I offer professional mobile recording, audio editing, mixing, and mastering for bands and solo artists. Some projects need me for the whole package, others for just a single part. In any case, since I've been playing in bands and doing audio engineering for over 10 years, I offer guidance everywhere you want and need along the way. You want me to record your EP, but haven't settled on the final songs yet? I can help you pick the best ones and suggest small adjustments to the arrangement. You want to record yourself and send me the recordings for editing, mixing, and mastering? I can help you achieve the best sound during recording. You recorded, edited, and mixed your album yourself but want a second pair of ears for mastering? I can give you advice on how to get 10% more out of your mix this time or the next.
In contrast to other audio engineers, I don't work with many genres. I don't know much about jazz, soul, hip-hop, and EDM, but I've been listening to alternative rock and pop punk (bands like blink-182, Billy Talent and Sum 41) since I was eight years old. I have also turned to other bands in related genres, but largely stayed true to my roots. That's why I know this type of music inside and out and focus my work on bands and solo artists that do alternative rock, pop punk, indie rock, some heavier rock and metal styles, classic rock, modern rock, pop rock, electronic rock, folk rock—you get the idea. That's my strength, and that's why people choose me over general sound engineers.
Absolutely, I do indeed work primarily with indie artists and local underground bands, and I love it. I have years of experience recording in not-so-good-sounding rooms and working with suboptimal DIY recordings. The results always exceed expectations, and I love the reaction of the bands and artists who possibly hear their music professionally produced for the first time. "I didn't think our drums could sound this good!" – Of course they can.
Yes! Check out the Portfolio section to hear before/after examples of songs mixed & mastered by me or send me a message if you want the most recent stuff that is not on the page yet.
Simply use the contact form and tell me in detail about your project, your budget, your goals, your musical vision, and anything else that comes to mind. I'll get back to you quickly and send you a link to schedule a phone call to discuss the next steps.
Since every project is unique, exact rates are hard to pinpoint. So, please send me a message telling me more about your project, your needs and your goals, and I can give you a custom quote. In any case, after we agree upon the services I will provide, the price will be fixed, i.e., I do not charge hourly rates. There's nothing that kills creativity faster than thinking about the money every minute. Additionally, when you record with me, I estimate in advance how many days we'll need. If my estimate is wrong and we need more time (even though you know your parts and have practiced beforehand), we will do additional days free of charge until the recordings are finished.
Turnaround time depends on the complexity of the project. Editing, mixing, and mastering typically take two weeks for the first song we do together, and completing the revisions for the first song, one week per each additional song on the same EP or album. Mastering takes 1–2 days. Please send me a message and inquire about availability in advance if you have deadlines to meet. Express delivery is also possible.
You can upload your stems or multitracks via Swisstransfer, WeTransfer, Google Drive, Dropbox, or any other similar service. Please send uncompressed files such as WAV or AIFF in 24-bit and the sample rate you've recorded in, typically 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz. Make sure that the tracks are not clipping, that all edits are clean and consolidated in the files, and that effects are turned off (unless they are essential). For drums, I can work with mic signals, samples, and/or MIDI. For bass and guitar, you can send me DIs, recorded amps, consolidated virtual amps, and/or MIDI. I will give you a complete guide once we reach this step.
Yes! I can track drums with up to 16 microphones. This is how I place the microphones usually: kick in, kick out, snare top, snare bottom, each tom, 2 overheads, hi-hat, 1–3 room mics, sometimes additional spot cymbals. I often work in suboptimal rooms and have optimized my drum microphones so that they sound good even under these conditions and do not introduce a lot of room sound into the mix (except for the dedicated room mics, of course), e.g., dynamic supercardioid and hypercardioid microphones.
Yes, as I have a system that can record up to 16 signals, it supports full band live tracking.
Definitely. I have several vocal microphones, both condenser and dynamic, so we can try out which works best on your voice.
Make sure you have rehearsed your parts well, preferably to a click. Make sure your guitars have fresh strings (bonus points if they are at least medium gauge, as thin ones tend to detune easier/faster) and are set up correctly (so that the fretted note on the 12th fret has the exact same pitch as the natural harmonic on the 12th fret for each string). Make sure you use fresh drumheads or at least that they are tuned.
I do manual pitch and time correction, noise reduction, phase alignment etc. – everything that is needed for a clean and tight modern sound that still sounds transparent and natural. Good editing is something you don't hear; you only hear it when it's missing.
Yes, I use Melodyne and Waves Tune, depending on the desired sound. I can use them to achieve either natural vocal tuning or creative pitch effects, based on your preferences.
Yes, I use advanced noise reduction tools to minimize hiss, hum, background noise, and unwanted sounds while preserving audio quality.
Yes, but I don't just press a button and call it a day. I align manually and adjust timing to improve feel without sacrificing groove or performance, so it still sounds natural and not robotic.
Every mix includes gain staging, panning, EQ, compression, saturation, automation, FX (reverb, delay) etc. I use software by Waves, UAD, Fabfilter, iZotope and more to bring your creative vision to life.
I don't give up until you are 100% satisfied. So, for the first song of a project, you get unlimited rounds of revisions (until release) to ensure that you are completely happy with the result. Then I apply your creative vision to every following song of the project. For those, you get 3 rounds of revisions. Additional tweaks are then available, but not included.
Yes, I offer real-time mix revision sessions via Zoom so we can finalize the mix together and make everything sound the way you want it to.
Absolutely! Rough mixes and reference tracks are extremely helpful for understanding your taste and sonic goals. Typically, I do a deep dive into the bands and artists you provide as references and study them tirelessly while working on your project to better understand your musical background.
Mixing balances individual tracks of a song; Mastering balances the individual songs on an EP or album, ensures that each song meets loudness standards and sounds great on all systems, especially in comparison to other songs on a playlist.
I provide loudness optimization, EQ, stereo widening, limiting, and encoding for all major formats (Spotify, Apple Music, CD, etc.), including assigning metadata and ISRC codes upon request.
Sure, I regularly master client-mixed tracks. I get it – the mix is something you want to do yourself to realize your musical vision, but when it comes to mastering, where objectivity plays a bigger role, you want a second pair of ears. I'm happy to help you with that. I can also let you know if anything in the mix could be done differently to get even better results from the mastering.
Yes! Stem mastering (which typically includes 4–8 stems or submixes, e.g., drums, bass, guitars, vocals) offers more control and flexibility. It's a great choice if your mix isn't 100% final.