Mixing & Mastering

Dave is the Absolute Best! Hands Down!!

The Absolute Best!!!

Not only a good engineer also very trustworthy person. Glad to work with Dave.

We worked many project with him. His profession is very hard to deal with. but he always deal with us diligently. We never send a project back for revision. Always on point. Always on time. Pleasure to work.

I wasn't specific enough with my request and David came through patiently and listened to all my small tweaks. Another great job :)

He is a real deal. Great professional. Thanks to SB we have him.

like always: great :-) thanks

very nice job, we understood each other. I'll be back for other projects :)

like always :-) great

like always great work!!!

Again great work :-)

Never a surprise. Working with him, you'll already know that you're covered with wise choices and good energy. Super fast workflow.

Awesome! listened to all my demands and complied quickly! cannot recommend enough

Working with David was an absolute pleasure. He completely exceeded our expectations with his mix and master of our track. Throughout the whole process he was nothing but professional, friendly and courteous and always prompt with communication. I would not hesitate whatsoever to use David's services and will definitely be back to hire him again in the future!

Another polished mastering job by David. Did exactly what the track needed. And promptly too. Very pleased.

Beautiful mastering job! Nailed the eqs and the dynamics. Very happy with what David sent back. Will be my go to person for mastering henceforth.

David was able to make perfect improvements at the mastering stage that would normally have been done at the mixing stage and saved me hundreds of dollars in the process. David uses the highest end in the box plugins and can perform revisions very economically (doesn't have to recalibrate outboard gear from scratch.) I look forward to working with him again.

This was the best $70 I ever spent on Soundbetter. R David Pettit is one of the truly great talents on this site. He did a significant remix for me after I corrected mistakes I myself had made with VST instrument programming. It was an absolute bargain: showing once again the advantage of in the box mixing. He can pick up exactly where he left off without having to charge for time spent recapturing external analogue settings. Sounds incredible!

Very prompt and responsive! Easy communication. Great skill in his craft!

David does world class mastering for a fraction of the price and he delivers very quickly. David also helped me reverse engineer some of my favorite songs and taught me some great mixing secrets behind their production. He really knows his stuff.

David is always amazing to work with, professional and provides high quality work! I have sent him some songs to mix and some others to master. The sound is always killer and never dissapoints. Top notch!

He always does the best mastering

This was the best mastering job done on any of my songs by anyone so far.

As well as being a fantastic mixer, David is my go-to mastering engineer. In the box mastering is the way to go now and David proves it once again.

David and I have worked on my EP for the past year. Beyond having top tier technical skill and knowledge of sound, what impresses me most about working with David is his patience and willingness to work with my constant tweaks and layman's knowledge of sound. There's no one in engineering I trust more to make my music sound the best it possibly can, David is the man for your project!

He is a great collaborator. It was like we are working together at the same production team from the beginning. He is receptive and he works like a problem solver. We are 100% glad to working with him. Shout out to SoundBetter team as well. Thank you!

Dave did a awesome job. Told him what I was looking for and he delivered exactly that and more!

It's good experience workin with David! He's professional and patient, very good person

This remix of my symphonic song sounds colossal! I got inspired and decided to make some changes to the song, and David was able to pick up exactly where we left off a couple years ago. That's the advantage of in the box mixing: very quick and inexpensive to make changes because you're not paying for the extra time needed to rebalance the mix with outboard gear, which these days is perfectly represented by plugins. David's rates are extremely reasonable and he delivers world class work!

I have searched far and wide for a mastering engineer that could do world class work for me, and it turned out to be the very same engineer that does so much of my mixing. Don't get sold on the people with 30K of signal degrading outboard gear. In the box mastering is where it's at, and David's process is the best of anyone I've worked with. His rates for mastering are also very affordable.

Fantastic mastering work as always!

Excellent per usual, you can't go wrong working with David on anything related to your music!

Amazing Job. Top tier work!

Amazing final product. Couldnt have asked for a better result.

David continues to be an amazing engineer, in spite of my many mistakes he always sends back better music. You won't go wrong here!

Finished product is amazing everytime. Highly recommend!

If David ever wants to retire from mixing and do mastering exclusively, he's got that option. I've worked with some pretty big names in the business including a guy who's mastered dozens of discs in my CD collection, and David's masters are far and away better. David works inside the box which really is the future of mastering: zero sonic degradation and big crisp sound.

Simultaneously the best and least expensive mastering engineer I've ever worked with. I am once again lead to conclude that in the box mastering is where it's at because you get ZERO sound degradation. That's how I engineer at home. All my gear is in the box except for my Earthworks ZDT preamp which uses Zero Distortion Technology. David did fantastic work for me: worth pulling my album offline to have done.

