WINNER: Groove3 Mastering Competition (Against Sterling Sound, Steven Slate, LANDR, ARIA)

Posted on 11/24/2017 03:48PM

Well that was fun :)

I recently volunteered to master a song for engineer Kenny Gioia (groove3.com) as part of a competition pitting three humans against three automated web services. It was definitely eye opening, but in the end it seems clear that while these services can work in a pinch, they are no competition for humans.  I am honoured to have received the most votes and look forward to participating again in the future.

The Results Were:
1. John Longley (Me)
2. Sterling Sound
3. Steven Slate
4. LANDR
5. Ozone
6. ARIA

Ian and Kenny make some good observations about the automated services below:

You can listen to Ian Shepherd's Podcast here: http://themasteringshow.com/episode-43/
You can see some amazing tutorials, including by Kenny, here: https://www.groove3.com/

Thanks

John