Projects he has worked on have received Grammys and acclaim from audiophiles,[2] and his book on mastering is considered by some to be the "definitive work on mastering".
[3] Katz taught at the Institute of Audio Research from 1978 to 1979.
In 1990, he founded an audio-mastering company called Digital Domain Mastering, where he continues to work.
[4] Grammy Award–winning albums mastered by Bob Katz: Bob Katz proposed the K-system to measure audio levels and standardize dynamic range in recorded audio.
These processes are designed to "recover lost or amplify hidden ambience, space and imaging, and generate stereo from mono signals without adding artificial reverberation".