Will Chen

Mixing & Mastering

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I care about your music! My goal is to help your music reach it's full potential by delivering a sound that will reinforce, enhance, or contribute to the message of your music. I work with musicians at all levels. Whether you're working on your first album, or your next academy award, I'm happy to help.

Mixing service includes editing, tuning, and timing.

Film:
Disney's Encanto
American Factory (Oscar-winning documentary)
Chibi Maruko-chan: The Fantastic Notebook
Marvel's She Hulk
Dreamworks' Abominable and the Invisible City

Video Games:
Dragonheir: Silent Gods
Honor of Kings World
Riot Games' Legends of Runeterra cinematic trailers

Recording Expertise:
New West Symphony
Jacaranda
KCO
Ben Ullery
Musica Transalpina
The Da Camera Society
Choir of All Saints Church
Alan Chan Jazz Band
Verdi Chorus
Kontrapunktus
Festival Recordings:
The Emerson String Quartet
Calder Quartet
Aeolus Quartet
Danish String Quartet
The Academy Chamber Ensemble with Joshua Bell

Orchestras:
New York Philharmonic
Philadelphia Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Tell me about your project and how I can help, through the 'Contact' button above.

19 Reviews - 3 Repeat Clients

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  1. Review by Adrien V.
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    I'm happy with my first collaboration with Will.
    He mastered an orchestral track for me.

    Very professional!
    Can't wait to work with him again.

  2. Review by Chris B.
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    Will is a fantastic mixing engineer. He treated this project with all the care and attention he'd bring if it were his own. His ear and judgment brought this project to the next level. I really enjoyed working with Will!

  3. Review by Lalo
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    Great communication! I highly recommend him

  4. Review by Lind
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    This is my 2nd time working with Will and I enjoyed it. The communication and ideas are on point. It makes it really fun!

  5. Review by Blue Axist
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    Audio WMC delivers a pro-level mix and master with a fast turnaround and great communication. Will goes all out to work with you to make your song come alive. I plan to use him again and recommend him to others.

  6. Review by Emma Noelle
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    Will is very talented and a great engineer! He was very patient and accommodating, even if I struggled to finalize what I wanted for my track. I highly recommend working with him! :)

  7. Review by Lind
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    Had a lot of fun working with Will. He's very communicative, has good ideas and responds fast.

  8. Review by Laureen B.
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    Five stars for a perfectionist, sound magician !
    He'll get 100% involved in your project, from A to Z.

  9. Review by The Vet's Fetching
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    Great to work with. Transparent about the process and puts their most into taking your music to the next level.

  10. Review by Agustí Calbet
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    It has been a blessing to work with Audio WMC. He has a gift in telling what sort of sound you're after. Specially in making the records sound natural and not digital. You won't be disappointed.

  11. Review by Brendan A.
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    Very professional and communicative. Highly recommended!

  12. Review by Kal
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    Audio is very kind, fast and makes all the changes I needed for the mix of my song, even it was a challenging one!
    I can recommand this very serious engineer!
    Always a pleasure to give a job to Audio :)

  13. Review by Michael Paik
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    Will's attention to detail in the production of audio as well his own musicality and knowledge took our project to a higher and professional level. This is my second time working with Will and he did a really great job mixing and mastering our project with precise detail. Would definitely recommend hiring Will for your projects!

  14. Review by Michael Paik
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    I'd highly recommend hiring Will for your audio production needs. Will really takes the time to put thoughtful decisions into the process of making your song sound the best that it possibly could and has the skills necessary to make those decisions fast. His understanding of musicality across multiple genres and styles really makes him easy to talk to when it comes to articulating what you want your project to sound like in the end.

  15. Review by Kal
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    Audio is very serious, works fast, listens to every request, finds beautiful ways to make your "sound better". I strongly recommand him. Very reliable technician. Nice person. Remarkable :)

  16. Review by The Vet's Fetching
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    Easily the best long-distance working experience one could ask for. WMC brings in his expertise while meeting you where you are. Every recommendation brought out the best in the music, and the transparency during the process put me at ease as someone I never met handled a very personal project. I also recommend if this is your first experience on Soundbetter or using any kind of mastering service in general.

  17. Review by Ty D.
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    Will Chen has been extremely helpful every time I purchase his services. He listens to your specific needs and with undivided attention helps you achieve the artistic goal you have in mind. He is very knowledgeable in his field and I highly recommend him.

