
rock specialized sound tech and guitarist focused on time correction and intonation (with melodyne 4 studio) of drums, guitar/bass and voice I work with my Maestro: Maurizio, he has 30 year experience bass and keys player, world tour as progressive and rock musician and arranger.
As starters inside remote mixing services, we want to give low-pricelist and special offers
We are used to:
tune/quantize your tracks
record bass, guitar, keyboards
arrange and compose
mix songs
mix live recorded stuff
edit and master your podcast
italian mother tongue, fluent english speaking!
https://soundcloud.com/tarkusounds
my punk rock band: https://pyramidlago.bandcamp.com/
Click the 'Contact' above to get in touch. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Interview with mattia pelosi
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: I recorded and mix a live performance of "chocolate kings" PFM tribute with original singer Lanzetti I produced, played and mixed my band EP at the age of 22, and I still love it!
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: a prog rock EP
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: not for now! I hope to meet great musician and engineer soon
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: both!depend on the vibe and the mood of the song
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: we want to produce best music. all the time, every work, it's our masterpeace
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: when you feel a customer proud and happy of our work
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: they ask: can you make us sound better musician than we are? the answer: if you could just listen...
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: vintage and nostalgic sound doesn't mean old!
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: is this song represent you? do you truly believe in what you are communicating in the song?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: hire someone that understand you deeply!
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: leatherman multi tool and flashlight! in studio: 1- fab filter pro q 2 eq 2- multiband compressor 3- line 6 helix 4- grado headphones 5- vintage delay like roland space echo
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I work mostly as live-music sound technician since 2008, and slowly growing as studio mix and composer engeneer my maestro started his musical career in late '70..and never stop playing!
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: vintage sound! warm, in the face songs, that really excite the listener
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: everyone who really loves music and enjoy being a musician
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: high pass everything!
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: rock, progressive, pop rock, acoustic and folk music
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: focus on every detail of a song
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: we want to communicate to customer and final listener our passion and commitment for music. our mission is to make and listen great music!
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: edit tracks and fix timing and intonation start apply compression, EQ and FX. work on arrangement and sound edit. when structure, arrangement, little extra-sound (like special sounds, doubling, noises ora special sound effects) is set, we make final mix and check it on several sources. after a couple days or so break, we check everything with fresh ears, and enjoy a beautifull song!
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: a small but confortable room with a couple of ns-10 and a couple o jbl midfield monitors, a Hallen and Heat saber 8 analog mixer, with two rme fireface 800 into windows pc. also a macbook pro with maschine mk3 and a master midi keyboard a recording room with yamaha drum and a SVT ampeg bass amp Settled in a small and peacefull village in the tuscany countryside
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: CLA, Rubin, Albini the rock monsters Zeppelin, pink floyd, deep purple etc. the italian progressive PFM, banco del mutuo soccorso, Area etc. the california punk rock in '90
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: edit, quantize, intonation tracks mix studio, home or live recorded tracks arrange and compose demos and from demos to actual songs

- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $50 per song
- Vocal TuningAverage price - $10 per track
- Time alignment - QuantizingAverage price - $20 per track
- Live drum trackAverage price - $25 per song
- Electric GuitarAverage price - $25 per song
- Bass ElectricAverage price - $25 per song
- Podcast Editing & MasteringAverage price - $50 per podcast
- PFM
- Pink Floyd
- Green Day
- fireface 800
- yamaha ns10
- midfield JBL
- bss DPR 402
- lexicon LXP-1
- Alesis quadraverb
- HELIX native
- dbx 166
- fender stratocaster
- mustang
- les paul junior
- danelectro u2
- 4 string and 5 string warkwick bass
- yamaha dx7
- kaway synth
- maskine mk3