Online mixing services

[Nahuel]

Yea I was thinking that the mastering forum have it's "where to" sub forum but here there's no "where to mix" section. Why dont Tony sticky this thread or start the same and sticky it?

If you offer online mixing services throw your link or post the info here (a detailed description of your services including rates would be perfect but it's up to you).

I know GS aint for advertising but hey it would be helpfull for a lot of "non engineer" ppl reading this board and also for engineers looking for clients.

[Brownsound]

I was going to post my info, but surely it's against forum rules, is it not?

[chris carter]

I do 'online mixing', but really, doesn't EVERYBODY? I mean, every truely professional mixer I know works remotely without clients present most of the time. Most of my clients upload files to me over the internet because of convenience and speed (sometimes I get DVDs if it's a whole album... that's a long upload!). I send mp3s via e-mail to get approval of the mixes. Of course, I deliver physical masters in the end. More than half of my clients aren't even in the Los Angeles area and some of them are on the other side of the planet. And even the Los Angeles ones still prefer uploading files to me rather than getting in the car.

Unless I'm not understanding what 'online mixing' is?????

My mixing rates are on my website; I don't feel the need to repeat them here.

[clivek]

Ill mix anybody's tracks for free so they can preview my work !!

Hit me up

[Nahuel]

No I personally dont offer mixing services, but yea I'm intersted in having a thread with a brunch of links and engineers to choose from.

You identified yourself as a mix engineer with his own room and provided a link to your info and rates: that's fine.

keep them comming (if Tony is ok).

[AffiliatedEnt]

def would like this resource!

[bgrotto]

Anyone interested in getting at me: I can best be reached via PM or (preferably) at bgrotto@gmail.com.

My studio has a full blow PT HD 3 rig, a Studer 827 2" 24-track, and an ATR 102 1/2" deck for mix down.

We've also gotta 56-input Tritech desk and racks of outboard that'd have you creamin' your jeans (contact me for details if you're curious; there's too much to list here). We also have the usual assortment of plugs (Waves, BF, AutoTune), and some goodies (URS, Eventide, McDSP, etc etc).

We've got a variety of rates depending on the project, and offer reduced rates for unattended, mail-in sessions (like the kind the OP is talking about here), and even MORE reduced rates for mix sessions done during studio down time.

Me, personally, I try as hard as possible to work within clients' budgets, so if you wanna get at me, please let me know how much you have. I don't want to play some kinda money-negotiation poker game; that ain't my style. Lemme know what you got, I'll let you know what I can offer, and we'll know if I'm the right dude for your record. Bullshit-free.


Benny

[DrDeltaM]

Originally Posted by chris carter

I do 'online mixing', but really, doesn't EVERYBODY?

Indeed, with the close to 50k Gearslutz.com members, this could become a VERY long thread if everybody who does 'online mixing' actually posted here

[Nahuel]

...

Yea but when you looking for an engineer in here you gotta read whatever thread trying to guess if such and such are typing like a professional engineer with his own "mix it like a record" room ... you send PM's without knowing if you talk to a pro or if you can afford dude's rates... let's be real everybody on GS aint a professional "hip hop" mixing engineer... You got musicians in here, audio hobbyists, all kind of backing tracks creators, ME's... btw I never seen posts like "ha ha" in the "where to" mastering sub forum. So really I dont see what's so amusing here... Whatever
Thanks to the engineers posting their info and links.

[ryst]

Originally Posted by bgrotto

Anyone interested in getting at me: I can best be reached via PM or (preferably) at bgrotto@gmail.com.

My studio has a full blow PT HD 3 rig, a Studer 827 2" 24-track, and an ATR 102 1/2" deck for mix down.

We've also gotta 56-input Tritech desk and racks of outboard that'd have you creamin' your jeans (contact me for details if you're curious; there's too much to list here). We also have the usual assortment of plugs (Waves, BF, AutoTune), and some goodies (URS, Eventide, McDSP, etc etc).

