"The Weiss 102 is an essential ingredient to Gateway Mastering Studios success. I don't know what I would do without it. From the Grammy award winning Sting album to the grunge of Nirvana and Pearl Jam, the 102 is my most used piece of gear".
Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering, Portland
Studios
were no one has boldly gone before ....
Since 1992, Pinguin offers HighEnd CD Mastering services and live recording in Hamburg, Germany. Since 1997 we offer selected customers the finest 5.1 surround suite for music in town.
Our mission since a decade is:
delivering a quality stage which leaves the average clearly behind itself.
To reach this target in a well defined time frame is a top priority for us.
We are not a 1:1 transfer studio. We understand mastering as a highly creative process powered by "platinum ears" and driven by state-of-the-art equipment, which the best mastering engineers worldwide do also respect. We did develop these systems partly by ourself. Digital audio technology in highest quality is also focused by our R&D departement.
Selected customers appreciate also our deep loyalty for the current project:
Universal Music Group
Warner Strategic Marketing, WEA
EMI MUSIC ARABIA (FAIROUZ)
BMG
SONY MUSIC
VIRGIN
Edel
MME
Artists and quality concerned Producers:
Alex Christensen, Nena, U96, Loona, Bed&Breakfast, Basis, ATC, Rollergirl, Dieter Bohlen, 3te Generation, Thorsten Brötzmann, Uli Schneider, Fairouz, Hamburg Blues Band, Gerd Schroeter, Achim Oppermann (TAO Records), Achim Sobotta etc.
Listen to our surround page filled
only with several own productions.
The studio was always shared with a partner company:
The first 4 years we were located in the Central Sound Studio, which is reowned and called "Soundgarden" nowadays. From 1996 we did co-build and moved the SURROUND Studio-3 of the Sony Classical SpinOff Syrinx Music & Media GmbH.
These people are famous for their pioneering work in DVD Audio (e.g. 3 DVDs of 3 years Jazzport Festival for Technics Panasonic) and full-service projects like Scorpions LiveAtExpo2000 DVD.