Occupation(s) Mastering Engineer Name Ted Jensen | Role Mastering engineer | |
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Website sterling-sound.com/engineers/ted-jensen/ Nominations Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year Similar People Chris Lord‑Alge, Norah Jones, Bob Clearmountain, Randy Staub, Tommy Torres | ||
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Ted Jensen (born September 19, 1954, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings including the Eagles' Hotel California, Green Day’s American Idiot and Norah Jones' Come Away With Me.
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- Biography
- Professional career
- Studio
- Awards and recognition
- Selected works
- References
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Biography
Ted Jensen was born to Carl and Margaret (Anning) Jensen, both of whom were musicians. Carl had studied at Yale University. Margaret went to Oberlin College & Conservatory and Skidmore College and was also a pilot. Carl and Margaret met on a train while going to a choral workshop. Ted has one brother, Rick, and two daughters, Kristen and Kim. While attending High School, Jensen was building his own stereo and recording equipment and began recording local bands both in the studio and at live events. During this time, he recorded several performances for the Yale Symphony Orchestra at Woolsey Hall in New Haven and also met Mark Levinson, who was starting an audio equipment company. Jensen joined up with Levinson and aided in the design and manufacture some of the early products of Mark Levinson Audio Systems. In 1975, Jensen left after six years with Levinson to begin his mastering career in New York City with Sterling Sound.
Professional career
There were three mastering engineers at Sterling Sound when Jensen was hired to work in the tape copy room, George Marino, Lee Hulko and Greg Calbi. One of Jensen's earliest mastering jobs was the first single by the Talking Heads, "Love → Building on Fire" and later that year, Jensen mastered The Eagles' Hotel California. The following year, he mastered Billy Joel's The Stranger, which began a working relationship with Phil Ramone. Jensen was promoted to Chief Mastering Engineer at Sterling in 1984, and since then has overseen several proprietary developments in mastering technology. This included working closely with Graham Boswell of Neve Electronics in the mid-1980s in developing the first all-digital mastering console, the DTC-1, and as one of the consultants to Apple for Mastering for iTunes. Jensen also designed some of the studio monitors at Sterling, including the ones used by Tom Coyne. In 1998, Jensen, Greg Calbi and Tom Coyne, along with Murat Aktar (Absolute Audio co-founder) and UK based Metropolis, purchased Sterling Sound from previous owner, Lee Hulko.
Studio
Sterling Sound is located in New York City, occupying the top floor of the Chelsea Market in the Meatpacking District. Jensen's studio is one of the three surround sound studios at Sterling Sound. It was designed by Fran Manzella, FM Design.
Awards and recognition
Since 1976, Jensen has mastered 16 Grammy Award winners in the categories of Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. In 2002, Mastering Engineers became eligible to win Grammys in those categories.
Grammy Nominations
Grammy Awards
Jensen has garnered 23 Mix Foundation TEC award nominations, winning 6 of them.
Selected works
Ted Jensen has mastered thousands of albums for more than 1,100 pop and rock artists.