SWT Mastering equipment overview
For SWT Mastering’s main mastering suite we have created an analog mastering chain that consists of specialised mastering equipment to ensure the highest possible…
Technology
This is our “news for nerds” section with loads of interesting details about the equipment, old and new, used at SWT Mastering.
how good or bad is the bettermaker mastering limiter
This is one of those hardware devices that fades the borders between ITB plugins and OTB analog gear. This limiter’s signal path is all analog, yet the controls are completely digital and can even be controlled, just like a plugin, from your favourite DAW. Could it be the best of both worlds?
NEVE 33609 Compressor Limiter
When mastering, we play with colour. Not the ones you can see though. With SWT Mastering it’s all about colour you can hear (or feel when played loud enough).
MASELEC MTC-1X MASTERING CONSOLE
Because we master predominantly outside the box with analog outboard gear, flexibility is a must. The Maselec mastering console is the spider in our analog web.
Bowers and Wilkins 800D
There’s critical listening and there’s critical listening with a pair of Bowers & Wilkins 800 Diamond series speakers in the room.
Is there such a thing as owning too much equipment?
Since I am a total nerd and borderline studio equipment hoarder – I have great difficulty in letting go of things that I acquired…
Vintage analogue mixing desk for sale
Update: This Mixing Desk is now SOLD. Many years ago, Japanese SONY entered into the “professional audio console business” by buying an American company…
Getting our freak on with an original NEVE 33609 Analogue Compressor
One of the vintage gems at the SWT Mastering studio is the original – metal knob – NEVE 33609 two-channel analogue compressor. A compressor…