Hello my name is Juan Valdez owner and head engineer of 662 Recording Studio in Mississippi. I am a graduate of The Audio Institute Of America with a diploma in Recording Engineering & Music Production. I started out in the music industry as a studio bassist in 1976 while still attending high school and have been a mixing engineer since 2004.
*PLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST BEFORE ORDERING ANY GIGS TO MAKE
SURE I'VE MIXED OR MASTERED YOUR STYLE OF MUSIC BEFORE*
I will mix or master your song professionally starting @ $100 per song.
DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATIONS THAT I USE
1. Reaper
2. Ableton Live 9
3. Cubase 6.5
MIXING SOFTWARE THAT I USE
1. Harrison Mixbus32C 6.0 Analog Console
2. Harrison Mixbus 5 Analog Console
MASTERING SOFTWARE THAT I USE
1. T-Racks One Mastering Processor
2. Lurssen Mastering Console
3. Sony Sound Forge 9.0
4. Izotope Ozone 5.0
If you are using anyone of the above DAW all I would need from you are the project files. If your not using any one of these DAW’s then I would need a WAV or AIFF files sent so I can give you the best sound possible.
If your looking to just have your song mastered I will need a WAV or AIFF with at least minus 6db of headroom for mastering.
All songs will be delivered with 3 files (Mp3 128kbps Low Quality) (Mp3 320kbps High Quality) (Wave 1141kbps CD Quality)
I am an authorized manager for issuing ISRC Codes.
Audio samples of my work can be heard to the right or my soundcloud link
Send me an email through 'Contact' button above and I'll get back to you asap.
Credits
3 Reviews
Endorse 662 Recording Studio
Juan is a talented, dedicated audio engineer. I've worked with him a half dozen times on singer-songwriter type material. He's collaborative, open to suggestions and wants to provide you with a mix that you're 100% satisfied with. Also, he's constantly upgrading his tools and his knowledge-base to stay competitive and to stay advancing and growing.
Love working with Juan and will continue as he helped me learn the trade. If you need that professional quality sound for any genre of music you produce or an artist looking for tracks to write to, well this engineer is the best I know and will guareentee that you will have quality hits. Working with Juan has helped my tracks stand out to all A&Rs
Thank you for the great work you continue to do for me...You have been a godsend...One of the best engineers I have come across...I recommend you to anyone!!!
Interview with 662 Recording Studio
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: My career path was the military but I also wanted to be a mixing engineer because of my love of music.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I would like to work with Timberland because he's old school like myself which we both grew up in that era.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: If you want to bring out a snare in your mix to sit good with everything else add some saturation to it.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: I've worked on all genres of music but mostly hip hop and rap have been my biggest clients
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: I would have to say how I make everything sit just perfect in a mix
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: After downloading your stems I then upload them to Cubase for editing which I will remove any background noises from vocals or any other noises that shouldn't be in the mix
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Michael White who was the engineer for Whitney Houston gave me hands on training to help me get my mixing skills much better.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I'm using Harrison Mixbus 32C analog mixing DAW along with 2 Behringer UMC 1820 audio interface. Fostex and JBL studio monitors
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: We mix and master raw wave stems received from our clients
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: Would you like your project mastered which there isn't an extra charge for this service
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Please be patient we give a normal turn around time of 3-5 days but it could take longer depending on the amount of stems that we receive.
I was the Mixing Engineer in this production
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $100 per song
- RemixingAverage price - $100 per song
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $50 per song
- Beat MakerAverage price - $350 per song
- ProducerAverage price - $350 per song
- RestorationAverage price - $75 per hour
- Recording StudioAverage price - $250 per day
Turn around time is normally 3-5 days with 4 revisions. There will be an extra charge of $100 per song for more than 32 tracks.. All mixing projects will receive free mastering if requested.
- Harrison Mixbus 32C Analog Mixer
- Cubase 6
- Waves
- Izotope Ozone
- Sony Sound Forge
- Alesis
- Behringer
- Fostex
- New Single Coming Soon!Sep 06, 2016
We are proud to announce that the new single “Baby Me” from Nigerian recording artist “Heyo” will be released Tuesday September 13th on 662 Records. This is the first release from one of our artist signed to our label. Please visit the link for a preview of this song.
https://www.facebook.com/662records/
