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Ptch Blaq
Audio Engineer/ Producer
DJ Ptch Blaq, is a retired Army Veteran, Mobile & Radio DJ, Audio Engineer & Producer. He’s also the training partner & lead Mobile DJ for Groove Line Production. He holds multiple degrees in Music Production, Engineering, ProTools Certification, including Audio Engineering from Full Sail University. He's also a member of Fleet DJs & Producers.
Trelawny
Coordinator / Project Specialist
Trelawny, is managing partner of the Mobile DJ side of Groove Line Productions. Bringing an extensive background in studio coordination & talent management, she began her artistic career with GM Voices, working with voice over talent & studios nationally & internationally in multiple languages, lead the new talent recruitment process and development. While not certified in music, she holds degrees in Political Science & Criminal Justice and is a Reiki Master.
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Services
Recording Engineer
$60/hour
Recording Engineer is an hourly rate for overseeing many technical and aesthetic aspects of a recording session. The recording engineer:
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Is responsible for overall sound of all recorded tracks.
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Ensures the mixing engineer has good material to work with and the final product satisfies the artists & producers.
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Records each instrument and part separately.
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Edits and combines audio files with top and end fades, track color and gain staging.
Mixing Engineer
$65/hour
Mixing Engineer is an hourly rate for mixing projects that are sent to us. The mixing engineer combines all of the different sonic elements of a recorded piece of music into a final version, balancing the distinct parts to achieve a desired effect by:
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Blending, balancing and timber of the various parts of a multitrack recording into a standard stereo track.
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Creating mixes that enhance the emotional or dramatic clarity of a recording.
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Ensuring proper gain staging of the session.
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Enhancing the sonic character of each track with the aid of processors such as EQ & compression, and adding effects like delay & reverb.
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Printing & delivering the final recording mix, "mixdown", to the client.
Mastering Engineer
$100/per song & per hour
Mixing Engineer is a per song rate. The mastering engineer uses technical expertise and superb ears to make the final adjustments to a piece of recorded music before it's released, heightening its impact and ensuring that it will translate well to the variety of playback systems in use today. The mastering engineer will:
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Ensure dynamic and spectral balance is sculpted and polished.
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Ensure a project is sonically cohesive, impactful, and that it will play well in any format and through any medium: as digital mp3, CD, or internet stream as well as through earbuds and laptop speakers.
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Highten audio through use of compression, equalization and other tools to make the recording sound more vibrant, visceral and musical.
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Remove tongue clicks, vocal hiss and resolve serious audio problems.
Upon acceptance of a project or session, 50% non refundable retainer due before project begins and balance due prior to receipt of final product.