Audio Mastering (Regular and through Analog Tape) for All Genres of Music

Hello! My name is Ariel Schlichter, I am a composer, sound designer, artistic producer and mixing/mastering engineer from Buenos Aires, Argentina, currently based in Berlin. I am offering audio mastering for your musical projects, done either digitally (with some analog inserts along the mastering chain) or through analog magnetic tape, which tends to open the stereo image and add warmness to the mix (this can be either very subtle or super exaggerated to get a more lo-fi or vintage quality).

It's important to get a fresh set of ears for mastering, as mixes tend to take quite some time and, by the end of them, one can be too used to the sound, tending to ignore possible problems. At the same time, it's hard to send your mixes to another person to do the final master, as sound aesthetics are at stake. I've experienced this a lot as a mixing engineer. This is why, when I approach mastering, I try to be as respectful as possible with the mix, talking with the musicians/mixing engineer to understand what their sound aesthetic goal is, and adapting to it. Sometimes we can change the sound completely (only if desired, of course) to really push it forward, and sometimes the operations are extremely subtle, just catching those evasive resonances, maybe working with the stereo image a bit, and of course getting the desired volume. Usually I do a free test with one track of the project, and we can do a bit of back and forth with the band until we are on the same page regarding the final sound: only then we move to the whole record.

I've done mastering for over 70 releases, with genres ranging from ambient to techno, pop, idm, indie, hip hop, trap, hard rock, folklore, tango and jazz. Luckily I am in love with almost all kinds of music, and it's always refreshing to get a different genre and immerse myself on the style and sound. You can listen to most of my works on my website, where you can also find records I've produced, scores I've written for visual and performative media, and my complete CV: https://www.arielsch.com/

I have very accesible fares and we can always do a combo for a full album/project if needed. Text me and we will surely find something that works for all of us :)

Cheers!
Ariel

PS. Even if you are not in Berlin or Buenos Aires, we can still do work together sending each other the files, no problem with that!