Manny Marroquin is a Guatemalan 5 time Grammy award winning mixing engineer known for his modern and polished sound across the pop and hip-hop genres. He has worked with big artists such as Kanye West, Post Malone, Rihanna and Bruno Mars. His mixes consist of clean and balanced tracks with a strong emotional impact and commercial appeal.
Although there is no apparent distinct style which makes his mixes stand out, Marroquin blends analog gear with digital precision, often giving tracks a warm yet punchy sound. His mixes often feature wide stereo imaging and carefully crafted low ends, ideal for streaming and radio. Through his style of wide stereo imaging, he creates a sense of space, making his tracks feel immersive and full. He enhances clarity by panning instruments and effects across the stereo field by avoiding over-crowding the centre so each element can shine and have their own space. His focus on the low-ends through bass and kicks are essential for emotional impact, common in genres like hip-hop and R&B. Despite a distinctiveness in the low ends, his mixes never sound muddy and translate well on all systems like headphones and speakers, demonstrating why he is a grammy award winning mixing engineer.
Marroquin in an interview states that when listening to a track he “listens to [his] body first” (Marroquin, M. 2025). He focuses on how the song has impacted his body and what emotions arouse. This showcases his attention to detail that he then emphasises and replicates through his mixing.
His awards consist of a Grammy award for his work on Alicia Keys’ ‘The Diary of Alicia Keys’ and John Mayers’ ‘Continuum’. His versatility has made him widely respected in the industry at his capability to bring out the best in a song.
Marroquin, M. (2025) One Watch, One record. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBgLjy0oY90
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