Marc Urselli

5-time nominated 3-time Grammy Award winning engineer, producer, mixer, sound designer.

Marc Urselli
I have been using the Melda Production plugin suite for years and it is the most complete, robust, fully featured and killer plugin suite I rely on!

Marc Urselli writes, produces and records artists from all over the world. He also composes music for TV and film and does sound design for commercials and mixing for film and TV. In 2008 alone he recorded and mixed more than half a dozen movie soundtracks. Marc Urselli was born in Switzerland and raised in Italy. His musical education began at age 12. At age 17 he opened his first commercial recording facility in Italy. He later moved to New York City where he began and continues to work at the legendary recording studio EastSide Sound as the resident Chief House Engineer.

In 2005 Marc Urselli participated in the recordings of “Strength” by Roy Hagrove‘s project RH Factor which was nominated for Best Contemporary Jazz Album and in the same year Marc Urselli also participated in the recordings of Lila Down‘s album “Una Sangre (One Blood)”, which won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album.

Additionally, in 2006 Marc Urselli won two Grammy Awards (Best Instrumental Rock Performance & Best Instrumental Pop Performance) for his work engineering and mixing the entire Capitol/EMI album “American Made, World Played” album by Les Paul & Friends

Credits include John Zorn, Les Paul, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Sting, Joss Stone, The Beach Boys, Lila Downs, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Faith No More's Mike Patton, Rolling Stones' Keith Richards, The Beach Boys, Buddy Guy, Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora, Goo Goo Dolls' Johnny Rzeznick, ZZ Top, Sam Cooke, The Black Crowes, Aerosmith's Joe Perry, Simply Red's Mick Hucknall, Luther Vandross, Simple Minds and many many more. Marc Urselli is an entrepreneur who wears many hats and besides music he is into traveling, kitesurfing, guitars, art, web design, the internet, writing and more.

(photo by William Semeraro)

Marc Urselli recommends

MAmp

"Distortion is an integral part of my sonic process and anytime I need a wider palette of distortion with more options that just a gain or a drive knob I turn to MAmp or MDistortionMB, which gives me distortion that works well not just on guitars and bass, but also vocals, drums and anything else you feed it!"

MAutoAlign

Unique

"One thing I often did on this record was check to make sure that all my drum mics were in phase. I’ve tried several plugins for this task throughout the years, and I’ve settled on the MAutoAlign by Melda Production."

MAutoDynamicEq

Unique

"My favorite plugin has become the MAudioDynamicEq, which has become an integral part of my workflow and is in every mix I do. I pretty much have almost entirely replaced regular EQing with dynamic EQing thanks to this powerful tool and I don't see myself ever going back!"

MDistortionMB

"Distortion is an integral part of my sonic process and anytime I need a wider palette of distortion with more options that just a gain or a drive knob I turn to MAmp or MDistortionMB, which gives me distortion that works well not just on guitars and bass, but also vocals, drums and anything else you feed it!"

MAutoPitch

Free

"Pitch shifting is something I use sparsely to add a faint, hidden, or subliminal harmony to something or to create a more interesting sonic texture. Depending on whether I'm working on a vocal or on an instrument I might use MAutoPitch or MHarmonizerMB to either gently address performance issues or creatively express ideas."

MTurboReverb

Unique

"Reverb is obviously something that's on almost every mix, but sometimes you want something more specific than just a plate or a hall, so I can go to MReverb, or MTurboReverb, according to how much control and creativity I need for my application. The MTurboReverb algorithms are particularly compelling when you want something more complex and detailed."

MHarmonizerMB

"Pitch shifting is something I use sparsely to add a faint, hidden, or subliminal harmony to something or to create a more interesting sonic texture. Depending on whether I'm working on a vocal or on an instrument I might use MAutoPitch or MHarmonizerMB to either gently address performance issues or creatively express ideas."

MReverb

"Reverb is obviously something that's on almost every mix, but sometimes you want something more specific than just a plate or a hall, so I can go to MReverb, or MTurboReverb, according to how much control and creativity I need for my application. The MTurboReverb algorithms are particularly compelling when you want something more complex and detailed."

MVocoder

"Vocoder in modern music is arguably almost more important than it was decades ago with the advent of electronic music when it was invented. Today I use it to add character, dimension, or spice to a vocal that can use some help or some excitement, whether it's in pop, metal, or rock, I've used MVocoder to breathe life into the vocal chords of all types of singers!"

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