About me
OleHeinrichs
I’m Ole Heinrichs, an audio producer in Berlin, and I work on podcasts, audiobooks and music. All three rest on the same skill: hearing what is missing and repairing it without anyone hearing the repair.
Background
It started with my own music, then came the degree: Songwriting at BIMM Berlin. That is where I learned to take a song apart instead of just liking it.
Alongside came the technical side: music marketing and distribution at EuroArts Music International, digital marketing, stage management at live events – and for a while now studio audio for a daily TV show. The job that shaped me most is TV. There is no second take and no buffer. You learn to make the right call fast, and you learn how speech has to sound to come across on any device.
Then there is the rights side, which many underestimate: I have registered my own works with GEMA and know shares, splits and usage rights from practice. In commissioned work, this is often where things otherwise get messy.
How I work
Fixed prices.
You know the cost before you book, and the price does not change because it takes longer than planned.
Deadlines that hold.
When I promise a day, I deliver on that day. If something comes up, you hear about it right away, not on delivery day.
An honest view before you book.
If your material won’t carry, I tell you before you pay. Five minutes of it are enough for me to hear that.
One contact.
I answer your request and work on your project myself. No hand-offs, no changing editors.
Equipment
I work in Ableton Live and monitor on PreSonus Eris E8 XT and beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro. Every mix then has to hold up where it will play later – from the phone to the car. The studio holds about €4,000 of hardware and €5,000 of software.