Mix & Mastering: Diplo "On My Mind"
3x Grammy Mixing & Mastering Legend Luca Pretolesi shares his highly sought after mixing techniques from Diplo "On My Mind" ft. Sidepiece which recently became the top house track across Spotify, clubs, and radio playlists worldwide. Luca Pretolesi gives an in-depth look into his personal template and workflow in five part series processing drums, bass, synths, and vocals separately before his final master chain. This course explains the "in the box" plugin workflow for you to apply to your mixes as well as a complete overview of Luca's hybrid and analog mixing approach.
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Mix & Mastering: Diplo "On My Mind"
3x Grammy Mixing & Mastering Legend Luca Pretolesi shares his highly sought after mixing techniques from Diplo "On My Mind" ft. Sidepiece which recently became the top house track across Spotify, clubs, and radio playlists worldwide. Luca Pretolesi gives an in-depth look into his personal template and workflow in five part series processing drums, bass, synths, and vocals separately before his final master chain. This course explains the "in the box" plugin workflow for you to apply to your mixes as well as a complete overview of Luca's hybrid and analog mixing approach.
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Luca Pretolesi
Luca Pretolesi is a world-renowned mixing and mastering engineer with a wealth of professional experience and a reputation as one of the best in the industry. With multiple Grammy nominations and wins, as well as Platinum, Diamond, Billboard, and Golden Melody awards, he has mixed and mastered some of the most streamed songs of all time. He is also the founder and creator of Studio DMI, a state-of-the-art facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Luca has worked with top artists such as Drake, Skrillex, Diplo, Chiquis, Major Lazer, Alan Walker, Dillon Francis, David Guetta, J Balvin, and many more. Luca’s Grammy nominations include Chiquis “Abeja Reina” for Best Regional Mexican Music Album, Diplo “Diplo” for Best Dance/Electronic Album, Diplo & Miguel “Don’t Forget My Love” for Best Dance/Electronic Single, J Balvin & Willy William’s “Mi Gente” for Record of the Year, Steve Aoki’s “Wonderland” for Best Dance Album, Snoop Lion’s “Reincarnation” for Best Reggae Album.
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