Biography

Maor Appelbaum is a mastering engineer and musician.

After working as staff engineer (mixing, recording and mastering) for famed record producer Sylvia Massy Shivy at Radiostar Studios in Weed, California, Maor moved to Los Angeles where he opened his private mastering suite.

Maor has had the pleasure of mastering recordings for major international acts such as: Faith No More, Yes, Walter Trout, Eric Gales, Starset, Ill Nino, Dokken, Fates Warning, William Shatner, Gus G, Common Kings, Sepultura, Yngwie Malmsteen, Halford, Fight, Armored Saint, Lita ford, Seven The Hardway , Marco Mendoza, Angra, Treponem Pal, Wayne Hussey, Therion, Cynic, Nekromantix, Butcher Babies, Billy Sherwood, The Top Chops and more... 

He has mastered the works of well-known music producers such as: Matt Wallace, Mike Clink, Mike Plotnikoff, Bob Horn, Ben Grosse, Bassy bob Brockmann, Toby Wright, Justin Gray, Roy Z, Sylvia Massy, Gilby Clark, Warren Riker, Ryan Greene, Ulrich Wild, Fabrizio Grossi, Logan Mader, Stan Katayama, Ben Schigel, Mark Lewis, Jacob Hansen, Tue Madsen, Eyal Levi, Jason Suecof, Thomas Lang and more... Also, he does mastering for unsigned artists of all genres from all over the world. 

Maor has an extensive background with the international music industry - He is well aware of the various music styles and sounds that are developing vastly as today's technology develops.

To Maor, being a mastering engineer is the best way possible to combine his love and passion for music, with his various skills- objectivity, subjectivity, and technical & artistic prowess. He finds pleasure in his job, more than anything, thanks to the variety of music and sounds he gets to master from all over the world. 

It is a profession he takes pride in, and masters.

Product Reviews

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    The BX True Peak Limiter sounds the way it looks: A slick design, easy to use, and the ability to go into more detail of control when tweaks are needed. The access to various monitoring options of the stereo signal is an awesome bonus.

  • Knif Audio Soma

    The Kniff Soma had become one of the sought after modern EQs in the market, due to its clear yet pleasing sound and the ability to work in both dual mono and MS mode. The Plugin version of it sounds really smooth and easy on the ears. Great Job guys !!!