Gerard Salvia on SoundBetter

Mixing Engineer ( R&B, Reggae, Rap, Soul, Afro-beat) Taste, Technique and Creativity.

Audio engineer with 10+ years spanning live sound, studio mixing & mastering, and audio post. FOH/monitor engineer for 150+ national and international festivals, skilled in PA design/tuning, RF coordination, patching, and reliable multitrack capture.
Mixed and mastered 300+ tracks for artists and labels, delivering release ready masters to streaming/broadcasts standards.
ProTools, LogicPro, Ableton Live, Waves/UAD/FabFilter, iZotope RX,

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Endorse Gerard Salvia4 Reviews

by Jr Dreads
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Gerard mixed a 3-track Reggae EP for me and it sounds fabulous! I only have good things to say about his services: the skills, the talent, the professionalism and responsiveness! Thank you Gerard and I'll look forward to working with you again.
by Fede Salgado
Gerard always achieves the sound that I have in my mind, working with him is a pleasure, and his contributions make my music grow. I highly recommend it!
by SZ
Excellent, efficient, and easy to work with! I truly endorse this guy!
by Everlasting B.
We have a long project on the way and we need mixing engineers. Gerard and I had a discussion about how he is able to help the project, we agreed on what is needed and the fees, and I have his contact in case we need him to mix. He carefully listens to your requirements. He does not reply instantly but he is highly responsive. I will write another review explaining his mixing skills if we end up working together.

Interview with Gerard Salvia

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Yes, Suzanna Music, very good vocalist.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both. It's not about one, every system has it's specific moment and use.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Give my best for the song.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: My laptop, my ilok, my headphones, water and sun protection.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I started to assist in a studio in 2012 and I was doing my recordings and my mixing at home before...so for more than 11 years
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Rihanna, H.E.R., Anderson Paak Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: For sure. A tip that helped me a lot is to automate my vocal clip gain tracks before adding any plugins to it. This allows you to have a consistent vocal sound without compressing it.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Color, Character, Creativity, Loudness.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: My studio setup is a hybrid setup combining the most powerful In The Box plugin processors and a combination of hardware color tones that are used to premix or color my tracks before my mix process.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: The most common work is Mixing. Sometimes when the deadline is too short I do mastering as well.
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: The production and mix of the album Plot Twist make me proud every day I listen to it, but you know, listening to your tracks is difficult but, every work we do is a statement about who we are and where we are. Enjoy always the process of a job.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: An album by an RnB singer from Spain.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Listen to music every day.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Is this my song? And I answer yes!
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: In the gain stage part, the mixing process is not only to put in plugins and plugins. I think that overprocessing the tracks is the most missconception I see in the studios.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: To understand that hiring a professional is not a joke, professionals take a lot of time of their life to be able to do what we do. Trust him or her and be clear about what you expect.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: My style is my a variation between sweet harmonies and punchy transients.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: RnB, Soul, and Rap.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Drums and Vocals.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Listen to the clients until I'm sure that I understand what they want from me and give my best work to them.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Dave Pensado, Jaycen Joshua, Serban Ghenea, Manny Marroquin, Fab Dupont, Andrew Scheps, Mick Guzausky.