SOUND ON SOUND
There’s more to crafting perfect pop vocals than slapping on a bit of compression and Auto‑Tune!
These audio files accompany the Pop Vocal Mixing article in SOS November 2025. The song featured in these examples is 'April Blues', by the artist Moni Blue.
These audio files accompany my article titled The Drum Squash Mic Trick, published in SOS September 2025, and demonstrate the potential benefits of adding a fifth ‘squash’ mic to a basic four-mic setup on acoustic drum kits.
When opting for a more minimal approach to drum miking, a compressed omni mic beneath the snare can pay dividends...
Sound and fury, signifying nothing... or a remarkably useful mixing tool?
Is it ever appropriate to place a limiter on a routing folder for specific parts prior to them hitting the final mix bus?
Back in SOS July 2011, Mike Shipley said this about the producer Mutt Lange: “With Mutt, we always have programmable equalisers where we can EQ every word..."
Quite a few engineers who work with bands like driving their drum submix into fairly heavy compression, but whenever I try doing this it seems like I end up losing the low‑end weight from my kick drum...
The foundation of a good, engaging mix is a strong arrangement. But how far can you go to improve things at the mixing stage?
These audio files available accompany the Mix Rescue article in SOS May 2024 featuring the song ‘The Winds Of Gypsy Moor’ by the Ferryboat Men.