Electronic Music Mix&Master

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: The last upcoming album from the artist Vanity & Ruin. An Experimental Noise project.

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

A: https://soundbetter.com/profiles/226879-ben-bultrini

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Hybrid. Analog for coloring the sound in many ways. I love the rich frequency content of Analog pre-amps and saturation units. Digital for arranging, recording, monitoring, metering, mixing, and mastering. Both have a lot of potentials.

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

A: Quality sound.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: The fact that it allows me to work on some very good productions, and to be part of stunning projects.

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

A: Do you mix and master any genre of music? No. I only work on electronic music.

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

A: That you need expensive analog gear to obtain excellent-sounding mixes and masters.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Which sound you are looking for? Who do you want to sound like? How creative can I be? Guidelines and Deadlines?

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

A: Hire me if you looking for an excellent-sounding mix and master.

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

A: Mixer, Tape Recorder, Headphones, Cables, Contact microphone.

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

A: I started producing experimental beats in my bedroom at 18, in 2016. After a few years, I became able to use sound as a form of artistic expression. But I still was struggling to get a good sound, because I was misusing my tools. In 2020 I started an Electronic Music Production bachelor program in Berlin that widen my knowledge about electronic music and the tools of a music studio. I'm very satisfied with the improvement of my skills, and satisfied are also my clients with the high-quality mix and mastering services that I provide. I started to use SoundBetter to search for more clientele around the world.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Experimental. Constantly experimental.

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

A: Mura Masa. His productions are at an excellent level.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Understand your tools.

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

A: Techno, Noise, House, Drum and Bass, Jungle, Hardcore Tekno.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: They call me the low-end surgeon.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: A dynamic and rich frequency spectrum

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Mix process: Gain staging. Labeling. Break. Applying Saturation, Equalization, and compression only when really needed. Break.1st listening. Break. 2nd listening. 24h Break. 3rd listening.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: HS8M Yamaha studio monitors. MOTU Ultralite interface (8 i/o). Soundcraft Spirit ES for coloring the sound of any recording, re-amping, and sampling: I love its preamps. Roland JX-8P polyphonic synth with the PG-800 programmer. National Panasonic cassette recorder, Reloop MKIII vinyl player, and Roland RE-501 tape chorus echo. Plugin Alliance Bundle (preferred ones: townhouse bus compressor, Lindell 50 channel emulation, Brainworks limiter.

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

A: Many. Amongst them Matthew Herbert, Aphex Twin, and Kerry Chandler.

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

A: I mix and master electronic music pieces.