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RUI DIAS

Mastering Engineer

  My music career started at the age of 15 in Tomar, a small town in the center of Portugal, where I was born in August 1967. After times of searching and discovery around various musical instruments, I chose the guitar as my buddy along my way.
  I attended the “Hot Clube de Jazz” school in Lisbon for 3 years, having as teachers some of the best Portuguese musicians and instrumentalists, sharing classes with colleagues who have become today’s top musicians.
  At the age of 20, along with a couple of friends, I founded the band “Quinta do Bill” that I would abandon 4 years later, transferring myself almost immediately to the rock band “UHF”, with whom I played until 1994.
  Meanwhile, the technical side of music production has always been part of my interests and in 1989 I joined the engineering staff of “Estúdios Tchatchatcha” in Lisbon.
  During the 20 years that I stayed there, I worked with practically all the musicians and artists of the Portuguese music scene at the time, and some international ones too.
  Over time and while getting more and greater technical knowledge and experience, the technical aspect of the sound begins to play a major role in my life and my old guitar started to be left behind.
  I started as an assistant in several studio sessions but quickly I took over many recording and mixing sessions, at a time when Mastering in Portugal was practically nonexistent. The entire recording and mixing process was completely analog, and had the purpose to cut lacquer used for duplicating vinyl records. The digital age of CDs was still yet to come.

A minha especialização na fase final da cadeia da produção musical, começa a surgir em finais dos anos 90 e a Masterização começa naturalmente a ser a minha estrada neste percurso. O facto de ter vivido toda a evolução tecnológica dos vários formatos de gravação, permitiu-me ser objectivo e especializar-me nesta etapa da produção, tão exigente quanto desafiante. Os últimos anos da minha passagem pelo estúdio “Tchatchatcha” foram praticamente dedicados à Masterização, quer das misturas ali realizadas quer de clientes externos que solicitavam os meus serviços. A partir de 2010, abracei o meu próprio projecto e criei o “Estúdio Mister Master®“. A necessidade de criar um espaço de acústica perfeita e de equipamento de excelência era agora imperativa. Desde então e até aos dias de hoje, o estúdio encontra-se em pleno funcionamento, tendo realizado milhares de Masters de artistas consagrados ou iniciantes, independentes ou não, compreendendo projectos, tanto para as plataformas digitais, como para vinil ou CD. Ao longo destes anos, tenho vindo a coleccionar alguns galardões de Prata, Ouro e Platina, continuando a oferecer aos meus clientes toda a minha criatividade, experiência e conhecimento, elevando os seus projectos à mais alta qualidade.

Rui Dias

MASTERING ISN’T A DARK ART,

IT’S JUST MISUNDERSTOOD!