Hamburg-based producer, mixing & mastering engineer with a PhD in musicology. I create music from A to Z for my artist project Heavy Lighta and work with independent artists across R&B, hip-hop, rock, pop & electronic. I bring technical precision + creative sound design to make your tracks punch and shine.
Mixing & Mastering Engineer | PhD in Musicology | Hamburg
I specialize in pop, rock, indie, and electronic music mixing with a focus on clarity and punch. Recently mastered tracks for [mention any artist names, even small ones], with experience in both digital precision and creative sound design.
What I offer:
- Stereo Mastering - €10
- Stem Mastering - €50
- Full Mix + Master - €90
My approach combines technical expertise (PhD in Digital Musicology) with an artist-first mindset. I don't just make tracks louder - I enhance what makes your music unique.
Quick turnaround, 2 revisions included. Let's make your music shine.
Samples: https://mixprof.com
Contact me through the green button above and let's get to work.
Interview with MIXPROF
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: I like all of em.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Music.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: I think applying techniques the right way and knowing what one is doing is by far more important then the question whether the technique is analog, or digitally emulated. Checkout the blind tests around and how confusing they are. And then, we got stuff in the digital domain which just doesn't exist analog. I'd give digital the edge meanwhile. It wasn't always like this, but it is nowadays. Digital is also a faster workflow giving better prices.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: If you don't send completely messed up stems, I will turn that up for you properly.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Working with music and sound, and making productions sound like a record.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Question: Can you mix (or master) this song? Answer: Yes.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: I can't make a bad production sound like a record that wasn't based on a bad production. I could make it sound better though. The better the source, the better the mix, the better the master.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: Do you have a reference? It helps to get on the same page.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: For mastering: No compression on the master bus. If unsure with the mix or want more of a corrective approach, send stems. For mixing: Nothing particular, send high quality stems.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Music gear in addition to other gear? A guitar would probably be sufficient for me. If I really wanted to record, maybe in order to create music I could just listen to, I might choose a simple multi-track solution or something DAW-like, Interface, Mic, Speaker. If I didn't need an interface because I had chosen a multi-tracker with preamps, I'd add a tube multiband compressor for sound versatility.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I'm making music since I was a teenager and obtained a PhD in musicology, later.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Never out of style.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: So many exciting possibilities out there.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Finish work, release it, and promote it.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Varieties of pop, hip hop, rap, reggae, rock, soul, and electronic music.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Problem solving, staying up to date, and getting the job done.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Arrangement, balance, snap, dynamic control, saturation, loudness, more vibes.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Listening to what the client wants, mixing stems, equalization, compression, saturation, then, a similar approach to the master bus: equalization, before bus compression and loudness maximizing via several techniques.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: In the box: Laptop, Ardour, VST-Plugins. Outside the box: RME Ficeface UCXII reference standard interface and converters, Yamaha monitor speaker and Sennheiser HD600 headphones.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: A lot, too many to mention without missing.
