Michael Ihde on SoundBetter

+15 Years expeerience in House Music, EDM and Dance. Focus on Mastering, Postproduction and Remixing.

I am specialized in Mastering, music production and remixing. My main genres i'm working in are House, EDM, Dance and Pophouse but i can do Commercial Pop, Acoustic, Rock, Classics as well as other genres.

Services
- Mastering
- Mixdown, Editing
- Postproduction
- Remixing, Song-Editting
- Beats and Instrumentals
- Sounddesign, SFX and Filmscore

Gear
- KRK VXT and Genelec Monitors
- UAD Interface and Plugins
- SPL, Manley, SSL Analog Equipment
... Some analog synths and all i need to make good music...
i work with Logic Pro and own a lot of plugins ;-)

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Interview with Michael Ihde

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: The collab with Luc Rushmere was a very interesting project and it turned around very well. Not a hit yet but it grows..
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: whats possible dispite im not a magician its a bit like magic and i just love it ;)
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: im not a magician
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Macbook Pro, Monitors, Interface and my beloved Novation Summit Synth
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I begann my study as an Audioengineer in 2008 at SAE College, specialized my skills in Mastering and begun my music producer career with own songs, instrumentals and EDM remixes of popular songs.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Sia cause i love her voice as well as Maitre Gims, Jason Derulo, Taylor Swift and many more...
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: House, EDM, Dance, Electronic
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Mastering, Remixing and Instrumentals
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Warmth, Pressure, Transparency and Loudness, Clarity and Life
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: A lot and a long list! - KRK VXT and Genelec Monitors - UAD Interface and Plugins - Manley, SPL, SSL Mastering gear. - Novation, Yamaha Synths - Waves, UAD, iZotop, PB - Reason, Nexus, Native Instruments, Serum, Parawave, Dune 3 etc...
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Dan Sutter (Echochamber Mastering Engineer). Lost Frequencies, Robin Schulz, Martin Garrix, Steve Aoki, David Guetta etc...
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Mastering ad Remixing (Music Production)
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: improoving my skills and my studio
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: white sea studios
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: analog because it sounds better but digital because you can save and recall everything. so it depends!
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: if they dont like my workt they dont have to pay
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: Can i make a demo for you?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: to be open to critique and not to be shy to let me try to do the best.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: im working very technical and try to get the best comparable sound to a competitive charts hit.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Keep it Simple! Less is More!
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Analyzing the Content and if it's ok hear and feel what i can do. then process it and if its done send a demo to the customer.