Pro Audio Engineer Specializing in Hip Hop & R&B affordable prices, industry quality, & fast turn around time.The work i have been apart of doing has been on billboard charts and received RIAA certification so if you are in the NYC area and you want to book a session or for those that have a home setup and want an industry mix & master contact me
Hello I'm Xalent. I have been engineering professionally for 10 years and specialized in R&B Hip Hop and music along with poscast and radio tracking. Originally from New Orleans La relocated to Atlanta Ga and in 2011 to NYC while there starting my pro career by working at some of the biggest studios in the Atlanta area conducting sessions for Gucci Mane French Montana Busta Rhymes and others.
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Interview with Xalent
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Audio editing for Radio voiceover commercials
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: No one personally
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Digital mainly and because of productivity and accessibility
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Who have I worked with My answer: a wide array of people
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That its a simple press of a button or click of a mouse to produce a great sounding song it requires much more
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What's your intentions for the project your creating? How do you normally work? What's your time frame for a project to be completed
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: The more information and input you have for your product at the beginning the better I can assist in bringing your musical idea into reality
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: My Laptop, Headphones,
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: My career path was starting in music recording then to music mixing that has since evolve into television commercial and radio audio editing. I have in the engineering industry since 2007
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Attention to detail, creativity, & tine efficiency
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: After receiving a session to mix or master I start with listening to the inital mix for 30 minutes then arranging instruments track the vocals leveling out volume and tone until its time to start the technical processes
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: SSL2+ audio interface, UAD Apollo twin, Slate VMS plugin, waves v14 plugins, nomad factory, antreas auto tune suite, Yamaha hs8 monitors,
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: there's a few but I'm proud of all my sessions when the client walked away more than satisfied with the finished product
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: That if they can do their part as an artist I will deliver on my end as a engineer
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: I have the freedom to be and do what I love without restrictions
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Efficient Fast Meticulous
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I like to explore different genres and push my ear and abilities so I don't have a specific artists at this point of my career
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Whatever you craft your production with master it
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Hip Hop, R&B, & commercial voiceovers
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: The ability to improvise and meet tight deadlines
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: DJ Quik, Young Guru, Hi Tek, 9th Wonder, Alchemist, Ky Engineer, etc
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Mixing & Mastering prerecorded songs and music production
I was the Recording & Mixing Engineer in this production
Mixing is up to 2 revision before addition fee is added
Turnaround time for most mixes is under 48 hours upon receiving the files
- avalon 737 preamp
- slate VMS
- SSL2
- universal audio apollo
$100 mixes