Chris Gehringer


Chris Gehringer is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings including Rihanna's Loud, Lady Gaga’s Born this Way and Drake's Take Care.

Biography

Chris Gehringer was born on May 27, 1962 in Teaneck, NJ and raised in Bergen County. After graduating from Pascack Hills High School, Montvale NJ, he attended the Institute of Audio Research. His first job in the industry was at Greene Street Recording and from there, he went on to work as a cutting assistant at Trutone Records. In 1985, he joined Tom Coyne and Herbie Powers at Frankford-Wayne Mastering and mastered primarily dance and R&B records throughout the 1980s. In 1988, he moved to the Hit Factory and in his 12 years there, mastered many landmark releases in Rap and Hip-Hop, including records by Naughty By Nature, Mobb Deep, Wu Tang Clan and PM Dawn. In 2000, he joined Sterling Sound as a senior mastering engineer and in 2016, Chris Gehringer became a partner at Sterling Sound.

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards
Latin Grammy Awards
TEC Awards

Selected works

A list of music Gehringer has mastered includes:
DVD