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The engineers and producers behind the records you know by heart — talking about the rooms, the gear, and the decisions that defined them.

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"Inside the Neve 8078 — why nothing comes close"
12 min · Glyn Johns · Olympic Studios, London

This is not gear review content. Make Your Mark is a documentary series — the engineers and producers who built the sound of recorded music, talking on camera about what they actually use and why.

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Ep. 03 · RCA Studio A, Nashville
"How I build a record from the floor up — and why it always starts with the room"
18 min · Dave Cobb
Neve 8078 RCA 44-A Fairchild 670
Ep. 05 · Right Track Studios, New York
"The SSL bus compressor — what it does that nothing else does, and when to turn it off"
14 min · Bob Clearmountain
SSL 4000 G Neve 1073 LA-2A
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Al Schmitt
Capitol Studios · Los Angeles, CA
"How I track vocals at Capitol Studios"
8 min
Glyn Johns
Olympic Studios · London
"The Neve 8078 — why nothing comes close"
12 min
Dave Cobb
RCA Studio A · Nashville, TN
"How I build a record from the floor up"
18 min
Joe Chiccarelli
East Side Sound · New York, NY
"Building the mix from scratch"
10 min
Bob Clearmountain
Los Angeles, CA
"The SSL bus compressor — and when to turn it off"
14 min
Tucker Martine
Flora Recording and Playback · Portland, OR
"Finding the right room — and never leaving"
11 min
Bob Ludwig
Gateway Mastering · Portland, OR
"Mastering for vinyl — what actually changes"
9 min
Joe Barresi
JHOC Studio · Pasadena, CA
"Three decades of organic education in recording"
16 min
Eric Valentine
Barefoot Recording · Topanga, CA
"How I turned a record advance into my own studio"
13 min
Ken Andrews
Red Swan Studios · Los Angeles, CA
"Building the studio Failure always needed"
12 min
Rupert Neve
Rupert Neve Designs · Wimberley, TX
"The circuit decisions that changed recorded music"
20 min
Kevin Augunas
Fairfax Recordings · Los Angeles, CA
"Running a studio and a label at the same time"
11 min
Collin Dupuis
Nashville, TN
"Recording Dan Auerbach — getting out of the way"
10 min
Jordan Brooke Hamlin
MOXE · Nashville, TN
"Building a studio on the outskirts — and loving it"
9 min
Carl Craig
Detroit, MI
"Thirty years of pushing electronic music forward"
14 min
Bill Putnam Jr.
Universal Audio · Scotts Valley, CA
"Following in the footsteps — and going further"
15 min
Matt Grondin
The Parlor · New Orleans, LA
"A brand-new room, a Neve console, and room to experiment"
10 min
Pete Lyman
Infrasonic Mastering · Los Angeles, CA
"Cutting vinyl in the streaming era — why it still matters"
12 min
Akihito Yoshikawa
Studio Dede · Tokyo, Japan
"Why I chose a Neve console and never looked back"
11 min
Matt Hennessy
VSOP Studios · Chicago, IL
"The balance of technical skill and creative instinct"
13 min
Jen David
Third Wave Music · Detroit, MI
"Giving Detroit musicians the same opportunities"
9 min
Joe Costner
Spartan Recording · Santa Barbara, CA
"Building a mobile studio from the ground up"
10 min
Klayton
Celldweller · Detroit, MI
"Making music for film, TV, and games — and everything else"
11 min
Daniel Barrett
Rubicon Studios · Austin, TX
"Tubes in the gear and a French Press — life is simple"
10 min
Ben Pacheco
Future Perfect Music · Santa Monica, CA
"From mechanical engineering to commercial composition"
9 min
Matt Linesch
United Recording · Hollywood, CA
"It's about what feels good — not what the meters say"
11 min
Chris Dugan
JingleTown Recordings · Oakland, CA
"From punk four-track to Green Day's studio manager"
12 min
Mooka Rennick
Prairie Sun Recordings · Cotati, CA
"Left the farm, came to California, went back to a farm"
10 min
Steve Lehane
Rustbelt Studios · Royal Oak, MI
"The mistakes that become your most interesting sounds"
11 min
Rollin Weary
I.V. Lab Studios · Chicago, IL
"It's not the gear — it's how you use it to add something extra"
9 min
Jaron Luksa
The Rattle Room · Burbank, CA
"Turning bunk drum heads into signature moments"
10 min
Ted Greenberg
Los Angeles, CA
"How a chance meeting with VK changed everything"
11 min
Vince Tennant
Wild Woods Production Sound · Los Angeles, CA
"From Hell's Kitchen to Blackfish — focusing on details"
12 min

"The gear you choose is a statement about what you believe sound should be. Make Your Mark is about showing your work — and being accountable to it."

Al Schmitt — Recording Engineer, 23 Grammy Awards
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