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Ted Jensen (born September 19, 1954) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings including the Eagles' Hotel California, Green Day's American Idiot and Norah Jones' Come Away with Me.
Sterling Sound is a US-based mastering firm that has, to date, been responsible for the mastering of more than 28,000 vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes since 1968. It was originally based in New York. However, in 2018, the company decided to split up into two different locations: one in Nashville, Tennessee ,and the other in Edgewater, New Jersey. The former location is currently expected to open sometime in early 2019.
Also appears as - Sterling Sound Studios - Sterling Sound, NY - Sterling Sound, N.Y.C. - Sterling Sound, NYC - Sterling Sound, New York - Sterling Sound New York - Sterling Sounds - Sterling Sounds, N.Y.C. - Sterling Sounds (NY) Regarding vinyl runouts, 'STERLING' may be found either stamped or hand etched. The studio is also identified as 'SS', sometimes quite small and the 'SS's' at Sterling Sound appear only at the end of 1969, followed by the first appearance of the small stamped 'STERLING'. For the company, please consider using Sterling Sound Inc. Sterling was founded by Lee Hulko & Joachim 'Joe' Paschek in October 1968, with the studio at 56 W. 45th St. Manhattan. Bob Ludwig joined in 1969 and the facility then moved in 1970 to larger premises, offering two mastering suites, in the Screen Actors Guild building at 110 West 57th Street. George Marino joined the Company in 1972, after which Ludwig departed in 1975 to join Masterdisk - being replaced in the same year by Greg Calbi (from Master Cutting Room) and Ted Jensen (from Mark Levinson's MLAC), the latter taking over much of Hulko's mastering, whose tasks had turned to technical & management duties. In 1977 the Company again moved to 1790 Broadway, offering 5 suites with the latest state-of-the-art acoustics, where they were joined by José Rodriguez. In 1980 the facility was updated to digital and, in 1990, Paschek departed and sold his shares to Hulko. Four years later, Calbi departed to join Masterdisk and was replaced by Tom Coyne (from Hit Factory Mastering). In 1995 Joe Palmaccio joined (from Polygram Studios). In 1998 Murat Aktar, of Absolute Audio, joined forces with Jensen, Calbi & Coyne to purchase the facility from Hulko - in partnership with Metropolis Studios; Palmaccio leaves. Following Hulko's retirement the Studio began its move to Chelsea district of Manhattan in February 1999, being joined by Chris Gehringer (from Hit Factory) at the 1790 Broadway suite, along with Chris Athens in March. Calbi then moved to the Chelsea suite and, in January 2002, the move to Chelsea was completed followed by closure of Broadway. Fast forward to 2018. After spending a total 50 years living in New York City, and near the end of their 20-year lease with the Chelsea Market, Sterling Sound decided to split up into two different locations: one in Nashville, Tennessee (with two mastering studios) and the other in Edgewater, New Jersey (with six). The Nashville location is expected to open sometime during late 2018-early 2019. The following mastering engineers have worked at SS (with their runout identification): Chris Athens > STERLING CA Greg Calbi > STERLING GC or STERLING ⚾ or Ⓗ or ☆STERLING Greg Fulginiti > STERLING GF José Rodriguez > STERLING JR Jack Skinner > STERLING JS, or Jack Lee Hulko > STERLING LH Ray Janos > STERLING RJ Ryan Smith (2) STERLING RKS Bob Ludwig > STERLING RL Tom Coyne > STERLING TC Ted Jensen > STERLING TJ Chris Gehringer > cg George Marino (none) Joe Nino-Hernes > STERLING JN-H Will Quinnell (none) UE Nastasi Jay Franco Steve Fallone Joe LaPorta Seth Foster Kevin Reeves Justin Shturtz Joe Palmaccio aka Joseph M. Palmaccio Dave McNair Randy Merrill Aya Merill Idania Valencia
![]() Biography[edit]
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Ted Jensen was born to Carl and Margaret (Anning) Jensen, both of whom were musicians.[1] Carl had studied at Yale University.[2] Margaret went to Oberlin College & Conservatory and Skidmore College and was also a pilot.[1] Carl and Margaret met on a train while going to a choral workshop. Ted has one brother, Rick, and two daughters, Kristen and Kim. While attending High School, Jensen was building his own stereo and recording equipment and began recording local bands both in the studio and at live events. During this time, he recorded several performances for the Yale Symphony Orchestra at Woolsey Hall in New Haven and also met Mark Levinson, who was starting an audio equipment company.[3] Jensen joined up with Levinson and aided in the design and manufacture some of the early products of Mark Levinson Audio Systems. In 1975, Jensen left after six years with Levinson to begin his mastering career in New York City with Sterling Sound.[4][5]
Professional career[edit]
There were three mastering engineers at Sterling Sound when Jensen was hired to work in the tape copy room, George Marino,[6] Lee Hulko[7] and Greg Calbi.[8] One of Jensen's earliest mastering jobs was the first single by the Talking Heads, 'Love → Building on Fire' and later that year, Jensen mastered The Eagles' Hotel California. The following year, he mastered Billy Joel's The Stranger, which began a working relationship with Phil Ramone. Jensen was promoted to Chief Mastering Engineer at Sterling in 1984, and since then has overseen several proprietary developments in mastering technology. This included working closely with Graham Boswell of Neve Electronics in the mid-1980s in developing the first all-digital mastering console, the DTC-1,[9] and as one of the consultants to Apple for Mastering for iTunes.[5] Jensen also designed some of the studio monitors at Sterling, including the ones used by Tom Coyne.[10] In 1998, Jensen, Greg Calbi and Tom Coyne, along with Murat Aktar (Absolute Audio co-founder) and UK based Metropolis, purchased Sterling Sound[11] from previous owner, Lee Hulko.[12]
Studio[edit]
Sterling Sound[14] was previously located in New York City, occupying the top floor of the Chelsea Market in the Meatpacking District. Jensen's studio was one of the three surround sound studios at Sterling Sound. It was designed by Fran Manzella, FM Design.[15]
Ted Jensen's mastering room at Sterling Sound Nashville, TN
In April 2018, Sterling Sound's 20 year lease for the facility in the Chelsea Market ended. Jensen, along with Senior Engineer Ryan Smith, moved to Nashville, TN to open Sterling Sound Nashville, which was designed by Thomas Jouanjean of Northward Acoustics.[16][17]
Awards and recognition[edit]
Since 1976, Jensen has mastered 16 Grammy Award winners in the categories of Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. In 2002, Mastering Engineers became eligible to win Grammys in those categories.[18]
Grammy Nominations
Grammy Awards
Jensen has garnered 23 Mix Foundation TEC award nominations, winning 6 of them.[24]
Selected works[edit]
Ted Jensen has mastered thousands of albums for more than 1,100 pop and rock artists.[29][30] In November 2018, Bring Me The Horizon's album, That's the Spirit, mastered by Jensen, scored 1 Billion streams.[31] Additionally, Jensen has been involved in the soundtrack or music departments on several major motion pictures including Daredevil and The Circle.[32].
References[edit]
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