We've got a variety of rates depending on the project, and offer reduced rates for unattended, mail-in sessions (like the kind the OP is talking about here), and even MORE reduced rates for mix sessions done during studio down time.

Me, personally, I try as hard as possible to work within clients' budgets, so if you wanna get at me, please let me know how much you have. I don't want to play some kinda money-negotiation poker game; that ain't my style. Lemme know what you got, I'll let you know what I can offer, and we'll know if I'm the right dude for your record. Bullshit-free.


Benny

If I was looking for a mixing engineer (I am a mixing engineer, so I'm not) I would be WAY more concerned with the sound of their mixes rather than the gear they used or had access to. I know this is gearslutz but a good mixing engineer is a good mixing engineer regardless of what they use.

Benny, you are good mixing engineer and even cooler dude. I have heard your mixes. But I wouldn't care what you used honestly. Based on our conversations and the mixes I've heard, I know you would be easy to work and you would get good results out of a 4 track if that's all you had.

A lot of people here probably disagree with me here but that's my opinion!

BTW, check yo' email, fool!

[bgrotto]

Originally Posted by ryst

If I was looking for a mixing engineer (I am a mixing engineer, so I'm not) I would be WAY more concerned with the sound of their mixes rather than the gear they used or had access to. I know this is gearslutz but a good mixing engineer is a good mixing engineer regardless of what they use.

Benny, you are good mixing engineer and even cooler dude. I have heard your mixes. But I wouldn't care what you used honestly. Based on our conversations and the mixes I've heard, I know you would be easy to work and you would get good results out of a 4 track if that's all you had.

A lot of people here probably disagree with me here but that's my opinion!

BTW, check yo' email, fool!

True, but I've been around long enough to know the first bit of bait to use to sell myself is a fancy-ass gear list. Next comes a couple mix examples. Next comes a fair price.

There's a lotta competition out there for this kinda thing, and a lot of it comes from home/project studio hacks. A lot of it also come from home/project studio geniuses, and still more comes from commercial studio hacks (like myself!). So, you know, I gotta dangle that fancy carrot in front of potential clients' faces to get em interested so they're at least willing to listen to my work.

It's also a sort of tip-off that I'm not gonna be one of these $50/song home-mix guys. I charge more because I've got studio costs to cover, and because (hopefully), I'm better and worth more than that.

BTW - nice soundin' mix! I'll email you in detail soon-ish.

[Marogru]

Online Mixing is a 90% of my work today. I see my clients few times a month, the rest is from overseas. Good thing that I gat this amount of clients that I can expand my studio all the time. I do mostly Hip Hop, RNB, Nu Soul projects but sometimes I get gipsy music even. I'm not gonna brag here about my gear, how many lil freqs and 1176s do I got. Only thing I can say is you can try out my services and then you will decide if you want to work further with me

If some1 is looking for a open minded Mix E, pm me

[studjo]

if you guys wanna check out an all analog mix - I'd be up for it. I have the luxury of an all analog room with total recall - don't have going into details lol - if you wanna hear some crappy sounding mixes go to my myspace site and have a listen there.

Jo

[stilts27]

Originally Posted by ryst

If I was looking for a mixing engineer (I am a mixing engineer, so I'm not) I would be WAY more concerned with the sound of their mixes rather than the gear they used or had access to. I know this is gearslutz but a good mixing engineer is a good mixing engineer regardless of what they use.

Benny, you are good mixing engineer and even cooler dude. I have heard your mixes. But I wouldn't care what you used honestly. Based on our conversations and the mixes I've heard, I know you would be easy to work and you would get good results out of a 4 track if that's all you had.

A lot of people here probably disagree with me here but that's my opinion!

BTW, check yo' email, fool!

Two feelings about that...

