Ry Cooder uses iTunes to master new album

Just because Ry Cooder has released albums in each of the last four decades doesn't mean he's not open to new technology.

According to an article in The New York Times, Cooder was unhappy with the sound on his upcoming record, My Name Is Buddy: Another Record by Ry Cooder, claiming it sounded too processed. Leaving the studio, he burned the album using iTunes and noticed an improvement in the record's sound on the new copy. He learned that the better sound quality was attributed to iTunes default "sound enhancer."

In fact, he was so happy with the sound that he decided to forego a traditional mastering process and let the iTunes enhanced version become the final mix for the album.

My Name Is Buddy, out March 6 on Nonesuch Records, is the story of a cat named Buddy and his travels and encounters with such characters as Lefty the Mouse and Reverend Tom Toad. It is Cooder’s first record since 2005’s Chavez Ravine.

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