Engineer: Evren Göknar
// Mastering Suite Gear List
CONSOLE
  • Capitol custom mastering console
  • All custom discrete electronics: Capitol Engineering/Jensen 990
SIGNAL PROCESSING
  • Sontec MES-432C Stereo Program equalizers
  • Smart Research C2 Stereo Compressor
  • T.C. Electronic Finalizer 96K
  • Manley Mastering Slam with Quantum D/A & A/D Converters
  • Manley Variable-Mu Limiter Compressor
  • Waves L2 Ultramaximizer
  • Penny & Giles PP-10 Audio Multi-Processor
DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION
  • Sonic Solutions 5.4 system with No-Noise™
  • Apogee PSX-100 A/D & D/A 24 Bit 96k converters
MONITORS
  • Tannoy B-15
  • Hafler TRM8
EXTRAS
  • Access to 8 Capitol Echo Chambers
  • ISDN digital audio transmission: EDNet & apt-X systems
  • Studer/Ampex mastering analog tape decks
// Biography

Evren Göknar began his professional career as a recording and mixing engineer. As a staff engineer at Paramount Studios (Hollywood) and Guess Recording (North Hollywood), he recorded and engineered sessions for Tupac Shakur, Tone-Loc, Mavis Staples, The Cult, Steve Vai, General Public, Carol King and Montell Jordan. Building on the skills he honed as a recording engineer, Evren shifted his focus to mastering and in 1995 he joined the Capitol Mastering family.

Over thirteen years Evren has established himself as a top tier mastering engineer for such notable EMI acts as Eazy E, Iggy Pop, Gure, Heart, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, George Clinton, Jimmy Eat World, George Thorogood, N.W.A. and Fiend. His remastering credits include the entire Grand Funk Railroad and Queensryche catalogs, as well as RIAA gold awards for new collections by Pat Benetar and Poison.

Outside of the EMI family, Evren has mastered hundreds of records by a wide range of artists including a #1 single (RIAA gold) for Mariah Carey. His recent credits include new releases by Greg Laswell, The Grouch, Reel Big Fish and the re-united Asia.

// Recent Releases

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Straight Outta Compton: 20th Anniversary Edition by NWA (2007) Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free by Reel Big Fish (2007) Through Toledo by Greg Laswell (2006) Clarity (Expanded Edition) by Jimmy Eat World (2007) The Airborne Toxic Event by The Airborne Toxic Event (2008) Sing by Jim Bianco (2008) A Million in Prizes: The Anthology by Iggy Pop (2005)