Mixing / Production

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.

Do your virtual acoustic drum parts never seem to work in the context of a mix? Here's how to fashion more natural and compelling results...

We examine the production of some recent hits from Dermot Kennedy, Marshmello ft. chvrches, DJ Regard, Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey, Mist plus The Cars 1984 classic 'Drive'.

Deep in the Swedish forest, we track down a producer whose work has defined the sound of modern metal.

With spill between instruments and bleed from backline and monitors, live-performance recordings present unique mixing challenges. At London's PLASA show, Miloco Studios' engineer Jamie McEvoy explained how to get a great result.

With spill between instruments and bleed from backline and monitors, live‑performance recordings present unique mixing...

It might be set in the '20s, but Downton Abbey certainly isn't a silent movie! We talk to the team behind its state-of-the-art sound production.

Modern rap might be minimalist, but that doesn't mean it's easy to mix — especially when, as on DaBaby's Kirk album, the vocals were tracked in a hotel room.

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

Joe Colmenero hit the big time with Lil Tecca — and one of the smallest mixes he's ever done!