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Adam Ayan

Adam Ayan is credited on 2,532 pressings across 590 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1998–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,532

Credits

590

Albums

4

Decades active

2,547

In collections

Biography

Grammy Award winning mastering engineer Adam Ayan worked at the world class mastering facility Gateway Mastering & DVD in Portland, Maine. Which has now become Ayan Mastering. Ayan Mastering as of 2023.
A graduate of the University of Massachussetts at Lowell's Sound Recording Technology program, Ayan began at Gateway in 1998 as an editor and production engineer for mastering guru Bob Ludwig. He soon became Ludwig's full time assistant and protégé, learning the art of mastering directly from him. In 2000 Ayan began taking on mastering projects of his own, and in August 2001 his suite at Gateway Mastering & DVD was opened for business. In 2024, he opened his own mastering studio,, in Portland, ME

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Credited work

2,532 releases · 590 albums · active 1998–2026

  • Mastering · 2,890
  • Other credits · 14
  • Engineering · 4
  • Production · 1
  • Performance · 1

Studios: Blackbird Studio · Starstruck Studios · Mountain Studios · Ocean Way Nashville

Discography

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