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Four Mixdown Tips For Your Melodic Techno Track

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Kicking off 2024 with a deep dive into the technical realms of Melodic Techno! Join Luca Pretolesi as he shares crucial mixdown tips that can elevate your production or mixing game. In our first video of the new year, we're using our friend Gordo track "With You" as our canvas. Let the melodic techno journey begin! 

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Four Mixdown Tips For Your Melodic Techno Track
Luca Pretolesi

Four Mixdown Tips For Your Melodic Techno Track

21 min

Kicking off 2024 with a deep dive into the technical realms of Melodic Techno! Join Luca Pretolesi as he shares crucial mixdown tips that can elevate your production or mixing game. In our first video of the new year, we're using our friend Gordo track "With You" as our canvas. Let the melodic techno journey begin! 

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Luca Pretolesi

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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