Vasilii Strakhov on SoundBetter

I can make your rock songs sounding powerful and modern.

Mixing and mastering engineer, record producer
Education
St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television, Faculty of Media Technologies (2013 graduated)
Specialization: Audiovisual technics (sound engineer equipment)

Online courses
- Professional Production System at Hardcore Music Studio (Jordan Valeriote)
- Nail the mix
- Mix with the masters

Work experience
2012 - 2013 Multichannel recording engineer at live shows in clubs of Saint-Petersburg (Vanilla Sky (Italy), Hogwash (France), Naik Borzov, Mul'tfil'my, 7 Rasa etc.)
2014 - 2020 Record, mix and mastering engineer on my own studio «Ocean Sound» (Port 812, Plyazh, Koreya, Mul'tfil'my, Shokoladnyy tort, Makulatura, Psikhea etc)
2018 - 2022 Record, mix and mastering engineer at Gorohovaya 19 studio (Iowa, Tommi English, Port 812, actors of cinema and theaters)
2021 - 2023 Mix and mastering engineer, sound producer at my own studio «Strakhov Music»

Software - Pro Tools Studio 2023, Studio One Pro 6, Melodyne 5, Revoice pro 4, almost all audio-plugins for audio production

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Credits

Languages

English
Russian

3 Reviews

Endorse Vasilii Strakhov

by Женя М.
Thanks to Vasilii for the cool sound & production of my songs. We have been working with him for many years and everything is always fine.
Highly recommended
by Alex Bochkarov
I have been working with Vasilii for 13 years now on completely different projects and styles of music. He is a great professional and a great guy with whom you can always find a common language and negotiate. He always completes the work on time and always ready to suggest and make the product better, since he himself is an excellent musician and sound producer as well. 100% recommended
by Konstantin
An amazing sound engineer. He helped me with recording guitars a lot of times and I was always satisfied. Thanks!

Interview with Vasilii Strakhov

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: I'm very proud of every project I've worked, no matter how big the artist.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: I working now as mixing engineer with Russian pop-star IOWA
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Matty Harris for Pop and EDM productions.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: I like to do tracking with analog consoles and outboard gear with compression and equalisation on the fly. This way can teach engineer to commit decisions and become better. And like to do mixing in DAW for it flexibility and endless possibilities.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I promise that I will do all my best to provide best sounding mix.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: I like to watch how recorded multitracks appeals to finished song, which can attract new listeners.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: - Do we need tracking guitar takes twice? - Yes, of course!
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: Editing and tuning vocals is still part of production.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What's your references and goals after mixing?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Try to make your production as best as you can before mixing. If song sounds good before mixing, I can do it sounding excellent after mixing.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: MacBook Pro, Ollo S4x Headphones, Electric guitar, Midi keyboard and Apple EarPods for checking my mixes
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I'm doing mixing and mastering for clients since 2010. I graduated St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television on Sound engineer in 2013. In 2014 I opened my own studio and worked at another studios.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: My style is modern, polished mixes sounding powerful and natural at the same time.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I would like to work with Green Day, because it's a first band which opened for me modern rock genres and stilll sounding great.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: I can share my favourite tip for modern productions with live drums-using parallel compression and clipping drums bus to make it as big as possible without sacrificing headroom.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: I usually work with pop-punk and pop-rock genres.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: I'm very patient and diligent, I can work with song as long as needed to get the desired result.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I bring to a song polish and powerful sound.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I like to work in communication with artist. I asked for demo-rough mix and references to understand their vision off production. And I do my best to make the artist happy with final result.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Now my main mixing setup is MacBook Pro with Pro Tools 2023 with Presonus Studio 24c and Ollo S4x Headphones.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: I inspired by mixing from Tom and Chris Lord-Alge, Zack Cervini, Jordan Valeriote and Sam Guaiana.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I do editing, mixing and mastering works in rock genres.