Welcome to Offset Audio: 2 Copies Sold, 25+ Years of Audio Engineering, and One Pooched Right Ear

Let’s get one thing straight off the bat: I am not Mutt Lange.

I’m not here to tell you how to produce a platinum-selling record, nor am I going to sell you $1,200 oxygen-free copper audio cables that claim to “un-muddy your soundstage.”

In fact, if we’re measuring musical success by record sales, my career peaked in the digital home-studio boom. I recorded two full-length albums. Total sales? Exactly two copies. One for each album. And yes, I bought both of them myself.

So why on earth should you listen to a word I have to say about audio?

The 256-Track Reality

While my commercial music career was a runaway financial disaster, the journey behind it was a masterclass in digital audio.

Back in the day, I built out a dedicated studio room centered around a massive 256-track digital setup, loaded with high-end Roland MIDI gear and an x86 companion computer. I played every single instrument—with guitar being my absolute favorite to tear into—recorded all the vocals, engineered, edited, punched in, mixed, and mastered everything myself.

When you spend that many hours wrestling with gain staging, EQ curves, channel routing, and digital signal processing, you come away with a deep, practical understanding of how sound actually works. Pair that with running an engineering team focused on both video and audio for over 25 years, and audio isn't just a hobby for me—it’s how my brain operates.

Why Offset Audio Exists

So, what happens when a lifelong audio engineer’s ears don't quite hear things equally anymore? Specifically, when your right ear is pretty much pooched?

You adapt.

"When your right ear stays behind in 1982, but your smartphone has a setting for that."

Most audio blogs cater to audiophiles with pristine hearing and bottomless bank accounts, reviewing equipment that costs as much as a used sedan. Offset Audio is the opposite of that.

This blog is a low-stress, highly practical corner of the internet for real people dealing with real-world listening quirks—whether that’s asymmetric hearing loss, age-related frequency dips, or just trying to get a decent sound balance on everyday gear without losing all the detail.

We’ll talk about practical software tweaks, phone settings you probably didn't know existed, smart hardware hacks, and how to offset biased hearing without burning through your savings.

No elitism, no fluff—just real audio insight from someone who knows the math, knows the gear, and isn't afraid to admit he bought his own album.

Welcome aboard. Let’s tweak some settings.