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

A: I am proud of all my projects, every production is a part of me.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I am taken with my productions every day. in 10 days an extraordinary album will be released entitled LOCKDOWN, there will be 11 songs Arranged / mixed and mastered by me

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

A: I know a very good musician with the Saxophone and not only, I took care of the mixes of all his albums Abramo Satoshi

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: as anticipated in a previous question I work HYBRID, I take the best of digital and analog.

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

A: until you are satisfied the mix does not end.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I like editing all the individual tracks. nowadays most of the productions are recorded in small recording studios where the quality is not always high. what I like most of all is to resurrect the sounds.

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

A: the questions they ask me are inherent in the techniques I used in their songs to get to the end result. if the client has the technical skills I am always available to explain and teach the process I have carried out.

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

A: no misunderstanding, I'm always very clear.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: the first thing I check, is their size with their Daw to prepare the files to be sent to me in syncro

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

A: try not to distort any channels, I'll take care of the rest.

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

A: my Mac Pro laptop, a Sound card, my Akg for listening and a microphone .. need more? :-)

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

A: my path starts at 14 with the first Atari VST and Cubase, at the time (35 years ago) it was not as simple as it is now !! I remember an infinite number of sound processors that I had (Proteusm, M3R, POLY800, Roland D50 etc.) Cubase managed only 16 midi tracks and for audio recording I used a 4-track Tascam. good times :-)

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: my style is warm and velvety. all sounds will have their own space.

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

A: I don't have a star that I would like to work with. I feel privileged to mix any artist.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: my first tip is: any sound or instrument you are recording in your project ,, insert it as if it were a finished sound. a bad sound will remain a bad sound !!

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

A: my strong point is commercial Pop music, but I am also very active with Instrumental Albums of soloists such as; saxophonists, guitarists, violinists, etc.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: make a mediocre song a hit

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: to a song I bring its entity, for sure I have my sound signature, but I try to stay in line with the client's production.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I almost always prefer to listen to a reference of the song (hear what the client's starting point is) then listen to all the separate tracks and start a corrective and subtractive editing. then I start by balancing the complete mix and then processing with effects and all the care that the song requires. until reaching an excellent quality -

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: my instrumentation is hybrid, my favorite Daw is Logic X, but over the years I have worked with almost all of them. My sound card is a UNIVERSAL AUDIO Quad connected to a RME ADAT / TDIF / AES-EBU CONVERTER 8 CHANNELS 24-Bit / 192kHz Triple converter of digital formats and Sample Rate converter 8 channels, 192 kHz / 24 Bit: all managed by a Mac Pro Intel Xeon 5690 12 Core 3.46 Ghz - 64GB RAM DDR3 1333Mhz - (a Beast) all the separate channels will meet in TL AUDIO EBONY SUMMER A4 16: 2 CLASS A + TUBE SUMMING MIXER ANALOG SUMMER, to return the warmth and depth that only the analogue can give. then to obtain an excellent Glue from the adder, I go through a VLA Compressor. and so I have my Pre / Master.

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

A: all days are inspired by new technologies and new productions

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

A: normally the client sends me the separate tracks of the project in syncro, at this point I ask him for the musical references of how he would like his song to sound. experience and equipment will do the rest. as the work takes shape I send the client some mp3 plays to the client in case there is a need he will indicate the various changes.