I compare two masters of Wilco's 'Kamera' from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot—Steve Rooke's original and Bob Ludwig's 2022 remaster—to reveal how simple EQ choices create different musical experiences.

“Recently I worked on 'In Your Eyes' by The Weeknd, analyzing Dave Kutch's master. Kutch is more aggressive than most A-list mastering engineers. Where others might add 1dB here and there, Kutch really goes for it with 3-4dB boosts. That might not sound like much, but in the mastering world, it's substantial.”