Mixing / Production

It was roughly a decade after moving to the UK from West Tokyo in 2004 that Japanese producer and artist Koichi Yamanoha came up with the kaleidoscopic mix of folk, art‑rock and psychedelia he calls Grimm Grimm.

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Mixing gets so much easier when your processing chains are configured to deliver the same results in response to the same levels!

Record producer/mix engineer Luke Smith details how he got his favourite sound on ‘Spanish Sahara’ from Foals...

David Wrench’s goal as mix engineer was to make Blur sound like themselves!

Film composer and producer Ludwig Göransson has earned a stellar reputation for sonic world‑building.

If you want to see the state of the art in studio design, there’s no better place to look than EDM star Afrojack’s Wall Recordings.

Asked to pick a favourite sound to dissect, American mix master Michael Brauer chooses the vocal sound on Elle King’s ‘Ex’s & Oh’s’.

Working on Trippie Redd’s mixtape A Love Letter To You 5 at Miami’s Criteria Studios gave mixer Koen Heldens the rare chance to mix a rap album to half‑inch tape.

PJ Harvey and her fearless collaborators have navigated three decades and six albums without repeating themselves, and her new album is another masterclass in innovative production.

Xylo Aria talks about her personal journey as a music artist and how it gave her the incentive to create Music Production for Women.

Mixing in software needn’t mean that the results lack character, colour and warmth.

After rising through the vibrant New York studio scene of the ’90s, Ann Mincieli developed a 25‑year partnership with the biggest R&B star of the 21st Century, and now has her own state‑of‑the‑art Manhattan studio.

Most DAWs give you the power to control the volume of recorded audio on a per‑clip level — and with this power comes immense creative potential!

Now you can create Atmos mixes using any DAW! But that’s not all this app has to offer...

It takes talent, attitude and self‑belief to succeed in the music business, and Linda Perry has plenty of all three...

Creating an environment where artists can flourish means building trust, understanding people and valuing everyone’s input.

Norwegian artist and producer Live Sollid began her musical journey in the world of jazz, but is now exploring the outer reaches of progressive electronica and experimental pop...

Meet the producers, engineers, songwriters and musicians featured on this month’s Sound On Sound front cover.