Mastering · Engineering
Darcy Proper
Darcy Proper is credited on 1,598 releases across 519 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1971–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,598
Credits
519
Albums
6
Decades active
1,762
In collections
Biography
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American engineer and reissue producer. Started as an assistant at Soundworks, New York (1989-91), then worked as an engineer/editor for Sony Classical (1991-98). She became a senior mastering engineer in 1998 at Sony Music Studios, New York City. Moved to Europe in 2005 where she worked at Galaxy Studios in Mol, Belgium, since 2011 based in the Netherlands at with her husband, sound engineer Ronald Prent. They also own Proper Prent Sound in Eemnes since 2015.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,598 releases · 519 albums · active 1971–2026
- Mastering · 1,496
- Engineering · 187
- Production · 128
- Other credits · 74
- Performance · 8
Studios: Wisseloord Studios · Galaxy Studios · Sony Music Studios, New York City · Columbia 30th Street Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Automatic For The People
1992

At Folsom Prison
1968

Out Of Time
1991

Monster
1994

Green
1988

Texas Flood
1983

Couldn't Stand The Weather
1984

Leftoverture
1976

New Adventures In Hi-Fi
1996

461 Ocean Boulevard
1974

Point Of Know Return
1977

H₂O
1982

The Sound Of Music (An Original Soundtrack Recording)
1965

Private Eyes
1981

In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003
2003

Soul To Soul
1985

West Side Story (The Original Sound Track Recording)
1961

Up
1998

Big Bam Boom
1984

Fear Of A Blank Planet
2007

Voices
1980

Around The Sun
2004

In Absentia
2002

In Step
1989
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Peter Maffay
- Johnny Cash
- Rosenstolz
- R.E.M.
- Anouk
- David Garrett (4)
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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