300,000,000+ Streams, DOLBY ATMOS MIXING, Over 20 Years Of Experience, Unlimited Revisions, Apple Digital Masters Certified Engineer. Sefi Carmel is an award winning London-based composer, mixing / mastering engineer, producer and sound designer. He has been working with 'A-List' music artists and film productions for many years.
Mixing music has been one of Sefi's great passions for over 20 years.
During the course of this time he has been fortunate enough to mix the music of some real icons such as David Bowie, Phil Collins, Michael Bublé, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Jethro Sheeran, BB King, Massive Attack, Birdy and many more. Sefi was sound supervisor for the Eurovision song contest, broadcast to all members of the EBU, and has mixed music for MTV’s Stayin’ Alive hosted by Beyonce and then broadcast on all MTV channels worldwide. He has previously mixed the music of over forty bands for Channel 4‘s mobile act unsigned. Sefi has also worked with film producers and directors such as Ridley Scott, John Woo, Chris Columbus, Kevin Reynolds and many more, creating soundtracks (Composing, sound design, foley, ADR and mixing), for A list feature films, high profile documentaries, trailers, commercials and games.
Sefi mixes and masters music and films in stereo, 5.1 and 7.1 surround, as well as Dolby Atmos.
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Credits
Discogs verified credits for Sefi Carmel- Fred A. Staire Feat. Alex Larke
- Various
- Louie Austen
- Fred A. Staire
- Various
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- G13 (4)
- Flash
- Koby Israelite
- No Alarms
- Taco
- Cecilie*
- Dinny Skip
- Johanna Kuvaja
- Ori Kawa & The Entals
- Ori Kawa & The Entals
- Cyberjam (2)
- ורדה קריספין
- גידי גוב* = Gidi Gov
- כריס*
- ורדה קריספין
- Various
- Flash
- מאור כהן*
- Sepoy
- Jason G Eastwood*
- No Alarms
- Cecilie*
- Johanna Kuvaja
- Limber De Coco
- Aaxyn
- Ori Kawa & The Entals
- Ori Kawa & The Entals
- Ori Kawa & The Entals
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Sefi and his team did a fantastic job mixing my song, the mix really brought the track to life with exceptional clarity and separation of instruments,I could not be happy with the results.
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great job, the song sounds fantastic 🤩
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Sefi is an amazing engineer. He really helped me perfect my sound and I couldn't have produced my album without him. Invaluable.
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Sefi created an amazing song for us. He produced the song and found a singer to deliver our vision for the track. Thanks Sefi!
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First time working with Sefi. Very patient and down to earth. We are already working on a second project.
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The best. Understands everything that you request and works very professionally. Another brilliantly mixed song by a top man. Highly recommended.
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Sefi was a pleasure to work with! Gave me all the direction I needed to easily do my job! 5 stars!
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I highly recommend working with Sefi. This was our first time hiring a professional for mixing and mastering, and the experience was great! Sefi is incredibly patient and very responsive. He delivers rich, powerful, and tasteful mixes. We're thrilled with the results and will be working with Sefi again!
Ken M.
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It was brilliant working with Sefi on my tracks, he was very responsive to feedback I provided about what I was looking for in the mixes. He provided good advice on individual tracks and made corrections when I requested them. He provided high quality mixed and mastered files with an excellent sound quality.
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amazing! always a pleasure working with Sefi! will be back!
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Sefi always does a masterful job! A good communicator, offering kind suggestions and encouragement, adding the icing to the cake.
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Top class mixing and mastering. Great to work with Sefi
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We are Mugre, a Colombian indie Rock band, for us it was a huge effort but at the same time is a pride to be able to work with Sefi, and he Was incredible kind, i feel so happy of taking the decision to work with him, i think our project just take absolutely i new higer level ! thanks to his professional mind and hands !
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Sefi and his team did a very nice job! His initial mix elevated my song instantly. I am extremely picky and asked for minor changes, and he delivered them quickly and with a good attitude. I highly recommend Sefi!!!
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Thank you Sefi for consistently delivering outstanding results.
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Without falling into clichés, again an amazing collaboration and production by Sefi Carmel for a crazy pop EDM song. Sefi elevated the production with subtle but very precise add-ons that turned the song from good to awesome!!
