LuZonic on SoundBetter

My speciality is mixing Pop/Rock, Darkwave, Postpunk and alternative music. We will work together until you are satisfied and happy with the result. I am very open minded to all kinds of music and I am sure we will have a great time working together on your tracks. Book now ! ;))

I am a musician, audio engineer and producer and worked for companies such as Nike and Sky Television. I had an education as an audio engineer and won the mixing contest of one of the biggest and innovative studios in Germany, the HOFA Studios. Early on, I had instrumental classes for piano, organ and violin and have a degree as a church musician and audio engineer. I started mixing for a postpunk project based in Madrid. They hired me, because they knew, that I mixed my own stuff before and after a while, I had the wish to do it in a professional way. So I went to the HOFA college, to learn how to mix like a pro. Later on I took additional classes for mastering, also at HOFA and Ian Shepherd´s course. I mixed a lot of Indie and Gothic bands and built up my studio in Germany which has great acoustics.
I offer mixing and mastering and I am very familiar with the gothic and the alternative scene, but also have some Progressive Rock and EDM experience. Because of my musical education, I also produce music if I have some time left, that means composing music for film, commercials and podcastmusic (Burda Media, Elsevier)

Contact me through the green button above and let's get to work.

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10 Reviews - 2 Repeat Clients

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by kyle N.
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I've worked with LuZonic a few times now and he always know exactly what I'm after and is very quick at making any adjustments. I would happily work with him in the future. Is knowledge and taste was invaluable
by kyle N.
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Very quick and professional, knew exactly what I wanted from the get go. Would highly recommend.
by Andrew D.
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Really appreciated Markus’s patient and professional work with my mix. I loved the warmth, roundness and space that he added in the master. He was great to communicate with and I was also grateful that he had an interest in the track and showed an understanding and appreciation for the genre. Recommended.
by Terran S.
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Markus provides a great service! He has helped me get the sound I'm looking for. I am very grateful for his patience through the tricky process of mixing in an online environment with only direct messaging for communication. Every stage of the mix has been made without delay. With one track finished, I'm excited about the future for completing a full album with him!
by User 1.
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Markus mixed and mastered the coverversion of "Just Dropped In" from my band DEATH IN ROME (the song is originally by Kenny Rogers). He already mixed and mastered several songs of my band so his knows exactly what I want and he had a big impact of creating the sound of my band, I can highly recommend him.
you can hear the final version here:
https://youtu.be/iYti5g6y9AI
by Enrique
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What a great cat to work with, friendly and collaborative.
by Tim Peters
heyho. we recieved great sounding masters from Markus. His sensivity in using the right effects to push a produktion must have a pretty experienced background. the comunication and results coped. highly efficient work. thumps up. you´ll find some of the stuff on
https://hugeantics.bandcamp.com/album/episode-i
by Death In Rome
Markus aka LuZonic has mixed and mastered almost all of the tracks of my band DEATH IN ROME. We did 2 CDs, 1 LP and 1 MC together, along with some small and fast releases. He did a fantastic job and with his almost unlimited patience, he played and still plays a big part of creating the sound of our band. A bright future lays before him (and you'll get great tracks if you book him..)

www.deathinrome.com

check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn_VZCeKjoo
by Ray Sundance
We are Fungi & Foe, a two-piece bass/drum duo from Germany, playing experimental rock music. Early 2018 we recorded our white album. We were looking for a decent sound engineer, who knows how to produce and handle our aggressive and punchy tone. Markus mixed and mastered all seven songs professionally. On top of his engineering skills, he is simply a great guy to cooperate with.
The links to our Facebook and Bandcamp:
https://www.facebook.com/fungiandfoe/
https://fungifoe.bandcamp.com/album/i-remember-how-i-used-to-sit-on-your-face-and-wriggle
by Hans J.
Hallo, guten Morgen, mein Name ist Hans. Ich lebe und arbeite an verschiedene Musik Projekten in Bali/Indonesien. Derzeit warden 2 Songs in der USA produziert. Derzeit bin ich in Speyer.
Vielleicht koennen wir uns einmal unterhalten. Hier fuer eine Kontaufnahme 015776596957.

Gruss
Hans

Interview with LuZonic

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: At the moment, I don´t know anyone
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Beeing open for everything.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Musical and innovative..
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Robert Smith because of his unique style of writing songs and making one of the greatest albums, Disintegration..
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: New impulses, if wished and accepted by the client. Also objectivity and a musical way to look at the track. And of course well trained ears....
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I create the project, sort things and level everything, so that I can have a first listening and an impression of the song. Then I try to feel into the music, what the track needs and how I can influence the mood of the song in a supporting way with my part fo the work.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: At the moment, I don´t know anyone
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Beeing open for everything.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Musical and innovative..
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Robert Smith because of his unique style of writing songs and making one of the greatest albums, Disintegration..
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: New impulses, if wished and accepted by the client. Also objectivity and a musical way to look at the track. And of course well trained ears....
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I create the project, sort things and level everything, so that I can have a first listening and an impression of the song. Then I try to feel into the music, what the track needs and how I can influence the mood of the song in a supporting way with my part fo the work.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I create the project, sort things and level everything, so that I can have a first listening and an impression of the song. Then I try to feel into the music, what the track needs and how I can influence the mood of the song in a supporting way with my part fo the work.
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: I made the music for a Nike commercial, shown at the opening of the Nike Hub in Munich.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: I am mixing music for a film.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Darkwave, Electronic, Indie music but I also mixed a lot of Progrock and Pop/Rock songs.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both, because I like the advantages of both.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I work with the client until he is satisfied, period ;)
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: I am very open minded to new music and I am often surprised about how much good music is out there.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Often they ask me, what they can do better, before I start mastering the track.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That I can save a really bad mix with mastering.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: Mostly I ask them, what bands they like and what visions they have, how their music should sound.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Mixing and mastering. In the case of mastering, I often give advices, how to make the mixes sound better to get the full potential of a mastering.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: It is a hybrid setup. I work with a lot of plugins (mostly the UAD Platform), but also have some analog gear, everything running through Reaper or Bitwig. My studio is a room in room construction with a very nice acoustic.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Laptop, Bitwig and some plugs, Headphones, MIDI Keyboard
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: I am a creative musician and I can feel into the music. During my education as a musician, I had a lot of musical ear training.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: During my childhood and youth, I had a classical education. Later on, I played with a lot of bands and projects from pop/rock to darkwave. For a postpunk band, I have been asked to do the mixing. That was my entry to the world of mixing and mastering and I made an education at the HOFA studios as an audio engineer. Later on I took courses for mastering (HOFA, Ian Shepard)
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: The focus should be on the music and not the gear. Try to record a good signal and don´t forget the simple techniques like panning and levelling.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: I like the work of Bob Katz and his book "Mastering - the art and science". I also come over at "Pensado´s Place" and watch his interesting shows.