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I offer a professional service for mastering electronic music at an affordable price. Specialized in techno and industrial, I also offer mastering services for pop, rock and jazz. For mixing or remixing jobs, please contact me for info.

Professional analog mixing and mastering services with a focus on electronic music including: techno, IDM, house, ambient and minimal. I specialize in EBM and industrial.
I also offer mastering services for pop, rock and jazz projects.

I will bring your productions to a higher level, mixing and remixing services upon request.

Send me an email through 'Contact' button above and I'll get back to you asap.

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2 Reviews

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by Nigel D.
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I recently had the pleasure of working with Frederik for my music mixing and mastering needs. After being dissatisfied with multiple online services and realizing my homestudio was not capable of meeting my needs, I reached out to Frederik, who had just started advertising his services. Being a long-time friend, I had a feeling he would provide a more personal touch, and I was not disappointed.

Frederik went above and beyond, creating a tailor-made mix & master that exceeded my expectations.
by Andrew G.
Verified
Enjoyed working with Frederik! He communicated openly and helped me get my export to have levels that worked best for what we agreed would be a best final product, and then turned around a great master from that export. Very pleased with my experience overall.

Interview with Frederik Strobbe

Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both! It's all about flavours although analog can get you where digital can't in terms of mastering.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I started as graphic designer and have close to 20 years in music production and sound engineering
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Surgical and effective
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Tension and release, incorporate it well and track dynamics will be elevated to another level!
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: In the past it was mainly electronic music and techno, last couple of years I have worked on many industrial projects.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Always working on my Youtube channel 'Detroit-Berlin' and on 2 industrial albums for 'Darkvolt'
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: The magic of sculpting sound!
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: If I can master a track for free first. I try to stay polite.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: I ask if they have a reference track.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Proper headroom gives me more room to work my magic and good straightforward communication is a must.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode production techniques and overall sound.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I mix and master on an SSL console and analog outboard gear.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: Mastering is making the track louder, it's much more than just loudness it's about dynamics and making the track come to life.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Offering the customer a fresh set of trained ears to make the right adjustments and get the production to industry standard.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Balance and clarity on one side, punch and warmth on the other.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Analog mastering

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I was the Artist, Mixing and Mastering engineer in this production

Mastering EngineerAverage price - $30 per song

2 revisions included (more at hourly rate), typical 2-3 days turn-around time, please send reference track(s) to give me an idea what sound you're looking for.