Mixing / Production

Dua Lipa's mega-hit 'Don't Start Now' grew out of a writing session in Wyoming to achieve world-wide chart domination. Producer Ian Kirkpatrick was there from the start.

In our latest in-depth video feature, producer Oak Felder takes us inside his studio — and his Logic session — to show exactly...

Working with ace mixer Tony Maserati taught producer Sir Nolan that hit-making is as much about what you take away as what you add...

Mixing can be a mentally taxing pursuit, but these simple strategies will help you maintain your focus and get the best results.

Virtual drums and guitar processors are certainly capable of delivering great sounds — but they don't always behave as you'd expect when it comes to mixdown.

When a band have been producing their own hits for a decade, it takes a brave producer to jump into the hot seat...

Chris Rabold has gone from selling T-shirts out of a van to mixing Bruno Mars' epic two-year 24K Magic tour.

The success of Jax Jones demonstrates that there's still a role for old-fashioned musicianship in electronic music!

The minimal arrangement of Ellie Goulding's unlikely New Year number one was underpinned by a rather less minimal mix...

I double-tracked lead vocals by combining two different vocal takes from the same singer, each recorded on a different mic (a Shure SM7b and an Audio-Technica AT4033a)...

Solutions to mixing problems can sometimes be found in your arrangement...

These audio files accompany my Mix Rescue article in SOS March 2020, featuring the song 'Muddy Water' by Dorothea Wessel.

Her ability to balance the human and the technical sides of recording has made Laura Sisk one of the US's most in-demand engineers.

Our engineer visits a reader's home studio to help improve his mixes, and shows that you can get great results from even the modest of monitors.

Do you advise panning stereo guitar solos close to the centre to enhance definition, or would you ever pan them wider apart?

Luke Combs' anthemic songs have crossed over from the country world to top mainstream charts. We talk to the production team behind his massive hit singles.

New York-based producer/engineer, songwriter and music educator Illmind has wide-ranging credits extending all the way from 50...

Guest engineer Andy Brook discusses his approach to recording the legendary British rockers' 33rd studio album.

After unknown busker Tones and I teamed up with unknown producer Konstantin Kersting, she soon became very well known indeed!

Laptops, loops and layers are the tools that have taken Oliver Heldens to the forefront of the future house genre.