Gateway Mastering Studios

Adam Ayan

Mastering Engineer

Adam Ayan is a Grammy Award, 5x Latin Grammy Award, and TEC Award winning mastering engineer.

Bob Ludwig

President & Chief Mastering Engineer

Bob Ludwig is the owner of Gateway Mastering and a 11X Grammy award winning mastering engineer.

Gateway Mastering Studios

Gateway Mastering Studios goal is to produce the very best sounding masters for our clients – both creatively and technically perfect. Our exceptional team accomplishes this by challenging the edge of audio performance while exceeding our customers’ expectations with excellent service.

It's time that you took your music to the next level.

Gateway Mastering Studios 428 Cumberland Avenue Portland. Maine 04101

Adam Ayan has 2 nominations for the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, as well as a total of 4 nominated recordings across 7 categories.

Oct 2, 2019

Adam Ayan has 2 nominations for the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, as well as a total of 4 nominated recordings across 7 categories. Adam is nominated twice in the Record of the Year category for his work with Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 and Marc Anthony. Other recordings...

Adam Ayan has 4 Latin Grammy winning projects at the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards!

Nov 17, 2018

Adam Ayan was part of 4 Latin Grammy Award winnings recordings at the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. They are: Aymee Nuviola – “Como Anillo Al Dedo” – Best Tropical Fusion Album Pedro Capo – “En Letra De Otro – Documentary” – Best Long Form Music Video Maluma –...

Adam Ayan mastered several of the 19th Annual Latin Grammy nominated recordings!

Sep 20, 2018

Gateway Mastering's Adam Ayan had the pleasure of mastering 5 of the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards nominated recordings. They include: Aymee Nuviola – “Como Anillo Al Dedo” – Best Tropical Fusion Album Raquel Sofia – “2:00 AM” – Best Singer-Songwriter Album Pedro...

Adam Ayan celebrates 20 years at Gateway Mastering Studios.

Aug 3, 2018

August 2018 marks 20 years at Gateway Mastering for mastering engineer Adam Ayan! Adam started at Gateway on August 3rd, 1998, as a production engineer, then quickly became Bob Ludwig's direct assistant. Adam is one of only 2 engineers to ever be directly mentored by...

Adam Ayan profiled on Manley Labs website.

Jul 20, 2018

Adam Ayan was recently profiled on the Manley Labs website. Check it out here....

Adam Ayan nominated for an Academy of Country Music Award!

May 18, 2018

Adam was recently nominated in the category of Audio Engineer of the Year by the Academy of Country Music! Fellow nominees include many of Adam's longtime collaborators and clients. Engineers who have made countless hit records in Nashville, mastering many of them...