Andrea De Carolis on SoundBetter

My goal is to deliver powerful and defined mixes without compromises, focusing on your needs and the fulfilment of them, keeping fast and clear comuniction. There is more: as professional drummer, I can record high quality drums if required. I will be satisfied if you will be pleased working together.

Hi, I am Andrea De Carolis, I'm a professional mixing engineer and drummer.

I studied drum since I was 10 and I approached mixing in 2010.
As Drummer, I studied with some of most influent musicians such as John Macaluso, Peter Wildoer, Hannes Grossmann. I took part to multiple and different projects ranging from Pop to Metal, recording albums and playing live around the world.
Despite my experince as mixing engeneering is different, my approach is always professional and passionate.
In 2020 i started my collaboration with Luca Fareri @ Synchrony Studios.

If needed, I can write drum parts for your songs. Also, you can give me your ideas for songs and after everything has been discussed, I will record the drums; afterwards you'll get a high quality mp3 demo of your song -including drums of course-. After that, if you are happy with the result, I will send you all 24 raw individual tracks (final take).

I can work on material provided by you from 44Khz To 96 Khz.
My personal mixing approach is HYBRID type.

Equipment:
Drums (Yamaha/Tama)
Snare (Ludwig/Mapex/DS Drums)
Cymbals (Paiste/Sabian/Zildjan)
Mics (Audix/Rode/Se Electronics/Sennheiser)
Preamps/Compressors (Warm Audio/DBX/Art/TL Audio/Focusrite/Presonus/Klark Teknik and many more)
Motu Converters

Feel free to contact me with any question.
I can't wait to work with you!

Send me an email through 'Contact' button above and I'll get back to you asap.

Credits

7 Reviews

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by Marco M.
I had the pleasure of collaborating with Andrea for the realization of Vinnie Moore's Cover - Into the future.
Fantastic Musician and Producer! He took care of the recording, mixing and mastering!

-> https://youtu.be/I2osOnhj19E <-
M.M.
by Gilles B.
It is a pleasure for me to play with him. he is a true professional in what he does, both as a drummer and as a sound engineer
by Tiziano I.
I had the pleasure of collaborating with Andrea.
he is an excellent and professional musician like few of his kind.
And he is a very helpful person and always ready to recommend the best for music.
I'm just waiting for the time to work together again.

Big. (Waking The Sky)
by Matteo Passaretti
A great professional and friend.
I am very proud to have collaborated with this fantastic drummer and excellent producer, he is very attentive to details and has helped us a lot to make our Metal songs more intense and powerful. he is very professional, helpful and there have never been problems or inconveniences.
we recommend to everyone his hospitality in his studio and his experience with him to produce your songs.

Matt. (Waking The Sky)
by Gianmario Mattei
Andrea is an unbelievable drummer and has an amazing ear! He laid out the perfect groove for any track you submiss and did a phenomenal job with the final track mixdown.
Super professional, excellent guy. I can't wait to work again with him!!!!
by Samuele B.
I had the pleasure of producing my piece with Andrea De Carolis and his studio. The experience was absolutely professional and simple in the same way. I will certainly rely on him for my next productions and instrumental reviews. Perfect One
by Martino
My experience concerns both the recording and mixing process, I found in Andrea an extremely professional and passionate person, able to advise and decide throughout the process to guarantee a very high level result.
Not to be overlooked is the availability of analogue outboards and digital plugins used with skill and personality.
vote 10/10!
M.C.

Interview with Andrea De Carolis

Q: What's your typical work process?
A: The first approach its the same for both: listen the demo of the song/s. After that, I'll start to write my ideas or the charts of the demo. Does that, its time to record. If its only a mixing work, after the demo, I'll start to make a cool balance and optimize all the sounds the the client gave me. After that, its time to artistic work.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I have an a Hybrid set up divided in two specific parts: 1 - Recording, 2 - Mixing I can switch really fast between this two situations and i can use all my analog grears for do both things.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: There are many. For the mix: Chris Lord-Alge, Andy Wallace, Michael Brauer, Joe Carrell For the drum: Simon Philips, Vinnie Colaiuta, Uli Kush, Todd Suchermann, Nicko Mcbrain
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Recording drums and mixing the whole production
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: BOTH! I use an hybrid system for that reason. I think it is a matter of workflow, in primis. And also because there are sonic benefits in the analog process and super facility in the digital
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: They will surely be satisfied
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: the thing I love is that it's always different and inspiring
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Q - You can realize this idea? A - Absolutely yes
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Rock, hard rock, metal, country and blues
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: My solid groove and my interpretation of the songs
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: My personality