Mixing and mastering for independent artists. I work remotely from Calgary with artists anywhere.
Each one has the raw mix on one side and the finished mix on the other. Switch between them while it plays.
To me this song tastes creamy, the way coffee does with cream. I gave the voice a touch of LA-2A saturation and careful tone shaping, soft but not harsh, not too thick. I balanced everything toward sustain over transients, so the band flows around the melody and surrounds it. I wanted it to make your day a bit tastier.
When I first heard the demo, I pictured a duo playing to a handful of people. The song is too personal for a big room, and the intimacy wouldn't survive one. I wanted to carry that closeness onto the record. The acoustic guitars and cellos are bright by nature, so I wrapped them in warm, soft System 6000 reverbs, with so much space around them that you can dissolve into it.
This song was begging to become a huge wall, and its story is a grindy, bumpy road, so I didn't smooth it out. I pushed the lead vocal through a tube preamp into overdrive, and I know many would call that too bold. It was exactly what the song needed. Lots of chamber reverb makes everything larger still. Medium-rare, no sides.
A stereo beat with a lead vocal and ad-libs, up to about 8 tracks.
Real instruments, up to about 40 tracks. Larger sessions are quoted individually.
One finished stereo file, prepared for streaming and release.
One engineer does both steps, so the master is set up around the mix. Added to the mix price.
3 revisions includedPrices shown in CADNo credit required
Fill in the form below with your stems or session, a reference track, and what you want the song to feel like.
I listen first, then reply with a fixed price and a delivery date.
You get a first mix and up to three rounds of adjustments: levels, tone, small moves.
Final files in the formats you need, and a clear record of what changed.
I have worked in audio since 2015, most of it as a touring lead audio engineer and system engineer, in arenas of 10 to 30 thousand people, in clubs and at corporate shows. Now I mix and master records in my studio in Calgary for independent artists around the world.
A properly designed and deployed large-format PA becomes a palette. The mix engineer becomes an artist who paints over it with the colours the artist gave them.
The same thing happens in the studio when a project arrives.
For a mix, send WAV stems starting from the beginning of the song, at your session's sample rate, with no processing on the master bus. Add a reference track and a note on what the song is about. For mastering, send one stereo WAV file in 32-bit floating point, with no limiter or clipping on it.
Adjustments to the mix: levels, tone, small automation moves. Rearranging the song or replacing parts is a new project and gets a new quote.
2–3 business days for simple mixes and mastering, 5–7 business days for band and multitrack mixes. You get the date in the quote.
In Calgary, yes: vocals, acoustic instruments and other small-scale tracking in my studio. Everything else I do is remote. Tell me what you have in mind and I will send a quote.
No. Credit is your choice.
A few lines are enough. I reply with questions or a fixed quote.