David has done a fabulous Mix for my song!!. I am super happy with the output. Especially he did magic with the Drum tracks. He gave a whole new life to the Kick and the snare and beautifully blended with the Base,

He is very Friendly and very very easy to communicate with. I suggest anyone to get the tracks mixed by David for a high quality and complete satisfactory Output!! Will keep working with David for my future Mixes. Thanks again!

David is my go to mastering engineer now. I've spent multiple times what he charges on mastering but I've seen the light and realize that in the box engineering is the future and the future is here. Zero distortion, no clipping, no artifacts, no degradation in sound quality, all the loudness and power I need, a finished product that I actually like better than the original brilliant mixes: God forbid! David has his finger on the pulse of the bleeding edge of sound engineering!

Art is never finished , only abandoned, and if you're like me, you're always adding tracks to your songs and upgrading performances. It's indispensable to have an engineer like David who keeps permanent copies of the masters and mixes he works on and can add those parts with minimal time and expense.

Awesome work! Really brings the best sound out of each track. A consistent, high-quality job every time.

Amazing work yet again. Always consistent!

David took a mix I was already very happy with and kicked it up to eleven with his mastering of it.

David got my latest Industrial track ready for the clubs. Not the dive clubs. Studio 54 level clubs!

David is amazing to work with it. His sound is impressive and really brings life to your work. His attentiveness, both with communication as well as mixing/mastering serves as the catalyst for the aim of my project to be achieved. The personal care given to each track adds an additional dimension to the songs. His work allows me to have high expectations yet confident in the result.

When you hire David to give you a world class mix, which he will, definitely hire him to do the mastering as well because he's an equally skilled mastering engineer. You'll then have someone with the flexibility to go back and tweak individual tracks during the mastering process. He made several adjustments for me at that level, outside the scope of our contract, without charging extra. These songs sound perfect to my ears now!

Absolutely spot on!!
Always helpful and always got back to me straight away!
Track sounds amazing!
Cheers David

David is your go to mixing guy, especially if you like to do a lot of remixes. He gives you the option of mixing entirely inside the box and gives you a mix that sounds like it employed 100k of analogue gear. Say you get the money to add real strings over your Vienna synth string tracks. David can throw it into your old mix with mininum time and expense.

If you haven't tried working with Dave on your next project, you are missing out! Dave is a true pro, a pleasure to work with, and patient with my constant little tweaks. You can't go wrong!

Immensely talented and very professional. Highly recommend.

David really helped me put the finishing touches on a song I've been rerecording for a while now. I'm so glad I contracted with him because it sounds exactly the way I want it to now.

A few days ago I asked David, not to master a song but to teach me his workflow. He responded very quickly with a VERY reasonable proposal.

We just finished our class just now. I cannot believe how much of a wealth of knowledge David is. He is definitely going to be my go to from now on. I recommend him for any of your learning needs when it comes to mixing or mastering.

David is the man! Can't go wrong working with David on anything related to audio engineering.

Dave is amazing! I had a ridiculously complicated song and like a mixing and mastering magician, he made it all sound awesome. I was grateful to work with someone who not only was willing to take very detailed feedback, but was a pleasure to work with, responded quickly and clearly knows exactly what he is doing. Consider yourselves lucky and look no further!! This is your guy!

Quality as always!

David has done outstanding work on the more contemporary music on my album. This time I gave him a crack at a fully orchestrated Classical song, and that genre too is also very much in his wheelhouse. He proved adept at mixing strings, and making minor tuning and timing adjustments where rarely necessary. It was a very well balanced mix!

David is the man, we've worked together on several demo masters to this point and I couldn't be happier! He continues to help elevate the music while being fast, thorough, and affordable.

Great experience working with David. Communication and finished result both top notch.

whoa !! thank you David for doing a wonderful job on my song God bless you !! ! !

Great communication. Great work. Amazing job David, thank you!

the best !!!

Highly recommend David without hesitation! He has a very good ear and he took a vocal heavy track with many layers and backgrounds and really made it shine. Communication was excellent, revisions were prompt, and he was very receptive to all of our feedback. He delivered above and beyond! Would definitely work with again

David is consistent, professional, and most importantly enjoyable to work with...he is my go-to for high quality mastering, I’m grateful for his expertise and highly recommend him to anyone with any engineering needs, not just mastering!

Very Fast

Works with your adjustments, good attitude very professional

David and I revisited an old song we once worked on together, this time with real bagpipes replacing the software pipes we had used before. I love the treatments of the bagpipes and my guitar on this song. All of the variable tracks of this song find their own space and can be heard with clarity - a real feat considering everything going on here.

