My services
What I do
I offer professional mixing and mastering services for bands of all genres, along with recording, editing and live sound. Below, you’ll find how each step works and what I can do for your project.
The recording
Once the song is written, recording is the foundation of every project. Done well, it sets you up for a quality mix and production. Nothing should be left to chance at this stage: the choice of gear, the room you record in, the techniques used in the DAW, the care given to each take and the musician’s comfort all matter.
If you need someone fully dedicated to the technical side and would rather not be behind the keyboard and screen yourself, I can be there for you, and I’ll give you valuable feedback throughout the process.
Don’t have a bassist or guitarist at hand, and missing a few tracks? I can lend a hand by recording them for you, at my place.
If the guitar and bass tones clearly haven’t been settled beforehand, I can re-amp the takes using plugins (mainly the Neural DSP suite) or my Quad Cortex.
the editing
Once recording is done, editing is the intermediate step before mixing: this is where all the tracks are cleaned up and fine-tuned.
All recorded instruments and vocals are time-aligned as needed to get a tight, phase-coherent sound before the mixing stage begins.
If some of the tracks you send contain artifacts, it’s often still possible to repair them with specialized tools and make them listenable and usable, where possible.
The mixing
This is by far the stage of production I’m most passionate about, because it’s where everything comes to life. I play with the dynamics of each instrument, each frequency range and the levels, and add a touch of effects, sometimes time-based, sometimes modulation, to create an atmosphere specific to the track.
This stage can sometimes get very challenging when many instruments and tracks have to work together without any of them losing its character.
If the previous stages were done by the book, mixing becomes a real pleasure where you can let go completely. If not, mixing often feels more like patchwork repair, which is disappointing.
The mastering
The final touch for your track. This is what will make it shine and keep it competitive in the music industry once it’s released on streaming platforms, or even on CD or vinyl.
If your track is already mixed, this service can be done entirely on its own, since I haven’t been part of the project from the beginning. In fact, it’s the ideal approach.
Mastering is included by default in every mixing project I take on, unless you’d rather have someone else master it.
the live shows
I offer my services as a live sound engineer at your gigs. I’ll take care of the front-of-house sound and your monitors, and I can also handle the stage setup.
Depending on the project, if you’re looking for a temporary stand-in musician for a show or two, I’m available on bass or guitar. I already have all the necessary gear, since these are instruments I play regularly.