Background
I first began mixing during the pandemic and recording primarily vocals in Pro tools with my close friend in my closets at my mom's house, then later with new clients. overall making ~$1k during in a span of about a yr and a half. I was learning the basics of eq, compression, reverb, mic placement, mastering and navigating in pro tools, etc. All on YouTube.
Early Journey
It took me months to learn things like figure out the perfect mic position in my home studio which you see here in the picture (Faced to the wall with acoustic treatment from Auralux). I became fascinated every day to learn more about mixing. from all the different types of gear like the 1176 (which is my fav) or a Fairchild 670, more shortcuts in Pro tools, and the differences between SSL, Api and Neve.
So what are some of my skills?
Over the past 4 months i ve been diving deep into learning to correct a voice or instrument tone with eq, control dynamics with or without serial compression, or bus compression. Identify problems such as correcting phase or with problematic drum recordings. create a naturally wide, immersive mix with a good contrast of the types of reverbs, delays, and panning. Use multiple references to help guide my mix to meet sonic standards or creative ideas. Safely master and translate a mix to a client's request and/or streaming requirements.
Why Audio Engineering?
I knew it was something I was passionate about because I kept buying more things for the studio, kept learning about all types of gear and uad plugins. Learning from old mixes and new mixes. I think mixing can be quite fun sometimes and I love a challenge. I love helping others shape their vision musically and sonically.
-In this picture you see a couple of upgrades with my setup.
Closing
I spent lots of time (between July and now oct) working on many new FULL mixes to help me build this portfolio. Putting so much time relearning and learning new things how to mix different genres. I know in my heart and ears i can be the most reliable and best engineer I could be and is what I've been doing lately. I know I'm just lacking professional mentorship, and experience. Maybe you can provide that for me. So, consider me. And last but not least, CHECK OUT MY WORK!
Last month I also took on a job mixing 5 songs (making $200) for my very close friend mentioned. This month of oct, I've entered a mixing contest also. I won't know if I've won until Nov. Here is the link to my mix for that.
All these songs i got from Cambridge-mt.com Library to practice mixing and mastering. which were also all done on a laptop with Ath-m40x headphones, and my uad satellite.
The 1st rock song ive worked on which was very very challenging. Spent a whole week just about learning how to process electric guitars while mixing this song.
Also, my first full hip hop mix. Encountered lots of problems working with allot of the samples. For ex; the piano was "Tiny"
My 1st full R&B song. i enjoyed working on this. I hear some things i could have done better like tame that cow bell and vocal highs more in some parts using automation.
Used a touch of auto tune, lots of high-end on this song. So, made space for the vocal's sidechaining guitars to the vocal somewhere in the high Mids. I also didn't compress none of my buses on this one.
After some professional Critiquing from a certified audio engineer This is the remixed version. He suggested the bass and vocals to sit better in the mix.
The challenge here was time efficiency. Took me about 4 hrs total.
This song was also critiqued by a different professional audio engineer who has some big credits.
The biggest mix I've worked on (46 tracks).
Probably the most hardcore rock song I've worked on. Really enjoyed working with this mix. One of my latest mixes. Automation was the challenge.
Credits:
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