Bob Katz
{{Short description|American audio engineer}}
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Bob Katz is an American audio mastering engineer and author of a popular book on audio mastering.{{cite book |title=Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science |date=2007 |author=Bob Katz |publisher=Elsevier/Focal Press |isbn=978-0240808376}} Katz has mastered three Grammy Award–winning albums and one nominated album. Projects he has worked on have received Grammys and acclaim from audiophiles,{{cite web |url=http://www.stereophile.com/records2die4/67/index6.html |work=Stereophile |title=1992 Records To Die For |date=3 February 1994 |access-date=2019-10-10}} and his book on mastering is considered by some to be the "definitive work on mastering".{{cite web|title=Bob Katz Mastering Audio|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct03/articles/bobkatz.htm|publisher=Sound On Sound|accessdate=14 December 2012}}
Career
Katz taught at the Institute of Audio Research from 1978 to 1979. In 1988, Katz joined Chesky Records and began recording jazz and classical artists there, as well as producing oversampled commercial recordings. In 1990, he founded an audio-mastering company called Digital Domain Mastering, where he continues to work. In early 2015, Katz began a regular blog, Katz's Corner, on the headphone enthusiast site InnerFidelity.{{cite web|title=Katz's Corner|date=17 June 2010 |url=http://www.innerfidelity.com/category/katzs-corner|publisher=InnerFidelity|accessdate=15 April 2015}}
Grammy Award–winning albums
Grammy Award–winning albums mastered by Bob Katz:
- 1985: Ben Kingsley, The Words of Gandhi
- 1997: Paquito D'Rivera, Portraits of Cuba
- 2001: Olga Tañón, Olga Viva, Viva Olga
K-system, K-stereo and K-surround
Bob Katz proposed the K-system to measure audio levels and standardize dynamic range in recorded audio. He has developed the proprietary systems K-stereo and K-surround. These processes are designed to "recover lost or amplify hidden ambience, space and imaging, and generate stereo from mono signals without adding artificial reverberation".{{cite magazine|url=http://mixonline.com/news/headline/bobkatz-uspatent-kstereoksurround-102406/ |title=Mastering Engineer Bob Katz Awarded U.S. Patent |date=2006-10-24 |magazine=Mix |accessdate=2013-04-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930015422/http://mixonline.com/news/headline/bobkatz-uspatent-kstereoksurround-102406/ |archivedate=2007-09-30 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.digido.com Digital Domain Mastering]
- [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-katz-mn0000054492/credits Bob Katz credits at AllMusic]
- [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/credits/0,,451869,00.html Credits at Artist Direct]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509122242/http://www.digido.com/images/00495-Bob_Katz_Bio.pdf Biography]
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