Mixing / Production

Urban music is often a springboard for new producers and engineers, and 21 Savage's chart-topping album was no exception.

Searching for a crossover hit, the team behind classical tenor Andrea Bocelli turned to one of the all-time great rock producers.

Our engineer applies his mixing chops to put a professional sheen on an unrepeatable vocal-and-piano performance.

I'm not really sure when it's best to use mono reverb effects — and how to pan the reverb when doing so — and when to use stereo reverb?

We examine the production of some recent hit records to help you brush up your listening skills.

Here are the audio files that accompany February 2019's Mix Rescue article.

Drum & bass phenomenon Wilkinson tells us how his live show evolved from a simple DJ setup to a seven-piece band.

Catherine Marks trained in one of the world's most demanding professions — then gave it all up to make tea in a studio...

Prog-rock wunderkind Steven Wilson is using his studio skills to give legendary rock albums a new lease of life.

We examine the production of some recent hits from: Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B • Clean Bandit feat. Julia Michaels • Drake and a Classic Mix: Bryan Adams '(Everything I Do) I Do It For You' (1991).

The success of Greta Van Fleet reflects not only the enduring appeal of heavy rock but the timeless virtues of classic recording techniques!

Unfinished business: our engineer reworks a track he produced several years ago, and finds he'd left himself with plenty more to do!

Hip-hop collective Brockhampton abandoned their home studios for Abbey Road — and left with a number one album.

Hone your listening skills, as we dissect more hits from a recording and production perspective. This month: Freya Ridings, Marshmello (feat. Bastille), Ella Mai, and our classic mix is Aretha Franklin ‘I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)’ (1967).

To mark its 50th anniversary, two bands have taken to the stage to pay homage to Wendy Carlos’s classic crossover album Switched-On Bach.

The brief for supplying a sound system for a youth piano concert was to make the rig look and sound as transparent as possible...

In a world where almost everyone is mixing ‘in the box’, Mark Ralph and Clean Bandit have gone the other way.

You don’t have to play synths or ‘real’ instruments to make music: embrace the experimental, and you could use almost anything...