Mixing

When to mix outside your room

Home setups are capable, but rooms and monitors differ. If kicks feel random between speakers, vocals stay brittle, or phone playback collapses, an external mix here is often the fastest reset. Teams without a dedicated mixer also book per song or EP package.

Tracked vocals with us? The engineer already knows how those takes were captured — that saves placement time in the beat.

What we need from you

Send 24- or 32-bit WAV stems from the same start point, no limiter on the mix bus. Include a rough mix plus BPM, key and two reference tracks for direction (not to clone). Our stem guide covers folders and naming.

• Vocal stems with ad-libs separate
• Drums split where possible
• Instrument subgroups
• Tempo map if you used vari-speed

Unclear files? Email [email protected] before paying — fixing prep beats burning hourly time.

How we work in the room

We gain-stage and subtract before stacking effects. Drum parallel compression, vocal delays and sidechain choices follow genre — hip-hop and folk ask for different moves — but we avoid preset chains that make every song identical.

At €88 per hour you sit at the desk: you move faders, we guard technical and acoustic pitfalls. Great for learning; less ideal if you want a finished mix while you are offline.

Revisions, timing and comms

Each quote includes 2 revision rounds per song or EP. One email per round keeps the process fair. Turnaround depends on queue and complexity; with complete stems we usually quote a few business days after intake.

We aim to reply within 1 business day on mix questions. Rush may be possible for a fee — ask via contact.

Rates and packages

All rates include 21% VAT. Per track up to five minutes: €185. EP up to six tracks: €680. Attended hour: €88.

B2B invoices: 14-day terms when agreed. 25% deposit may apply on larger jobs — see terms and conditions.

Deliverables and exclusions

You get at least a 24/48 stereo mix WAV; instrumental or TV mix on request. Mastering is separate (mastering from €78).

Not included: re-recording weak takes, heavy time editing beyond normal vocal comp, sample clearance, distribution, revisions beyond 2 (charged extra), forensic repair of damaged files. We archive 6 months.

After the mix

Approved mixes go to mastering — in-house mastering can sit in the same schedule. Read mastering, rights and delivery if ownership questions linger.

Podcast recording is a different pipeline; spoken edits use Podcast and spoken audio, not per-song mix rates.

Studio location

Weesperzijde 96, 1091 DS Amsterdam. The studio is on Weesperzijde in Amsterdam East. From Amsterdam Amstel station it is about an 8-minute walk along the Amstel. Tram 12 stops nearby; metro lines 51, 53 and 54 serve Amstel. On-street parking is limited; bike racks are right outside the entrance. Hours Mon–Fri 10–22, Sat 11–18 by appointment. Remote upload preferred over surprise disk drops.

Mixing after vocal sessions here? Mention it when booking so we open the right session.

Checking the mix on your devices

Before we call a mix finished, we listen on our main monitors, a second pair and headphones — not because one truth exists, but because listeners will switch devices. We encourage you to do the same on earbuds and a car system if that is where your audience lives.

If something only breaks on phone speakers, tell us in your revision notes with a timestamp. We can often soften harsh sibilance or rebalance low-mid buildup without reopening the entire production. For catalogue-wide consistency across an EP, mention it at intake so level and tone stay related from track one to six.

Included

• Technical stem check before mixing
• Mix on treated monitors in the control room
• 2 revision rounds per quote
• Stereo mixdown WAV 24-bit
• Instrumental on request
• Short peak/RMS notes if asked
• Archive for 6 months