Liner notes

About Louis Zachert

Born 1963 in Germany,

Died on 3. August 2015 in Belgium.

Owner of [under the roof](http://www.discogs.com/label/302844-Under-The-Roof) audio mastering studio, known as 'Passenger L ' in belgian electro-act [Metroland](http://www.discogs.com/artist/2067392-Metroland)

Bio:

1981

First recordings (as a folk singer/songwriter)

1982

Purchased 1st synthesizer: Yamaha CS-30L. Until 1994, the "collection" grew up to more than 25 different synths and drum machines.

1985-1987

Studies: Computer Science and Electronic Music in Karlsruhe/Germany.

1988-1991

Released a "MIDI programming toolbox" for TurboPascal. Responsible for the European support for the very 1st professional PC based Digital Audio Workstation [DAW] (Spectral Synthesis).

1991-1994

Sound and Recording engineer. Co-owner of "3klang" recording studios (near Stuttgart/Germany). Digital Audio Consulting (for various German recording studios, IBM, MusikMesse Frankfurt, ...) Very first mastering jobs using the "Spectral" DAW.

1993-1999

Freelance journalist for various pro-audio and music magazines (German KEYS magazine, AMS/Neve inHouse mag., ...)

1994-1996

Various software development jobs in the music industry (Quasimidi, Creamware)

1996-2000

Freelance Sound and Recording engineer (for different German record labels and recording studios).

2000-2012

Moved to Belgium in 2000. Until 2012, "multimedia software developer" for a Belgian software consultancy company. Continued to do "audio mastering" anyway...

2012-2015

UnderTheRoof - Audio Mastering.

1991-2015

!!! MASTERING !!!

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