Con - when I post an AD somewhere and look for mixing services to acquire - I don't care what you have and especially if someone screams I have PT's LE/HD - to me - so what..industry this that and the 3rd..blah..blah...maybe back in the day..now...not even remotely impressed with the power that is currently out there (which is getting better by the months)..at the end of the day what matters to me is what your product/end result is...cause I can match native systems/ITB mixes/recordings that I've heard that will beat many of HD or decked out studio mixes I've heard any day..skills prevail at the end of the day..

BUT!!! BIG BUT!!!

Pro - on the other hand...I've had or seen clients who don't know ish or bare min get so impressed if you just say the word PT (not even HD!) and are ready to hire you...so it can be a good marketing tool...

so I understand both views when it comes to that...I do like his pitch overall...especially the 'no back n' foth poker bs game' (so many of those moments - tutt). I like the 'straight up' approach...no "bait n' switch" kind of thing.

I would like to see maybe a sticky/sub-forum of some sort for a "Hip-Hop/Rap" mixing services or job availabilty of some sort like the 'Post Forum'. I'd be willing to offer my services to moderate it (keep it from getting out of hand) if necessary?

Tony? Jules?

[chris carter]

Yeah, the advertising your gear thing is a double-edged sword. It is good for the idiot clients who just care what you have and don't realize it's the people that make the records, not the gear. On the other hand, I think it can be a turn-off for pros.

I get people ALL the time trying to get me into their studio (sometimes I'll need to track drums or other instruments somewhere that I can't do at my place.... or they are familiar with my work but don't realize I have my own studio) and I swear to god, the ones who know what they are talking about but don't say ANYTHING about their gear always do amazing sounding work. The only time these guys tell me what gear they have is if I ask. The guys that tell me all about what they have even if I don't ask, they almost always tend to be mediocre at best. And the guys that actually brag about their gear or try to use it as a selling point, their stuff tends to suck balls. It's not a hard and fast rule, but I find it to be true 97.8% of the time.

BTW - the clients who are serious, have serious projects, and know what they are doing... they NEVER ask me what gear I have. The clients I talk to who want to know what gear I have, they almost ALWAYS turn out to be bullshitters, people who don't have enough money to hire me, people who have no clue what they are doing (or even know what any of the gear actually does), and/or people with absolutely horrible sounding karaoke stuff (that not suprisingly, was recorded on an SSL with PTHD524.9886superexelandahalf but sounds like it was recorded on a Fisher Price toy).

[ryst]

Originally Posted by Marogru

Online Mixing is a 90% of my work today. I see my clients few times a month, the rest is from overseas. Good thing that I gat this amount of clients that I can expand my studio all the time. I do mostly Hip Hop, RNB, Nu Soul projects but sometimes I get gipsy music even. I'm not gonna brag here about my gear, how many lil freqs and 1176s do I got. Only thing I can say is you can try out my services and then you will decide if you want to work further with me

If some1 is looking for a open minded Mix E, pm me

How have you built a client base of overseas clients?

[nortyhat]

hey bgrotto ima be getting with ya real soon. trust me..

[chris carter]

Originally Posted by ryst

How have you built a client base of overseas clients?

I have some overseas clients. In fact, I had a No.2 record overseas a couple weeks ago It's just like anything: word of mouth. They know someone who recommends me, or I did something for another artist in the same area. It's just not gonna happen because we bump into eachother LOL. The only difference is that communication can be a BIATCH if their english isn't so hot. I've had projects where I couldn't talk to anyone at the label or management, only the 16 year old artist. Crazy huh? Also, it can be difficult just because of time difference so you really have to pay attention when you send e-mails if you need a quick response.

[TonyBelmont]

Originally Posted by lpuma

If you offer online mixing services throw your link or post the info here (a detailed description of your services including rates would be perfect but it's up to you).

I'm going to close this thread before it gets too far off course, and because it's not really feasible in this forum scenario. I do think we need an outlet to show available gigs and stuff... If anyone has any ideas how to implement this, drop me a line... We could use the hiphopengineering.com site to post these types of availabilities, as I don't know if it's forum material.

I may start a new thread to discuss this in depth later tonight or tomorrow.