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{{Short description|American multimedia company in New York}}
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'''Masterdisk''' is an American multimedia company in [[New York (state)|New York]], located at 8 John Walsh Boulevard in [[Peekskill, New York|Peekskill]]. They provide production services such as [[Mastering (audio)|audio mastering]], [[LP record|vinyl]] cutting and enhanced CD and DVD production.<ref>[http://masterdisk.com/en/engineers Masterdisk website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026201428/http://masterdisk.com/en/engineers |date=October 26, 2011 }}</ref>

Their clients include such notable acts as [[Accept (band)|Accept]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Jay-Z]], [[Kanye West]], [[Spoon (band)|Spoon]], [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[Lou Reed]], [[David Bowie]], [[U2]], [[Gorillaz]], [[John Zorn]], [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Steely Dan]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Metallica]], [[Aerosmith]] and [[the Beatles]].

Masterdisk was founded in 1973 as a [[Corporate spin-off|spin-off]] of the recording, editing and mastering arm of [[Mercury Records]]. Among the company's early mastering engineers were Gilbert Kong, who worked on early 1970s albums by such artists as [[Rod Stewart]] and [[Bachman–Turner Overdrive]], and who also mastered singles, including "[[Ain't Understanding Mellow]]" by [[Jerry Butler (singer)|Jerry Butler]] and [[Brenda Lee Eager]], and "[[The Night Chicago Died]]" by [[Paper Lace]]; and Phil Austin, who mastered most of the singles including Stewart's "[[Maggie May]]" and "[[You Wear It Well]]," "Beautiful Sunday" by [[Daniel Boone (singer)|Daniel Boone]], "[[I Love (Tom T. Hall song)|I Love]]" by [[Tom T. Hall]], "[[How Do You Do (Mouth & MacNeal song)|How Do You Do]]" by [[Mouth & MacNeal]], and "[[I Gotcha (Joe Tex song)|I Gotcha]]" by [[Joe Tex]].

Masterdisk is currently owned and operated by [[Scott Hull (mastering engineer)|Scott Hull]], who was the assistant to [[Bob Ludwig]] in 1984–1993, then chief engineer until 1999.<ref>[http://www.prismsound.com/music_recording/studio_news.php?story=0095 prismsound.com] "Prism Sound's converters win hands down for mastering engineer Scott Hull"</ref> In 2008 Hull purchased the business from then-CEO, Doug Levine.<ref>[http://mixonline.com/recording/mastering/new-york-metro-december/ Mix] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629141622/http://mixonline.com/recording/mastering/new-york-metro-december/ |date=June 29, 2011 }} Weiss, David (2008). "New York Metro, December 2008", Mix</ref>

Current mastering engineers include Scott Hull, Tony Dawsey, Andy VanDette, Roger Lian, Randy Merrill, Matt Agoglia, Alex DeTurk, Jeff Reeves, Mark Santangelo, Tim Boyce, Matt Shane, Graham Goldman, Marcos Sueiro Bal, Michael Tucci and Andy Wilson.<ref>[http://masterdisk.com/en/engineers Masterdisk website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026201428/http://masterdisk.com/en/engineers |date=October 26, 2011 }} Engineers listing</ref> Former Masterdisk engineers include [[Bob Ludwig]], [[Leon Zervos]], Greg Calbi, Don Grossinger, [[Greg Fulginiti]], [[Howie Weinberg]], Dave McNair and Drew Cappotto.