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My name is Wayne Rathbone. I Mix and Master in an acoustically treated room on Barefoot MicroMain27 monitors. Having worked as a recording engineer for years, back in the good old analogue days and now all “In the Box” on a digital DAW environment and amazing plugins I offer the best of both worlds with experience and knowledge.

I am very proud of my fully online owner built studio setup. I spend most of my time in it, finding my soul, composing, mixing, mastering.. The sound is amazing, I sometime play well known songs I thought I knew through my Barefoot MicroMain27 studio monitors and I hear elements of these songs that I did not notice before. They are so true and clean, just amazing. If you could come over and just listen your would be welcome. Adding to this is my collection over the years of now all software plugins, replacing the analogue hardware I was accustomed to and still getting the sound necessary to meet today's standard and customers demands for perfect, professionalism and in a way create the unique sound they each seek for their songs.

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Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: That the music comes first.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Empathy, being able to see the vision of others and then my adding my experience in the studio in helping them achieve it.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: My experienced ears, soul, perspective and vision. Being a musician and keyboard player, a computer geek, fairly technical and having had long years of playing in bands working in studios and recording all types of music gives me a great understanding of the entire process and outline of the production required.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: In Mastering, I spend time to listen to the material first. If asked, I will offer suggestions according to what I hear. Then I will proceed to master and send a preview on MP3 at 320KBPS for approval depending on any received requests. In Producing I always spend time with the artists to understand their end goal before proceeding. Mixing is fun, one gets to see the inside of someones soul and musical vision.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: My studio was built around the speakers, Barefoot MicroMain 27s, soundproofed and designed to get the maximum out of these flat and true speakers. A isolation room is used for any vocals and all the wires run though the walls or floor, ( I dislike untidiness with cables) . All-in-Box DAW studio running Steinberg's Cubase Pro with Mercury Waves bundle, Fabfilter, Slate Digital and Lexicon plugins. Studio monitors by Barefoot MicrorMain 27. AKG, MXR and Rode microphones, Kurzweil PC2, Korg 770, Korg Polysix, Hammond. Native Kontakt, Spectrasonics, East West and many more VST instruments.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Hans Zimmer. Trevor Rabin,
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: 1) Barefoot MicroMain monitors. 2) Laptop running Cubase, 3) Keyboard controller 4) Solar power unit. 5) Finally a comfy chair.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Digital for me, But it depends on ones perspective as it doesn't matter anymore, the tools are there to be used. But one should realize that colouration is a lot more controllable in the digital domain You can add it in with plugins but in the analogue domain it is always present running through each analogue unit .
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Mostly about deadlines and edits. And yes, I can deliver in shorter times if I have the capacity.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: Its so easy if you just have a laptop and can do this in any room, treated or untreated and get real-world results. These days there is the misconception that AI or a preset on a plugin will be enough and better than a trained experience ear. Definitely cheaper perhaps, but you always get what you pay for I believe and this is your future perhaps.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Know what you want to achieve out of your end result.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Trevor Rabin who likes to break boundaries.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What is your end goal.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Pop, Pop-Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Soundtrack, World, African, EDM, Rap, Electronic, House
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: 3 albums by Adult Art, of which 2 were nominated for SAMA awards.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: just finished mastering a small indie album.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: It's pure pleasure.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: Been doing music for 40 years since leaving high school, as musician (keyboardist) who loves the old Hammond/Rhodes/Wurlitzer sounds and during the 80's mixed worked in a recording studio on original analogue Cadac and Trident desks as the engineer, then producer, to the now fully inside DAW environments.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Soulful, I love a vibe or rhythm emanating from the music that I can identify with.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Use your ears to guide you and your gut to convince you.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Composing, Producing, Mixing and Mastering, Hammond organ Session work.