Bob Ludwig Gets DCS' First Legends Award for Outstanding Work in Audio Mastering

Audio mastering engineer Bob Ludwig received the first dCS Legends award at a reception in New York Wednesday, held in conjunction with the 147th Audio Engineering Society convention and Data Conversion Systems. The award recognizes “outstanding efforts of an elite group of recording, mixing and mastering engineers." Ludwig, recipient of 11 Grammy awards, has been described as a “mastering engineer’s engineer.” His credits with Gateway Mastering Studios include the Rolling Stones’ Let It Bleed, Bruce Springsteen’s The River, George Strait’s Cold Beer Conversation and the Blu-ray Disc of Eric Clapton’s Slowhand at 70. Ludwig nabbed Grammy awards for Album of the Year in 2013 for Mumford & Sons’ Babel, in 2014 for Daft Punk’s Random Access Memory and in 2015 for Beck’s Morning Phase.