Hi,

I've seen a video in which Reuben Cohen at Lurssen mastering is doing some fader rides to retain/create punch to transitions.
This is a point that's always annoyed me when I get my mixes back from the various mastering engineers I've worked with.
Despite always asking for a dynamic master, I always get a flat pancake back. Even after asking them to back off their comps and limiters, my transitions lose quite a bit of punch.

I'd love to try Reuben Cohen but don't have a big name nor do I have a big label to "back my work up" so despite my mixes being pretty good (if I may say so), I'm not sure how much effort he'd put in a project like mine...

Any recommendation, someone good but maybe not as much in high demand that would work on keeping the transitions punchy ?


For the sake of precisions, I'm a recording and mixing engineer, not an artist doing his own mixing. And I'm finishing a prog/math-rock album that's got a bit of funk, shoegaze, synth stuff, etc at times...

Hi Jackie -
Just stumbled upon this thread and noticed you hadn't gotten any replies yet.
More than happy to work with you if you're still looking for someone

Joe @ 2TrackMastering.com

If you have decent mixing chops, why not do it yourself? That way you have control over how everything will sound at "full loudness". More and more, I'm thinking this is the way to go, unless your computer doesn't have the CPU horse-power. In that case, though, you could use stems....