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Fleetwood Mac stalwarts Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie have enjoyed long musical careers — as has their engineer, mixer and co-producer Mark Needham.

The Beatles’ iconic Sgt. Pepper’s album was mixed twice on its original release. So why mix it again, 50 years on?

Reinvented by a little-known Norwegian production team, a song about not being famous any more made Mike Posner more famous than ever...

GForce Software’s latest software instrument recreates the world’s first programmable monophonic synthesizer, the Oberheim OB-1.

SSL's latest plug-in provides the classic plate reverb sound, but also includes some useful modern features such as built-in ‘ducking’ capabilities and a freeze function.

Antelope Audio release the Edge Note, a small diaphragm condenser microphone that can emulate 13 classic studio mics.

Composers Michelle Birsky and Kevin Henthorn speak to us from their studio space in Los Angeles...

Synth fans rejoice! New X6 version of Speck's rackmount line mixer packs 20 stereo inputs, eight buses and four aux sends/returns into a 4U rack.

We get a quick rundown of the latest features in Audient's new edition of their modern classic console,...

Rhodes have expanded their virtual instrument range with the release of the Rhodes Wurli, a software recreation of an iconic instrument.

Tape Saturator faithfully models a selection of different machines, and offers enough adjustment to cater to everything from subtle warmth to more obvious saturation.

These vocal tracking tips will help you achieve decent results every time.

PMI breathe new life into a classic dynamic EQ design.

Korg have announced that Nautilus owners are now able to equip their instruments with the full complement of sounds from the company’s hugely successful M1 synthesizer workstation.

This month tracks from Jack White, Angelique Kidjo, Paramore and our Classic Mix: I Heard It Through The Grapevine.

We examine the production of some recent hits to help you brush up on your listening skills.
André Rieu, J.Cole, Band Aid 30, St.Vincent, Erica Campbell. This month's Classic Mix - Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Blake McQueen asks the question. Do they really add anything to the album or are they just fillers?

This month, we record a jazz big band on location, tracing the project from the planning stages through to delivering edited multitracks to the mix engineer.

The 1975's chart-topping album is just one of a string of hit debuts engineered, mixed and produced by Mike Crossey.