  18. Review by Ty D.
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    Will Chen has been extremely helpful every time I purchase his services. He listens to your specific needs and with undivided attention helps you achieve the artistic goal you have in mind. He is very knowledgeable in his field and I highly recommend him.

  19. Review by Ty D.
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    by Ty D.

    Will Chen has been extremely helpful every time I purchase his services. He listens to your specific needs and with undivided attention helps you achieve the artistic goal you have in mind. He is very knowledgeable in his field and I highly recommend him.

Interview with Will Chen

  1. Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

  2. A: I work mostly on projects with live orchestra. I spend a lot of time mixing scores for film and video games, as well as in the field recording chamber music around LA.

  3. Q: What's your typical work process?

  4. A: In really broad terms: 1. Communicate with the artist / songwriter / composer. Learn what defines a successful project for them. 2. Provide support for the process of exporting multitracks 3. Prep session - Listen and assess 4. Correct undesired technical imperfections - noise, clicks and pops, and clipping. 5. Correct undesired musical quirks - time and pitch correction 6. Create a balance, starting with the most musically interesting / important elements 7. Apply EQ / compression to improve the overall balance 8. Add reverb and effects 9. Apply or refine EQ / compression creatively 10. Listen in different environments to gain some perspective 11. Continue refining 12. Submit for revisions / revise 13. Deliver master file, and provide further support

  5. Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

  6. A: I've got a really nice 5.1 system. Two PMC twotwo.6's as my mains and a PMC TLE1 for the sub. I spent a heinously long time finding the best combination of speaker placement and listening position. I also put a ton of care into time aligning all the speakers, as well as setting the cross overs. My acoustic treatment is all custom built, and is a combination of OC703 and Safe n' Sound.

  7. Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

  8. A: Right now, I'm mixing a lot of video game scores remotely. Typically I get multitracks and a live orch session from Vienna or Budapest. I take these tracks and edit, tune, denoise and do a first mix. I get notes from the composer, and then the production company and proceed accordingly.

  9. Q: Can you share one music production tip?

  10. A: My favorite mixing tip is making a two octave bandpass filter with whatever eq you have and listening to different parts of your mix. For example, highpass at 100Hz and low pass at 400 Hz. It kind of emulates listening on different sets of speakers, or at leasts helps in a similar way.

  11. Q: What's your strongest skill?

  12. A: Dramatically improving the sound of amateur recordings. A lot of home recordings have crazy issues. Usually as a result of room acoustics. Most people don't know how wild the frequency response of an untreated room actually is. We're talking swings of 30dB peak to peak going from 100 Hz to 250 Hz. It could be anything. I'm great at taking recordings like this and have them do what you want.

  13. Q: What do you bring to a song?

  14. A: Maybe more important, I will help you get your song finished! There are things in music that are generally accepted as good, such as playing in tune / in time. There are also things that are generally accepted as good in a mix / master. I make pleasant spectral, dynamic, spatial, and harmonic characters accessible for musicians. When you have an idea that goes beyond what's generally desired, these fundamentals are even more important. If you want an album without compression EQ will need to do more of the work. An extremely distorted, harmonically rich moment, might be more meaningful when contrasted by something pristine and clean. Basically I can translate verbal ideas into sounds through my experience and knowledge of music and audio technology. Doing so quickly makes the process more enjoyable.

  15. Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

  16. A: I'm particularly inspired by musicians who use timbre as a primary channel for expression. I think that fascination is partially a result of DIY recording. You grow up hearing classic records recorded in high end studios, and then wham, you hear something by a band like Guided By Voices. It feels totally different! It sounds totally different! The process of self recording will always be super interesting and inspiring to me. Some of my favorites include: Masakatsu Takagi, Mount Eerie, and Haruomi Hosono.

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Terms Of Service

Versions 1-3 are covered in the initial rate, additional revisions are completed at an hourly rate.

Additional revisions for independent artists are 30/hr.
Corporate projects are billed at 50/hr.

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Gear Highlights
  • twotwo.6 | PMC Loudspeakers
  • Schoeps CMC64 Matched Pair
  • Fostex Model 20 1/4" tape machine
  • Akai gx 270d ss quad tape machine
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