ABOUT
Polymouth Mastering is a mastering studio in Troy, NY, owned and operated by engineer and musician Sam Torres. He spent over a decade working as a live sound and location recording engineer across North America, engineering concerts and recordings for hundreds of artists, including over a dozen Grammy-winners. After also working as Recording Studio Director and Assistant Technical Director at Skidmore College, he now focuses on mastering full-time, and has mastered hundreds of projects from around the world. Sam is also an active musician and improviser, making ambient electronic music using his saxophone, a Buchla synthesizer, and custom live electronics.
Below are artists and organizations Sam has worked with as a live sound engineer, record producer, audio consultant, recording engineer, or mix engineer:
- Aizuri Quartet
- Albany Symphony Orchestra
- Allison Loggins-Hull
- Amanda Gookin
- ANTI- Records
- Arthur Zankel Music Center, Skidmore College
- Arts Center of the Capital Region
- Aston Magna
- Attacca Quartet
- Bergamot Quartet
- Blank Forms
- Bloomingdale School of Music
- Boulanger Initiative
- Brandee Younger
- Brittany J. Greene
- Caroline Davis
- Caroline Rose
- Caroline Shaw
- Cassandra Jenkins
- Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
- Christopher Cerrone
- Chromoscope Pictures
- Chuck Johnson
- Cohoes Music Hall
- College of Saint Rose
- Columbia Composers
- Criterion Channel (with Eloise Sherrid & Lauryn Welch)
- Daniel Kleederman
- Emel Mathlouthi
- Emma Willard School
- Ensemble Échappé
- Ensemble Dal Niente
- Evan Runyon
- Georgia Beatty
- Half Waif
- Heartbeat Opera
- International Contemporary Ensemble
- inti figgis-vizueta
- JACK Quartet
- Jake Sherman
- Jennifer Koh
- Jessie Montgomery
- Jiji Guitar
- John & Gerald Clayton Quartet
- Johns Hopkins University, Peabody Institute
- Katie Martucci
- Ledah Finck
- Live Sound Inc.
- Lucy Dhegrae
- Melles Classical Music Foundation
- Michael Harrison
- Miguel Zenon
- Missy Mazzoli
- Molly Germer
- Molly Joyce
- Music of the Americas
- New York City Ballet
- New York State Department of Health
- Opera Saratoga
- Organ Colossal
- Outcalls
- OurConcerts.Live
- Pamela Z
- PBS (with Eloise Sherrid & Lauryn Welch)
- Pink Cloud Studios
- PS21
- PUBLIQuartet
- Roomful of Teeth
- Saapato
- Seraph Brass
- Spencer Zahn
- Sophia Subbayya Vastek
- Takuya Kuroda
- Talea Ensemble
- Tang Museum, Skidmore College
- Tenzin Choegyal
- Terri Lyne Carrington
- Thalea String Quartet
- The Linda, WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio
- Third Coast Percussion & Jlin
- Topic Studios
- Troy Savings Bank Music Hall