Aurèle Grima

Record, mix and produce

Aurèle Grima on SoundBetter

Industry grade records, mixes and productions. Would be happy to be part of your projects.

Three years experience in the industry as a record and mix engineer, and a beatmaker/producer.
I have worked with artist such as : Tsew The Kid, Georgio, Nemir, Youv Dee, Kyo, Lord Esperanza, Leo 55, Vendredi-Sur- Mer, Praa, Diva Faune, Antoine Elie, Tapz Gallantino, Coyote Jo Bastard, Tawsen, Dominic Miller, YG Pablo, Nelick, Ezra...

Click the 'Contact' above to get in touch. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Interview with Aurèle Grima

  1. Q: Analog or digital and why?

  2. A: Both. They both have great advantages, and are complementary.

  3. Q: What do you like most about your job?

  4. A: Enhancing the potentials of songs. Bringing life to raw ideas.

  5. Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

  6. A: A pitch of the project/song. What are the reference tracks (song of others that are good example of how they want to sound) ?

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

  8. A: Add references tracks to the description of what "sound" you want.

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

  10. A: Laptop, interface, headphones, midi keyboard and a mic.

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

  12. A: I've been doing this for three years.

  13. Q: How would you describe your style?

  14. A: Tight, fat and texturized

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

  16. A: The Weeknd Because of the quality of the raw material before the production, and the level of detail there is on each track.

  17. Q: Can you share one music production tip?

  18. A: Do what sounds good to you, and don't mix or produce at high levels, we can't change our ears.

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

  20. A: Trap, RnB, Pop

  21. Q: What's your strongest skill?

  22. A: Bringing texture.

  23. Q: What do you bring to a song?

  24. A: My purpose is to bring balance and clarity while enhancing the emotions, the life and the power of the track.

  25. Q: What's your typical work process?

  26. A: - Receiving tracks - Preparing the session with the tracks of the song and the reference tracks - Making a balanced premix to get settled - Mixing the song as the client asked (clean version of reference track, a bit produced, etc... it depend of the client) - Sending a first version to the client and waiting for his answer - Make the changes a send a new version

  27. Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

  28. A: 13m2 room dedicated to the studio in my appartment. I made the acoustic treatment myself. I have two monitors (Mackie HR824 mk1 and Yamaha NS-10M), a U.A. Apollo interface on a Apple MacPro 5.1, a Neve 1073 preamp and most of the common plugin in the industry

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

  30. A: Alex Tumay, Derek Ali, Illangelo, Jaycen Joshua

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

  32. A: Mixing

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Gear Highlights
  • Mac Pro 5.1
  • Mackie HR824 mk1
  • Yamaha NS10
  • UA Apollo Firewire Interface
  • Neve 1073 PA
  • WA-47jr Mic
  • Moog Sub37
  • N.I. Maschine Studio
  • N.I. Komplete Kontrol S49
  • Akai MPD24
  • and most of the "must have" plugins used in the industry
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