Mixing / Production

Deep in rural Pembrokeshire, South West Wales, engineer and producer Owain Fleetwood Jenkins has built a paradisal residential studio in an abandoned chapel...

As a mix engineer, it’s your job to give clients what they want — but what they say and what they mean aren’t always quite the same...

These audio files accompany the Mix Rescue article in SOS March 2023, featuring the song 'Sunshine' by Jeff Hirata.

American producer, engineer and mixer Ed Stasium nominates the drum sound on Living Colour’s ‘Love Rears Its Ugly Head’ as a particular favourite.

The buzz around immersive visual media is creating plenty of new opportunities for those who record spoken word for a living. But how do these new jobs differ from traditional ones?

American record producer, engineer and mixer Bob Clearmountain unpacks Neil Finn’s vocal from the Crowded House track ‘I Feel Possessed’.

When you’ve learned your craft from Manny Marroquin, you can mix on almost any system — as Jeremie Inhaber proved with Meghan Trainor’s ‘Made You Look’.

Adding a horn section to your productions can bring everything from mellow melancholy to verve and excitement.

With hit albums for Dave, Wizkid and now Stormzy, Brazilian‑American mixer Leandro Hidalgo is at the top of his game.

Just how do professional engineers tackle the earliest stages of their mixes, and can the rest of us learn anything from their approach?

Britain’s most high‑profile rapper has made his most ambitious album yet — with a little help from his friends.

We’re often advised to check mixes on a car stereo. But how useful is the fabled ‘car test’ in reality?

To find himself as an artist, Charlie Puth swapped high‑profile co‑writers for fan reaction on TikTok. It seems to have worked...

Gilla Band’s new album is one of the least normal things you’ll hear this year...

London‑based record producer, programmer and session musician Andy Wright chooses the drum sound from ‘Dirty Mind’, on Jeff Beck’s 2000 album You Had It Coming.

Want a hit that transcends genres? Hire a mix engineer who does the same — as Steve Lacy did with Neal Pogue.

Learn to stop worrying and love your mixes with our 10‑point checklist!

The ultimate one‑man band, Brazilian artist Ricardo Bacelar uses layers of drums, percussion, guitars and keyboards to build up dense immersive mixes.

A good real‑time analyser can draw attention to what our ears miss, and with multi‑channel formats that second opinion can be invaluable.