Fix My Mix 07 Luca Pretolesi
Introducing KatsNotDogs music producer and MyMixLab subscriber who submitted a club friendly house track that featured a wide variety of musical influences in the production, but needed the final 10% of the mixing and mastering re-done by Luca! In this 22+ minute course Luca walks you through how he did the final mix and master from session prep, processing synths, drums, fx, and master buss! Download Luca’s 3 plugin presets after watching the videos! In December 2020 we announced our new Fix My Mix series where subscribers of MyMixLab can submit their mixes to be finished by 3x Grammy Engineer Luca Pretolesi or Reid Stefan Realest Puppet In The Game! Since then we’ve received so many amazing track submissions and you can submit your music for next month’s Fix My Mix here!
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Fix My Mix 07 Luca Pretolesi
Introducing KatsNotDogs music producer and MyMixLab subscriber who submitted a club friendly house track that featured a wide variety of musical influences in the production, but needed the final 10% of the mixing and mastering re-done by Luca! In this 22+ minute course Luca walks you through how he did the final mix and master from session prep, processing synths, drums, fx, and master buss! Download Luca’s 3 plugin presets after watching the videos! In December 2020 we announced our new Fix My Mix series where subscribers of MyMixLab can submit their mixes to be finished by 3x Grammy Engineer Luca Pretolesi or Reid Stefan Realest Puppet In The Game! Since then we’ve received so many amazing track submissions and you can submit your music for next month’s Fix My Mix here!
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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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