Mixers

Splitting out your stereo signals into separate Mid and Sides tracks can open up a world of creative options in your mix.

Getting vocals to 'sit right' can require a lot more than setting the fader and applying EQ. We asked a number of engineers how they do it.

Engineer Matt Wiggins has worked with everyone who's anyone — and knows that he needs to be prepared for anything!

Catherine Marks trained in one of the world's most demanding professions — then gave it all up to make tea in a studio...

Prog-rock wunderkind Steven Wilson is using his studio skills to give legendary rock albums a new lease of life.

Having created the conditions for a successful mix last month, what can you do to fit your vocal in the mix?

Talent and hard work have taken Marta Salogni from dive bars in Italy to working with A-list mixing and production clients in the UK in less than a decade.

Once you’ve recorded, edited and comped your vocals, a little careful prep work could pay real dividends when it comes to the mix.

There are many jobs involved in large-scale touring — and established front-of-house mixer Bryony October has pretty much done them all.

Working with a producer and an ambitious timescale, our engineer planned ahead for the best chances of a good result.

I have a slight level mismatch that I don’t know how best to resolve. I want to patch the Dangerous Music Compressor through the inserts on two of an Allen & Heath GL2400 mixer’s input channels. The problem is that the send signal from the mixer is a tad weak for hitting the compressor where it works best...

Go-to producer for Taylor Swift, Lorde and St. Vincent, Jack Antonoff has the rare ability to translate wild experimentation into record sales.

German producer Zedd has become a star by bringing musicality to electronic dance music.

One of the highlights of the 2017 Manchester International Festival was a series of intimate live performances by New Order, who reinvented their stage show by introducing an entirely new set list and a 12-piece synthesizer orchestra!

Ryan Hewitt’s career began in New York and saw him assisting Michael Brauer and Phil Ramone. However, it was in LA that he...

Star producer Ariel Rechtshaid inhabits many different musical worlds at once. No wonder he’s busy...

When it comes to mixing drums, few things have studio newcomers tearing their hair out more often than compression. We clarify matters by identifying a series of distinct drum-mixing tasks for which engineers commonly use compressors.

Live opera can be a life-changing experience — and London’s premier opera house is using immersive sound to explore new ways of sharing it.

We talk guitar recording and more with Grammy-nominated engineer Michael Ilbert, based in Berlin's legendary Hansa Studios.

Greg Price has spent nearly 20 years at front of house for some of the biggest names in rock, and now his company believe they’ve perfected the art of live recordings.