Robert Celestine on SoundBetter

Elevate your music with immersive mixing, mastering, and sound design that captures emotional depth and festival energy. With 20+ years in Logic Pro and 30 years as a live performer across global stages, I specialize in electronic, cinematic, trance, and healing genres. With Dolby Atmos and 7.1.4 mixing for spatial brilliance.

At Serenade Soul Studio in rural East Central Iowa, I craft immersive audio experiences with a focus on emotional depth and technical precision. With 20+ years in Logic Pro and 30 years performing live at festivals worldwide, I specialize in mixing, mastering, and sound design for electronic, cinematic, trance, chill, world, and healing music, plus soundtracks for film/TV.

My approach? Transform your tracks into vibrant, festival-ready productions or serene, healing soundscapes. I use Dolby Atmos and 7.1.4 mixing to create spatial depth, perfect for cinematic scores or binaural healing tracks. I’ve honed my craft through festival collaborations, ensuring your music connects with listeners.

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Interview with Robert Celestine

Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I’d love to work with passionate, visionary artists who push my mixing and recording skills at Serenade Soul Studios. Their drive for unique sound inspires me to craft vibrant, soulful tracks, elevating projects for artists.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Preserve dynamics in your mix—avoid over-compressing to maintain punch and emotion. At Serenade Soul Studios, I use Logic Pro to balance EQ and effects, ensuring vibrant, lively tracks for various genres that breathe and engage listeners.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: At Serenade Soul Studios, I work on psytrance, cinematic, chill, world, and EDM, meditation and healing music crafting vibrant mixes and masters in Logic Pro with spatial audio. My 40 years in music and festival experience shape dynamic tracks for artists, bands, and event audio.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: My strongest skill is mixing, honed over 40 years in music and 20+ years in Logic Pro. At Serenade Soul Studios, I craft vibrant, balanced mixes for genres like psytrance, cinematic, and chill, using spatial audio to elevate tracks for indie artists and events.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I bring 40 years of musical passion, blending emotive depth and festival energy. My Logic Pro mixes, spatial audio, and live recordings at Serenade Soul Studios create vibrant, soulful tracks tailored to your vision.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: At Serenade Soul Studios, I start by discussing your vision, then mix tracks in Logic Pro, balancing EQ, compression, and effects for clarity. Mastering ensures loudness and polish, often with spatial mixing. For live recordings, I capture raw energy with multitrack setups. Revisions refine the sound.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Serenade Soul Studios features a 2024 M4 Mac mini, Logic Pro 11.2.2, and a 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos setup with Yamaha HS8 monitors and HS8S subwoofer. I use UMC1820 and ADA8200 with Midas preamps for pristine recording, plus Serum and iZotope plugins for mixing and mastering. Acoustically treated with bass traps and panels, it’s ideal for cinematic, EDM, and live recordings.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Inspired by Steve Vai’s emotive guitar, Astrix’s psytrance energy, Rick Rubin’s raw production, Polyphia’s genre-blending, Cameron Gorham’s sound design, and Benn Jordan’s innovation.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I mix and master tracks for indie artists, delivering vibrant, festival-ready sound in genres like cinematic, chill, EDM, and psytrance using Logic Pro and spatial mixing at Serenade Soul Studios. I also record live performances, capturing raw energy for bands and aspiring artists.

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I was the Producer, Mixing and Mastering in this production

Dolby Atmos & Immersive AudioAverage price - $200 per song
Mixing EngineerAverage price - $150 per song
Mastering EngineerAverage price - $100 per song
Sound DesignAverage price - $500 per minute
Post MixingAverage price - $200 per minute
EditingAverage price - $40 per track

2 revisions included. Payment: 50% deposit, balance on approval. Turnaround: 3-5 days. Dolby Atmos in ADM BWF; stems on request. Client retains full rights.