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Luca Pretolesi

Mid-Side Eq For Cleaner Mixes

14 min

Sometimes a mix can get pretty busy, and it’s hard to get everything to sit just right. In this lesson, we’ll take a look at how Mid-Side Processing can help create more space between sounds. We’ll go through a few simple tricks to clean things up, improve separation, and make your mix feel more open and balanced without losing its energy!

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Mid-Side EQ for Cleaner Mixes
Luca Pretolesi

Mid-Side Eq For Cleaner Mixes

14 min

Sometimes a mix can get pretty busy, and it’s hard to get everything to sit just right. In this lesson, we’ll take a look at how Mid-Side Processing can help create more space between sounds. We’ll go through a few simple tricks to clean things up, improve separation, and make your mix feel more open and balanced without losing its energy!

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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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