Job Title: Mastering Engineer/ Professor
Company: M Works Mastering/ iZotope/Berklee College

Status: Member
Member since: 1987
AES Position: Governor
AES Committees: Board of Governors, Committee Chairs, Awards, Conference Policy, Education, Laws & Resolutions, Membership, Publications Policy, Diversity & Inclusion, Convention: 145th, Convention: 147th, Convention: 149th
Technical Committees: Broadcast and Online Delivery, Guidelines For Working With Metadata in Broadcast and Streaming, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence, Recording Technology and Practices
Standards Committee: SC-02-12-Q (Streaming Loudness)
Primary Section: Boston

Company Website: http://www.m-works.com
Twitter Name: @zlbdad

Audio Fields:

• Recording Industry - Mastering Studio
• Recording Industry - Post Production
• Recording Industry - Archiving/Restoration
• Recording Industry - Duplication/Replication
• Recording Industry - Film/Video Sound
• Recording Industry - Location Sound Recording
• Product Design & Manufacturing - Software
• Educational Institutions - Educator

Job Duties:

• Mastering Engineer
• Author/Journalist/Technical Writer
• Educator
• Engineer
• Forensics
• Mixer
• Owner/Director
• Producer

About

AES President -2021

Jonathan Wyner is Chief Engineer at M Works Studios in Somerville, MA, Professor of Music Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Past President of the Audio Engineering Society and former Education Director for iZotope.
He combines a focus on production, engineering and education with experience as a product design consultant. How work includes leveraging technology and product innovations to create engaging experiences to creative and technical users.

A producer, engineer, musician and performer, he's mastered and produced thousands of recordings during the last 35 years. Credits include Jean-Claude Risset, James Taylor, David Bowie, The Last Poets, Aerosmith, Kiri Te Kanawa, Aimee Mann, London Symphony, Miles Davis, Semisonic, Thelonius Monk, Pink Floyd, Cream, Bruce Springsteen and Nirvana.

He has several accolades, including production of the Grammy Nominated soundtrack for PBS special Invention and Alchemy (Deborah Henson-Conant, 2005), the mastering of the first recording of a full length opera (Madame Butterfly 1912, BBC), and the first interactive CD game (Play it By Ear, Rykodisc).

In 2012 he authored the text 'Audio Mastering: Essential Practices' published by Hal Leonard/Berklee Press along with undergraduate and graduate courses for Berkleemusic Online.

He remembers very clearly, the time before the look ahead limiter/compressor changed the sound of music.

Jonathan lectures on music and audio topics around the world.

AES Awards

In 2019, Jonathan Wyner was presented with the AES Board of Governors Award in recognition of co-chairing the 145th AES Convention in New York.

Non-AES Awards & Award Nominations

TEC Award - Pro audio Essentials
Grammy Nominee 2006 - "Invention and Alchemy" and 2023 - "Crisalida"

Education Background

A.B. Music French Horn and Music Composition

Employment History

iZotope
Berklee College of Music
M Works Mastering Studios

Related Experience

Author online courses on mastering, Berklee Online
Author "Audio mastering Essential Practices", Hal Leonard

Why Am I An AES Member?

AES helps me stay up to date on leading edge developments and practices in audio....My membership allows me to be with others who care about audio quality, recording, preserving our heritage, and elevating the recording arts. To educate and to learn.

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