Mixing / Production

This month we look at ways to manipulate transients and make use of those all-important send effects, as we take on Jay Menon's ballad, 'Through My Eyes'.

If your plug-in synths sound a bit cold and clinical, there are plenty of ways to inject some life...

Here is a selection of audio files to accompany this month's Mix Rescue of Jay Menon's ballad 'Through My Eyes'. You can...

Behind every rap megastar, theres a very talented engineer. Young Guru was at the desk throughout the recording and mixing of Jay-Zs latest smash-hit album, The Blueprint 3.

Some tips to help you and your laptop survive in the brutal world of live music.

In the second part of our masterclass on the production of modern metal music, we explain what makes a great metal mix.

MP3 audio files to accompany this month's Mixing Metal (Part 2) article.

Getting your recordings fit for the mix is crucially important, but it is something that nearly all Mix Rescue candidates seem to overlook to a greater or lesser extent.

Hear for yourself the before and after mix elements.

Producer and songwriter Fraser T Smith has made the unlikely journey from prog rock to grime. With Tinchy Stryder, his broad experience has paid off in the shape of three massive hit singles.

Extreme metal music demands, and expects, extreme skills from producers and engineers. In Part 1 of this in-depth masterclass, we explain the techniques that go into crafting modern metal sounds.

The following video interviews accompany this month's Extreme Metal: Recording Metal Music (Part 1) masterclass.

Being a mix engineer isnt only about mixing, as we show when revamping Bobby Nobodys track, Stitch Up.

Here is a selection of audio files to accompany this month's Mix Rescue of Bobby Nobody's song 'Stitch Up'. You can listen to...

Remastering projects dont come much bigger than this: a team of engineers spent four years in Abbey Road studios creating the definitive Beatles collection. Here's their story...

Recorded and mixed in a modest home studio, Day n Nite has made stars of singer/rapper Kid Cudi and producer Dot Da Genius.

Even grime mixes need clarity! This month we get our hands dirty cleaning up the mud in Alex Giddens track.

Links to the accompanying audio files.

It can be difficult reading about compression without hearing what it does. Here are a number of audio files to accompany this article, with a detailed explanation of what they demonstrate.

Getting precisely the results you want from compressors can often be the key to a tight, modern-sounding mix. We explain what the controls are designed to achieve and how they relate to what you hear.

John Fields and Paul David Hager have a very modern working relationship — and with the Jonas Brothers, theyve delivered a string of old-fashioned hits.