Productions Basics

Here's a few basic notes on the main steps of an average production scenario. If you want to do an entire album, you will most likely go through every single step mentioned here. If you just want us for a mix or mastering, you can skip the first steps and go straight to the Post Production level. Questions? Give us a call or drop us a note.

Pre Production

Before we even start a production, we'd love to get to know you, share hearts and learn about your songs, your ideas, your goal and wishes. We will talk about the production process, clear the financial side, time schedule etc. Then, we call the musicians, book the hotels, and start working on your songs and make them ready for the first recording round (i. e. writing some lead sheets and record some rough demo tracks if necessary). A good preparation is the key for a successful production flow.

Basic Tracking

Depending on the project, this will be the band recording session, where we track your songs live in our studio! This is highlife! It's hard to describe when a great idea comes to life within minutes.

Overdubs

After the basic recording sessions and some tweaks on the songs, we go to the next level: Overdubs! This is a very time-consuming phase, where each song needs some careful decision about general direction. There's lots of options here by adding keyboards, percussion, orchestra, horn sections, solo instruments, backing vocals and - of course - the lead vocals. Be patient here as your project takes shape.

Post Production

There's a smooth transition from overdubs to post production. The post production phase is the longest in the entire production process: Decent editing is heck lot of work and a must in today's production world. Mixing brings all the single instruments and tracks together, where the last mastering step is the final polishing work for your project. If you want, we will even take care of the manufacturing process, photo shooting and artwork. We have a bunch of great people at hand that we love to work with.

Promotion

After the final product is here, it needs to be addressed to the audience. Promotion doesn't start here, it commences from the beginning. This is not our core business, but we have some great experience and ideas to share. Let us give you some support.

SESSION TIME!

We love doing what we do, that's why we do it. It's as simple as this! And because we love to play music and work with people, recording sessions are always a highlight during a production process. Even though we take our work serious, we always have lots of fun while we work. Why do we mention this? Because you can hear it in the results. Come and join us for a session with your songs!
Click on the yellow button above to learn some basics about the different production steps. We keep it short and simple - if you want to know more, drop us a message or give us a call.

WANT TO RECORD AN ALBUM?

One of our core businesses is to record entire bands - everybody live together - in our own environment. Check out the band tracking link for more information about this issue.

NEED A GREAT MIX OR MASTERING?

We've mixed and mastered hundreds of albums out there throughout the last decades. We're specialized in doing precise work and bring your own recordings to the next level and way beyond.