 22.10.2013
- Michael Krusch
- Story
- Mastering
- Creme
Sound doesn’t equal sound - Mastering as a holistic process
Ambitious mastering doesn’t only raise the sound quality of recordings immensely, but it creates the foundation for successful marketing of both, the product and the artist. The Schatz Mastering Studio has dedicated itself to this very process - to purify and to put the final touches to recordings.Who Markus Schatz Is
It has been a long way that has brought Markus Schatz to where he stands now and lets him reflect back onto almost 3 decades of experience and love for the music. His roots are at the end of the 80’s within the Hip Hop scene which philosophy he acted out as, besides other things, a DJ. From Hip Hop he eventually arrived at electronic music and became a resident DJ between the years of 1995 up to 2002 at the old Tresor in Berlin.After several music publications and after finishing his studies as an audio engineer he founded his mastering studio during the past year. He made it his goal for every production to work out an individual and broad optimization to get the best out of the material that he has been given.
Creme makes it possible
His understanding especially for the variety and attributes of electronic music (club, dance, jazz, Hip Hop, House, Techno, Reggae and many more) aids to the authentic translation of an idea up to a premium product that is ready for pressing.
As of lately the Creme found an indispensable place within our rack and has ever since steadily been used for the purpose of mastering. We are very impressed by the sound quality and by the quality of the workmanship.
Why the Creme Belongs in a Mastering Rack
Built for the mix bus, the Creme is just as suited to mastering. We took the passive Pultec-style filter circuitry from the original – the same one that's in our Classic Equalizer – and reworked it for the mix bus: bass boost between 20 and 200 Hz, high boost up to 24 kHz, each in 0–5 dB. The SSL-style VCA compressor glues the mix together without dulling the top end. What a mastering studio also needs is repeatability: on the Creme every control except threshold and output is a rotary switch, and those two are detented pots – every setting can be documented exactly, and both channels track alike. In Markus Schatz's studio the Creme sits next to digital tools – as the analog stage in a hybrid workflow from mixdown to mastering.
We offer anyone interested the chance to test the Creme for 14 days in their own studio.
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