{"id":7297,"date":"2024-07-18T17:14:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T15:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gratistidning.com.hemsida.eu\/pitea\/blog\/2024\/07\/18\/inside-the-legendary-finnvox-studios-40-years-of-mastering-history\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T17:14:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T15:14:53","slug":"inside-the-legendary-finnvox-studios-40-years-of-mastering-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gratistidning.com\/pitea\/blog\/2024\/07\/18\/inside-the-legendary-finnvox-studios-40-years-of-mastering-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Legendary Finnvox Studios: 40 Years of Mastering History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Davey Jonez is meeting legendary mastering engineer Mika Jussila at the iconic Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland, established in 1965.  Mika shares his incredible journey of his illustrious 40-year career, from starting at a vinyl pressing plant to becoming a globally renowned mastering engineer. Discover how he experienced mastering evolved from vinyl to CDs in the early 90s, hear about his impressive gear collection and learn about his collaboration with his son Niklas Jussila. As Mika&#8217;s name is associated with over millions records, and he continues to adapt to technological changes in music studios. <\/p>\n<p>Link to the artist and the studio:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.finnvox.fi\/en<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.mikajussila.fi\/<\/p>\n<p>Get in touch if you like to know more about our channel, so follow us:<br \/>\nSubscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thestudiovisitor\/?sub_confirmation=1<br \/>\nEmail: studiovisitor@gmail.com<br \/>\nWebsite: https:\/\/www.studiovisitor.com\/<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thestudiovisitor\/<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thestudiovisitor<\/p>\n<p>Hashtags<br \/>\n#podcast #studiotour #studio #interview #daveyjonez #homerecording #producing #producingmusic #productionstudio #mastering #musicproduction #MasteringEngineer #masteringstudio #mixing #MusicMastering #gearjunky #recording #audioengineering #saturation #tutorial #tutorials #dynamics #equalizer #eq #music #plugin #plugins #drums #microphone #preamp #limiter #plugins #distortion #audioplugins #compression #daw #mixing #reverb #studiogear #MusicTechnology #VinylToCD #GearCollection #LegendaryStudios #MikaJussila #FinnvoxStudios<\/p>\n<p>Timestamps:<br \/>\n00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n00:39 Meeting Mika<br \/>\n00:52 The first commercial studio of Finland got started<br \/>\n01:53 First period of downscaling<br \/>\n02:24 About regrets<br \/>\n02:36 Embracing Dolby Atmos<br \/>\n03:10 Mika&#8217;s introduction into Finnvox<br \/>\n04:00 After 3 months straight to the mastering room<br \/>\n04:34 How Mika started at the vynil pressing plant<br \/>\n05:18 Room to experiment<br \/>\n05:38 The dreams of a young<br \/>\n06:29 Mastering compared to recording and mixing<br \/>\n06:51 Growing into the engineer as today<br \/>\n07:25 The industry being the business<br \/>\n07:56 The process of creativity is dying in the business<br \/>\n08:32 CD mastering in the early 90&#8217;s<br \/>\n08:55 Was the loudness started?<br \/>\n09:05 The monopoly of Finnvox on CD mastering early 90&#8217;s<br \/>\n09:55 Golden era for mastering studios<br \/>\n10:44 Loyalty of clients<br \/>\n10:57 The funny thing of trial and error<br \/>\n11:24 About changes in the last 15 years<br \/>\n12:05 About limitations of vinyl<br \/>\n12:28 Discovering the mastering possibilities<br \/>\n13:17 About digital tapes and converters<br \/>\n14:11 The recording codes of a CD<br \/>\n14:39 Recording on consoles<br \/>\n14:54 The relieve of 24 bit converters<br \/>\n15:18 Undo and recording takes spot on<br \/>\n15:42 Performance and the perfect take<br \/>\n15:58 Talking tools and technology<br \/>\n16:19 Knowing his gear collection<br \/>\n17:16 Feel the need with testing gear<br \/>\n18:16 Take time to test gear<br \/>\n18:57 Reading and writing through the machines<br \/>\n19:35 A piece of art, the Hum Audio LAAL limiter<br \/>\n20:03 Using untested gear on masters<br \/>\n20:17 The most impressive thing<br \/>\n20:51 The philosophy of Mika at the mastering chain<br \/>\n21:04 Mika starting a project<br \/>\n21:52 Specific sample rate<br \/>\n22:22 Upsampling and D\/A conversion<br \/>\n23:12 The stuff to do after listening<br \/>\n24:07 Looking at numbers<br \/>\n24:39 Hit the red zone<br \/>\n25:42 About CD releases in 2024<br \/>\n26:14 About the special relationship with Genelec<br \/>\n26:53 The collaboration with the G Men<br \/>\n27:04 More about collaboration<br \/>\n27:45 Feedback up in Genelec products<br \/>\n28:09 That other Finnish brand Amphion<br \/>\n28:28 Mastering on high-end hi-fi speakers<br \/>\n28:56 Color boxes<br \/>\n29:32 His most precious piece of gear<br \/>\n30:12 That Focusrite Blue 315 MK2<br \/>\n30:39 The main tool for everything<br \/>\n30:52 One tool that can vanish<br \/>\n31:03 Hybrid system and AI technology<br \/>\n31:31 Emotion of music that make human decisions<br \/>\n31:58 Why the easy way through technology<br \/>\n32:13 The difference between generations<br \/>\n32:56 That day of transferring knowledge<br \/>\n33:17 The next generation and his own son in mastering music<br \/>\n33:57 The smarter generation<br \/>\n34:11 Working with your own son is magic and challenging<br \/>\n34:55 The same process when we were young<br \/>\n35:39 Embracing mastering for Dolby Atmos or stick to stereo<br \/>\n36:13 Not retiring<br \/>\n36:24 Job as a hobby, but when to retire<br \/>\n36:56 Never ready to accept retirement is an option<br \/>\n37:44 20 years later everybody wants to work with Mika<br \/>\n38:09 The circle of life makes it easier<br \/>\n38:32 The story of Bob Ludwig getting more work by moving on<br \/>\n39:20 Respecting the skills and experience<br \/>\n39:42 Being the humble tool and how to treat people<br \/>\n40:33 A client can not always express their wishes<br \/>\n41:06 Being the tool between the artist and the final product<br \/>\n41:20 Most memorable thing of his career called Nightwish<br \/>\n42:34 His name on 10 million records<br \/>\n43:06 Being part of Spinefarm Records<br \/>\n43:58 His career as a well-known mastering engineer for metal music<br \/>\n44:24 The of mastering 200 albums per year<br \/>\n44:41 The perception of borders<br \/>\n45:00 Mika, Can you master my beat?<br \/>\n45:14 Mika is mastering my beat<br \/>\n46:12 Closing thoughts<br \/>\n47:18 Signing off<br \/>\n<br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_KWqtMwO40c\" target=\"_blank\">Klicka h\u00e4r &#8211; l\u00e4nk till originalinl\u00e4gget<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>K\u00e4lla: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@pifherrar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pite\u00e5 IF Herrar\/ Youtube<\/a><\/strong><br 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