I am a sound engineer working for music and visual projects professionally as well as studying academically. My approach to processing audio depends on the need for a composition with techniques applied in a purist way. It is a pleasure to help you on the way to the sound you want to reach. Every artistic production has its own language and texture
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Credits
Interview with Barış Ergün
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Experimental noise ambient music mixing
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Yes
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both of them. Digital domain has flexibility and easiness to reach but analog has musical taste and flow.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I will do my best to feel and express you.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: I change the music which comes to me into a way I want to hear them.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: My job is not only fix the problems and make whatever you want but also satisfy myself as well as you.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What is your expectation?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: I care about feelings in life and in music of course. Please do not work with me if it is a fully commercial work.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Mac, audio interface, speakers, synth and sun glasses
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I've started my education in 2016. Since then, I am doing this.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Dynamic and sincere
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Ben Frost. Because that sound design meets with a delicate sound engineering. I wish I could be in the team :)
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Stop looking at the meters and start listening with the steps of your process.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Alternative rock, electronic dance music, ambient music
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Empathy and expression
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: What composition needs actually. Sometimes wide stereo image sometimes narrow, sometimes large dynamic range sometimes narrow, sometimes full frequency spectrum, sometimes limited. But certainly a sincere, strong, creative and unique feelings and sounds which are there to express the feelings of the artist.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: After organizing the project, I listen the rough mix and then if it makes me feel they way I will head to, I start working. If it doesn't, I give another chance to it in a few hours. When I start working, I complete it in the day and the other day i send it to my client after listening tests.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I have a home-studio with accustomed acoustic environment to produce and a professional studio of my university to use the analog gear like manley and ibis eq's and comp's.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Tom Elmhirst, Thad Blake, Bernie Grundman, Tim Hecker, Ben Frost, Nicolas Jaar, Gavin Lurssen
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Mixing & Mastering
I was the Mixing Engineer in this production
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $100 per song
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $50 per song
- Vocal TuningAverage price - $20 per track
- RestorationAverage price - $50 per hour
- ProducerContact for pricing
- Sound DesignContact for pricing
- Keyboards - SynthContact for pricing
Delivery time depends on the project but generally 1 track takes 1 day to finish and 1 day more to listen again and make some changes on it. 3 revisions on me.
- Dynaudio Speakers
- UAD Apollo Twin Audio Interface.
