Svante Forsbäck (born 1971 in
Ekenäs, Finland) is a
Finnish mastering and owner of Chartmakers Oy.
Henrik Otto Donner's teachings
Forsbäck became interested in recording and mixing in the early 1990s, when he went to study in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
, and after his studies he started as an intern in
Ekenäs, at
Henrik Otto Donner's studio, where they transferred
Love Records's tape material to hard drives in digital format. The rise of digital music in the 1990s led to the founding of a mastering studio called Digital Editing Room with Donner, in which he still has a small stake. When Forsbäck founded his own studio, Donner helped him, among other things, by lending him equipment.
As a sound engineer and mixer
Following his studies and work, Forsbäck moved to
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
in 1994. He honed his skills by working for ten years at
Swedish Theatre as a mixer and sound designer, including on the hit musical ''Hype'', which was performed 250 times. As a live mixer, Forsbäck has collaborated with
Ville Pusa,
Ben Granfelt and
Aki Sirkesalo, among others.
Forsbäck has mastered over 3 000 albums during his career. His collaborators have included
PMMP,
The Rasmus,
Apocalyptica
Apocalyptica is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Helsinki, formed in 1993. The band is currently composed of three classically trained cellists Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lötjönen, and Perttu Kivilaakso. Originally a Classical music, classical- ...
,
Chisu,
Ismo Alanko Teholla,
Volbeat,
Paleface,
Jenni Vartiainen,
Amorphis and
Sonata Arctica
Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland. Created as a hard rock band named Tricky Beans, they later changed to Tricky Means and finally to Sonata Arctica, when they shifted to power metal. The current lineup c ...
.
Chartmakers
Retrieved 12 July 2014. Forsbäck has also remastered six albums by Rammstein.
Stock
* ADT W700 Rack
* Massenburg Eq Model 9500
* Buzzaudio Req 2.2
* Fairman Eq
* Knif Pure Mu
* Manley Vari Mu
* Weiss Eq x 3
* TC Electronics System 6000
* Lavry Gold AD DA
* Manley Massive Passive
* Weiss comp
References
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1971 births
Living people