Many thanks from all of us, for this great Q&A! There's a lot of awesome tricks and know-how in there. Hope to see you...

Guys, thanks all for the great questions! Great to see your love for audio and passion! congrats to the gearslutz winner and...

Honestly, it's really, really difficult to pick "winners", all questions were good. :thumbsup: But we've made a choice....

Hey Everyone, happy to be here, I love Gearslutz and I'm looking forward to answer your questions. Ciao

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Q: What was the most challenging sub-heavy track you have mixed, and how did you overcome the challenges?

Hi Digital Boy! ;) A real fan from the early days here! Your album "Futuristik" really had a formative influence to...

Hello, Luca I bought the sm9 monitors since I saw you used them, I produce momba music and styles similar to yours, I sincerely...

How can you imagine music will be in future? You have sone predictions?

Which tracks are best mastered, mixed and sounding in your opinion?

Hi Luca. My question is not technical, neither musical. It is about something often overlooked, such as how a successful...

Hey Luca! Edward "Artsy Moods" here! ;-) Hope you're doing well! Can you tell us what are the 3 last plugins which...

Hey Luca! I often find myself in the situation where it's hard for me to decide where to place specific elements in the mix...

Hi Luca Thank you for this QA. Which headphones do you use to check your mixes?

Hi Luca Thank you for this QA. If you use an ITB Reverb, do you use a convo or an algo one? Best

Hi, "Crossover" was one of my first house/techno tracks I heard in the early nineties. There is a lot of cool vocal...

Hi Luca, Since I guess a lot of computing power is needed when producing electronic stuff, I am curious about your choice about...

Hi Luca, first, thanks for sharing your experience with us :thumbsup: I've seen on your videos that you use a hybrid setup...

Hello Luca Please can you share with us, which limiter are you using for mastering? (If you are using more brands of limiters...

Hey Luca, I am curious as to your philosophy on distortion/saturation, specifically on the sub bass. How do you fill out the...

G'day Luca Thanks so much for doing this Q+A, it was a real pleasure meeting you at your studio back in June, I'll be sure to...

I've been getting better at making "Giant Leads" but I'm not there yet. What are some simple ways of putting one...

Hi Luca, I know that you work with multiple genres of electronic music, such as Big Room, Progressive, House and Electro to just...

I wonder how you can have those big sounding synths with big reverb, yet avoiding that the mix is swamped in a wishy washy fog.

What you think about cheap monitors vs high end monitors?

Hi Luca, what are your favorites compressors (hardware or software) at the mixing stage ? Do you use limiting when mixing, if...

Thanks for taking the time to share your techniques. Can you talk a bit about hp and lp filters in Mastering? For example, on...

What sample libraries do you like to work with, especially drum and percussion samples? And do you use prebuilt percussion loops...

Hi Luca, First I'd like to thank you for all the information you've already made available online. It's pretty interesting to...

Hi Luca, thank you very much for sharing your techniques. How do you deal with phase issues when mixing especially at the...

What are the three best advices that you would give to a beginning engineer who wants to mix his own EDM or Electronic tracks (or...

I'm wondering how common it is for you to use a bit of stereo widening in Mastering, and which plug-ins you chose for that task. ...

Hi Luca, Only recently I've discovered where your career has taken you since the days we were dancing - hakkuh! - to tunes...

Hello Luca!! , I could see that you changed the ssl sigma by dangeros 2buss +, is there any difference in sound between the...

Hi Luca, How to mix Bass and Kick for great Low-End Balance? Thank You!

hi luca a big fan here! i noticed a separate screen with what seemed like izotope's insight running in your studio, as well...

So many instruments and samples are in stereo (Nexus2 for example). When mixing in Logic, do you have a preferred method for...

Hi Luca, I was wondering if there are times when you find L/R processing more appropriate than M/S? Also, do you ever use both...

Hello. I have approx 12000$ to studio. What is your must have to mastering and vocal recording studio? Actually i have JBL...

Hi Luca, Thanks for being here! I write library music and do custom work for TV. At times EDM criteria pops up, so I end...

Hi Luca, Thank you for spending some time with us! I'm a big fan of your work and you are a role model for me for mixing and...

Hey Luca! Was Curious to know simply what you use each piece of gear for, in most cases? **For example: Dangerous...

Hi Luca, great that you want to answer our questions. :thumbsup: I was wondering what your favorite monitor speaker is, for both...

Hi Luca You seem very passionate about sharing your techniques and tricks, and about teaching others. I admire that, i am also...

Hi there, I'm lead to believe that you made a sample rom for the roland S series in the 90's where can i get a copy. :)

Hi Luca I am a HUGE fan of yours. You must get alot of sample based tracks that are squashed and limited to the max....