Mixing / Production

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.

When I'm happy with a mix, I usually bounce it down and listen to it on my home stereo, MP3 player, car stereo, and round a ...

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...

Over the last few years I've collected quite a few sample libraries in Giga format, but now that Tascam have discontinued...

I run a cheap and very cheerful recording studio in Cambridgeshire, England, and I am constantly asked whether I do mastering...

Bruce Swedien has been the engineer of choice for Michael Jackson and his producer Quincy Jones, among many others. In a rare interview, he lays bare the techniques behind some of the superstars biggest hits.

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...

We cross-examine James Wiltshire of the Freemasons to uncover the secrets of their phenomenal success as a production and remix team.

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.

Rock bands, choirs and symphony orchestras each pose their own challenges to the engineer. Put them all in the same room, and things get really messy...

Links to the before and after mixes.