The go-to guy for anyone seeking the analog dream in a digital world, mastering engineer John Dent started in the glory days of the industry, working at Island Records in the ’70s, and placed himself at the heart of London’s sound world, seeing the birth of the CD and the explosion of digital.

In his lecture at the 2008 Red Bull Music Academy, Dent explained why digital sound is inferior to analog and why MP3 doesn’t even register while taking us through the mastering process step by step.