Once the recording sessions have taken place, and with the notes taken during them, an edit plan is established, which usually leads to approximately 60-80 hours of editing time for a standard-length CD. We usually work on a first edit on our own, which is then sent to the performers for further editing, but the whole editing process can also be done in conjunction with them.

Editing is a very complex process which requires musical and technical skills, making sure that the general feel and sense of the piece of music being performed is not lost, producing a coherent performance, which shows the best of the artist, and making it sound as there were no edits at all.

When a project has been recorded with more than a pair of microphones (if the whole project has been recorded “multitrack”, if “spot” microphones have been used, or if the project has been recorded in surround and a stereo version is required), a mixing is required after the editing process is completed, assembling all elements into the final product, which may be conventional stereo, multi-channel / surround, or both.
Usually the mixing process is done digitally, but we also offer the possibility of mixing in analog, using a fantastic analog summing box custom made for us by Rens Heijnis.