>Because of all this, many mastering engineers have a signature
>sound which can be easily heard regardless of who engineered
>the recording or the mix.
>

This is the point I wanted to make but couldn't articulate.

Reading through Coyne's credit's list it seemed uncanny how so many of the albums that he worked on were albums which had really good sound quality, at least to my ears.

Say like the Native Tongue albums. Yes, Bob Power mixed a lot on all the albums during their heyday. But even songs Bob Power didn't mix still had the same 'sheen' as Power's songs.

And then even still songs like U+Ur Hand, by P!nk, had the same kind of fidelity as those Native Tongue albums.

Looking back on Coyne's credits, the link seems clear. But before I just thought all of these mixers must have worked together and simply exchanged technical knowledge.

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