Audio Mixing

We’ve been making records for over fifteen years. From recording to producing to mixing and now mastering, the art of finishing music during the final stages of the production process is our calling. Working directly with you, the artist, to bring your sonic dreams to life is what we live to do. You can be sure that your project will not leave our hands until you are completely satisfied. It isn’t finished until you are confident that it’s complete.

These days most of our projects come mainly through word of mouth. Because an artist or band has recommended us to their peers with total confidence that we will simply “Kill it!” for them. If you haven’t read the About page than you probably don’t know that mixing is our absolute passion. It’s deep in our souls so we want to do as much of it that we can while we’re here. It’s all we want to do.

The minutiae of mixing. We automate everything.

Mixing technique: It’s very simple, these days we work entirely in-the-box.

We don’t use external outboard equipment anymore. Not even for summing. We worked for many years on large format consoles using every piece of processing available and yes, that gear sounds amazing. In our opinion nothing sounds better than an analog console combined with external analog processing sent to an analog tape machine. The outcome is just warm and full. This is why vinyl sounds so good.

This process, however, is very expensive. It requires materials and the rental of a studio. Since we can replicate most of the high-end gear found in a professional studio by using software plugins you get all of the benefits of vintage and modern equipment, plus our many years of experience with mixing, for a fraction of the cost.

The reasons we choose to work in-the-box are very straight forward…

• The plugins on the market today sound amazing! They sound just like the real thing because most are created by the original hardware equipment manufacturers.
• They make for the most accurate mix recalls. This is to your benefit because your  mix isn’t finished until you’re completely satisfied.
• It keeps our cost down so it keeps your costs down. Mixes start at $249 per track and take as long as you need until it’s completed. You can’t even rent a decent studio for less than $500 per day. Let alone all of the other expenses that go along with that.

The “Gear”

The software “equipment” we use varies depending on the the sound we’re going for, but our application of choice is Apple’s Logic Studio Pro.

I use an assortment of high-end audio plugins.

Our core set of audio plugins range greatly. From Apple to
IK Multimedia to iZotope
to Universal Audio to Waves.

We run Universal Audio plugins using a UAD-2 Satellite DUO.

For monitors we prefer the Event Audio SP 6 monitors with a KRK Sub. We love the Event SP 6′s. They are super clean without any coloration to the audio signal.

The Process

Most of our work is done virtually. Meaning, you send us files via the internet, we mix the project and send you a high quality mp3 for your comments. Once you think the track is ready we then send you a set of hi-res audio files in the format of your choice – typically a .wav or .aiff file. For the entire process overview please visit the Process page.

Get in touch

If you’d like to contact us about a mixing project please do so here. Also feel free to leave a comment or start a conversation about music.