Mixing / Production

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.

The technical dimension to vocal production is important, but the human dimension is even more so.

Eddie Bazil dives into some of his favourite plug-ins and delivers a series of examples on how to use these tools creatively.

We visited Alan in his state-of-the-art Dolby Atmos mix room at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions studio complex in Santa Monica, California, to hear his extraordinary life story and find out what's involved in mixing a blockbuster movie score.

A few tweaks to your MIDI data can make software piano parts much more realistic — and much easier to mix.

Drum mics can occupy a lot of channels in your DAW, and they can quickly multiply as you experiment with different processing — so it pays to impose some discipline!

Cristobal Tapia de Veer has become a first‑call Hollywood composer — by ignoring Hollywood’s rules.

With Angels & Queens, LA’s Gabriels have produced one of the most adventurous albums of the year.

Stephen Street has worked with the Smiths, Blur, the Cranberries, the Pretenders, Babyshambles and Kaiser Chiefs, and here he details his favourite sound from Blur's 'Song 2'.

The success of Noel Gallagher’s Council Skies owes much to his resident engineer Callum Marinho, who not only tracked but mixed the album.

When it comes to achieving a balanced frequency distribution in your mix, Sonible’s true:balance metering plug‑in can let your eyes support your ears.

These audio files accompany the Better MIDI Pianos article in SOS August 2023 edition.

Canadian mixer and recording engineer George Seara chooses the vocal on ‘Treat You Better’, by Shawn Mendes, as a favourite sound from his catalogue.

Today’s TikTok‑driven music market demands authenticity, as Atlanta mixer Jacob Morris found when he mixed David Kushner’s ‘Daylight’.

David Kosten’s first commercial Atmos project was an immersive mix of one of the greatest albums of all time. No pressure...

When using a mono-making plug-in, is there a range of transition that sees stereo signals gradually taper into mono?