Sound Design
3x Grammy Mixing & Mastering Legend Luca Pretolesi shares his sound design techniques for creative mixing and music production. This technique combines EQ, Saturation, Reverb, Automation, and more to enhance the movement and impact of any sound. These techniques can be applied early in your music production to create unique sound design like Luca Pretolesi.
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Sound Design
3x Grammy Mixing & Mastering Legend Luca Pretolesi shares his sound design techniques for creative mixing and music production. This technique combines EQ, Saturation, Reverb, Automation, and more to enhance the movement and impact of any sound. These techniques can be applied early in your music production to create unique sound design like Luca Pretolesi.
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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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