Giovany Gonzalez on SoundBetter

Making music is about communication and the way I mix and produce songs is focused on make shine that message and its emotions. I love to talk a lot with the people I'm working with because that keeps me close to the message and makes the best for my clients.

My name is Giovany Gonzalez I’m a music producer and mixing/mastering engineer specializing in hip hop, R&B and modern pop.
My focus is musical impact — clarity, punch and emotional depth that translates across streaming platforms.
Whether you need a polished mix, powerful mastering or full production support, I approach each project with technical precision and musical sensitivity.
Based in Colombia, working worldwide.

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by Oscar Yandy Romero Goyeneche
Un gusto trabajar con Gio, una persona amable y profesional con soluciones innovadoras y con un sonido único. He trabajado con el desde lo musical y la producción. Siempre he salido con mayor conocimiento de la producción y el sonido. Un maestro del mixing y un ingeniosos del recoding y la producción

Interview with Giovany Gonzalez

Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Digital, because is very easy to do a recall on a session.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: The opportunity of enjoy while I'm working and helping other to get their ideas done.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That the mixing process is something magic and that only can be made with specific pieces of gear.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: I ask for references, goals, examples of what they want and I like to ask about things that in the past the didn't like of previous mixes or songs they made.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: To be sure of what kind of sound or song is what they want, how should sound and have a clear idea about it
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Roland SP404 MKII, a laptop, a condenser microphone, good pair of headphones and a trackball
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I've been working on music the past 10 years, initially on live sound and then the past 7 years I've been on the music production field, first on recording, some years later I began to produce music including mixing and that's what I do today
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: My style of mixing is very flexible and creative. I like to do new things all the time and give new ideas to a production to improve the final product
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I'd love to work with Jungle, the records that they make are simply awesome and I'd feel very proud of being part of that great songs
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Using LPF and automation on it will give movement to some elements
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Pop, Hip hop, Indie, Alternative rock and Latin
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: The communication with the people that I'm working with.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I like to give clarity, energy, punch and creativity to a mix so for me is very important to automate many things across the duration of the song understanding every section to enhance the message and emotion in every song
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: First of all I talk with my clients about the approach and the goals that have with their song, after revewing some references and the raw mix I start organizing my session on the DAW, after that I start with general mixing (levels, panning) once I have a reasonable balance I like to start with processing tracks with anything needed like EQ, compression, gate, etc to give the flavour we are looking for, then I like to add a creative perspective to the mix with automation and effects as well, finally I send to the client to start the revisions with them
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I work totally in the box, using Pro Tools and LUNA as my main DAWs, my AD/DA conversion relies on my Universal Audio Apollo Twin and my monitoring system on my pair of Tannoy Reveal 502 and my Audiotechnica ATH-M40x headphones. In terms of plugins I work with UAD, Pugin Alliance, Waves, Valhalla and Izotope bundles just for name a few
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Andrew Scheps, Josh Gudwin, Eduardo Cabra, Rich Costey, Tchad Blake, Tom Elmhirst, Mark Ronson, Eduardo Bergallo, Francisco Castro
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I work on mixing for my clients mainly in genres like pop, hip hop and rock