Mixing and Mastering for EDM

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?

A: I don't know to be honest if some of my friends are here.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Wich Bpm and Note is your music? Wich Sample Rate & Bit Depth is your project file? And if you can export the multi track for working in my Daw = Cubase Pro 13

Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A: You can send me a message for asking about what your needs. Also we can made a call by Zoom App for more specific solutions.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: My mixing process starts with import audio files to detect silence. Made Fade-in & Fade Outs to avoid clicks to remove artifacts. Make some surgical EQ, Adjust Volumes, Pan/Balance, Overdub some Vocals or Guitars, and more.

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?

A: Well i have made many mastering of different artists and they release in big labels for psytrance Like: Iono Records, Dacru Records, and many others in the past.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: With Classes of Psytrance Production, and doing some Services of Mixing and Mastering.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: I have been use some analog gears in the past, But the special condition about to prefer the digital on these days is because you can made a much more fast and cirurgical recall for what you need.

Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?

A: Make a better mixing and warm colour and texture for your sound for sure.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I like work in a properly time to made my best. Working in my studio is a easy solution for sure.

Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?

A: Forget some Plugin in Bypass.

Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?

A: David Gilmour, or Michael Jackson. Because they are Legends!.

Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A: In how much time you can do the job? For Mixing i normally spend 30 hours like 3 days around it. For Mastering i spend 3 Hours or Less to made the process.

Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?

A: Cubase Pro 13, Neve 5088 Mix Console, Vertigo Compressor VSC-3, Manley Massive Passive Eq, Dynaudio Core 7.

Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?

A: I have been doing for more than 18 years now.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: My Style of working is check specific problems from possible issues can conflict the cleaner of the mixing.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: You can get in many different ways a better compression when you apply the right one for your target!, For Example: Transparent compressos like VCA can be good for Low Ends Because don't add too much color, And Colorful compressor like Shadown Hills can be good for High Mid Frequencies and Hi Frequencies.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Mastering a track by Stems to get a better color of Warm Digital from UAD Plugins.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Life, Color, Warm and a Wide Stereo Image with a Punch Low End.

Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

A: Astrix, Zen Mechanics, Burn in Noise.

Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

A: Psytrance, Trance, EDM, House, Techno etc.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: My Studio setup actually have the follow equipments: Computer:Mac Studio M2 Max Reference Monitors: Dynaudio Core 7 Audio Interface: RME BabyFace Pro Metering: TC Eletronic Clarity M Stereo Keyboard: Korg Nanokey 2 UAD-2: Satellite Quad

Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

A: I made mixing of EDM and mastering. Normally by Stems groups for a better mix bus color, and Result.