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Sefi's professionalism and world class sound is topped only by his sophisticated taste and seasoned ear. I am a returning client and will continue to work with Sefi because I can always count on him to elevate my songs to the next level.
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This was my first mix with Sefi. He will absolutely persevere to get your mix to your ideal. He's prompt and efficient and thorough with revisions. I totally recommend Sefi *****
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W recently had the pleasure of working with Sefi Carmel on the mixing of our two tracks and I must say, the experience was nothing short of exceptional. From the moment we reached out to Sefi on SoundBetter.com, we were impressed by his professionalism, expertise, and genuine passion for music.
Sefi's attention to detail and commitment to achieving the perfect sound truly set him apart. The most important thing, he listens.
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Outstanding producer, and mix/master engineer, excellent professional work ethic and passion for his craft. Sefi is very honest, on time, and easy to work with. He revised some small areas of the production that we wanted to be revised in a zap. You cannot go wrong with Sefi Carmel! Highly recommended without reservation! :)
Interview with Sefi Carmel
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I have a fantastically talented assistant. He imports the files into Logic/Pro Tools, cleans up the edits, tunes the vocals, quantizes and replaces/adds drum samples where necessary. Then I come into the picture. When the song is all in time and in tune. In a typical band production (for example) - I will start with the drums - they are the skeleton of the song. The drums need to sound awesome before anything else. Then I mix in the bass, followed by guitars. I have a massive collection of vintage synths (Moog, Roland, Korg, Yamaha, Dave Smith, Nord, Waldorf, Oberheim.....) and a huge library of samples (from Project Sam, Spitfire, East West, Heaviocity….), so where applicable I usually add/enhance/replace synths and samples (e.g. - strings). I will then work on the vocals as the final crowning jewel.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: It’s crazy busy. I am currently producing, mixing and mastering tracks for clients from Tokyo, Milan, Miami, London, Toronto…. Its an exciting time!
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both. Some music just sounds better analog and alternatively some music, especially bass heavy music like hip hop or dubstep, can benefit from digital processing. It’s a question of having the choice of both worlds. My workflow allows me to make that decision at a relatively late stage - I can decide right at the end of the process whether to present the client with either an analog or digital mix.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: That I will mix their song, as if it were my own.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: The music and client satisfaction.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: What I think of their song. I tell them the truth.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That anyone with a laptop can do it.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: How the song was recorded, what daw etc. What is your vision for the song/project?
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: My Moog modular, Prophet 8, Avalon 737, Neumann 87 and my DAW (Logic).
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: One particular highlight was working on the Remix of the track ‘Papa Was A Rolling Stone’ by the incredible Phil Collins (which can be found/heard on my SoundBetter profile). My role included programming, playing the keys and mixing the song, which was a very exciting experience personally, having been a fan of Phil Collin’s music for many years.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Contemporary. Powerful.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Nile Rodgers. He is an amazing songwriter and producer.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: If everything is in time and in tune, mixing is easy.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: I most regularly work on Pop, Rnb, EDM, Rock, Singer songwriter, Indie. However, over the past 20 plus years, I have had the pleasure of working on a huge and diverse array of differing genres of music.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Listening
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Objectivity, an experienced pair of ears and ultimately, whatever supports the vision of the artist. And most importantly, I make it sound great!
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Logic Pro X, PT 11 HD, Waves Mercury, Slate Digital, LOTS of analog synths, 5.1 Genelec monitors, Neumann mics, Avalon preamps, TL Audio analog summing mixer....
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: David Bowie, Nile Rodgers, Pharrell Williams, Butch Vig, Hans Zimmer, Tony Visconti, Rick Rubin, Vince Clarke.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Production, Mixing and Mastering.
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- Avid ProTools Ultimate
- Logic Pro X
- Avalon VT 747 SP
- Avalon VT 737 SP
- Roland Juno-60
- Roland SH-101
- Roland RD-600
- Roland Jupiter-6
- Roland JX-8P
- Korg MS20
- Moog Voyager
- Neumann U87
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- Fred Astaire - Cheek to Cheek EPJun 15, 2017
I have recently had the pleasure of working with Rainer Regatschnig on his latest Fred Astaire project. Following the success of the last project - an EP of Fred Astaire 'Puttin' on the Ritz' remixes, we now move on to another classic song penned by Irving Berlin 'Cheek to Cheek'.