Hope to work with David again soon! Great experience.

David is a professional mastering engineer to say the least, but where he went above just 'good' was in the way he communicated and quickly addressed my revisions. The quality of my music is improved without a doubt, and prepped for release....I highly recommend David!

brilliant !!

as always
top drawer performance from a master engineer!

Super awesome vibe. Always on time. Great to work with!

David GOAT

David was a joy and a breeze to work with. He's a total pro. He was responsive, turned things around quickly and got my song sounding fantastic!

the consummate professional

great attention to detail

Dave is the best everytime !

seriously david is one of the best producers i know. period. he reads your tone of voice or something other than just the words you speak in order to give you EXACTLY what you wanted plus the things you didnt know you did. genius.

David is a great find! He was very professional and was spot on with every edit.

David is an awesome engineer. I would highly recommend him. I'm going to get him to do my whole EP

I recommend working with David! He communicates quickly and applies his musical talents fully to your project.

woohoo
dave is the best !!!!

As usual Dave's mix was clear and huge! All the track's we've had mixed by Dave sound consistent and bring out the best of the production.

Dave's style is super crisp and clean. He's an excellent collaborator, and nails the details every time. Can't recommend him enough!

David did a SUPER quick and accurate job with my mastering that i was honestly surprised when i got it back. great work!

the best!!

ok, I;m running out of accolades for Dave..

5 stars says it all!

Great work and great to work with!

If you find a really good engineer they are worth their weight in gold.

David is just such an engineer.

Did a incredible job! And I am picky beyond believe. Lol

I have absolutely nothing but praise for David. He was super responsive to feedback between each iteration of the track, generously delivered even more than was initally promised, and elevated a rough mix to a well-balanced, professional, and high-quality mix with a complete mastered version alongside it. I'm excited to work with David again!

i personally recommend David for a mixer for virtually any project you might have.

He shows great attention to detail and works tirelessly to satisfy the client.

professional in all aspects of engineering

outstanding as usual!!

Pleasure to work with Dave again. Super concise changes, attention to detail is on point, and incredibly fast turn around at a high standard. Cheers Dave

total professional
great sound

David rox !!!!

David is a dedicated engineer who does everything he can to please the client and produce top quality product
and he succeeds!

David Pettit is the consummate professional
his 1st mix was 95% of what i needed on my project
and more especially he nailed the lead vocal

i highly recommend David for just about any type of music

I have selected David to do the entire album that i am producing

Previously I've worked with many engineers in the past. But after working with David, I made the decision to only send my work to him from now on. This guy is "a beast"! Worth every dollar.

Absolutely awesome! He took a hip hop track I produced to the next level. Tight and punchy bottom end, crisp highs, nice stereo balance, all vocals up front, great use of effects, and has a nice energy to it. Very, very happy with this!!

Once again R David Pettit has fully realized my vision for a song. If you compose classical music using orchestral software as I do, but also like to throw in live acoustic performances - he's your guy!

Once again R. David Pettit has taken one of my humble compositions and turned it into a juggernaut of awesomeness!

I was aware of Dave's work going all the way back to the early 1990's, when Whale's Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe, a song he engineered, was a huge hit at nightclubs. Even Beavis and Butt-Head loved that song. Dave has gone on to engineer many large scale classical music projects. I'm 100% happy with the work he's done on my music.

I've been a repeat client for a reason!
David has amazing ears and knows exactly what a song needs!
I've used him for both mixing/ mastering on projects that have had elements of rock, pop, EDM, RnB and he has always put it amazing work. He is quick and he is good.
If you are looking for a talented and dedicated engineer look no further.
Amazing!

David's experience and attention to detail make him truly special. He is very easy to work with, and he will deliver the sound you are envisioning.

Dave continues to be the most reliable and talented audio engineer I've worked with to-date. Audio engineering seems to be both an art and a science, so working with an engineer who understands both parts of the equation is important; Dave is both creative and technically adept with his mixes and masters, every time with no exceptions it seems like. I am consistently impressed with what he is able to do with my mixes, not to mention the advice and explanations he willingly provides when I don't understand something in the mastering process. You can't go wrong working with Dave!

David did a great mastering job on my record in less than 6 hours. It was solid and well needed. Thanks sir!

I feel like 5 stars isn't enough somehow. He works amazingly fast and the mix sounded amazing. He was very constructive every step of the way and worked extremely well with us. Its really important to feel comfortable and that your engineers are on the same page as you every step of the way and for us it was like he was reading our minds. I would highly recommend him!

He's the best.

Absolute pleasure to work with David, turnaround was super fast, tweaks done accurately, and the whole mix had Davids own twist to it. Cannot reccomend him enough.