Mixing / Production

With a career that now spans 40 years, Supple has worked with artists across a wide range of genres, including Coldplay, Pet Shop Boys, Morrissey, Suede, U2, Spandau Ballet, Elbow and Kylie Minogue, to name but a few.

Adam Thein mixed Djo’s second album entirely on headphones — including a hit that went viral twice and topped charts five years after its release.

These audio files accompany the April 2026 Mix Rescue feature in Sound On Sound magazine.

New arrangements, new mixes and new masters present an album in a fresh light — and offer an escape route from a sonic trap.

Award‑winning American producer, engineer and mixer Jacquire King has an impressive CV that includes the likes of Kings Of Leon, Buddy Guy, Shania Twain, Tom Waits and You Me At Six, among many others.

British duo Space Primates have pivoted from wannabe session guitarists to top‑tier K‑pop producers, with impressive results!

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With the right tools, you can capture a good vocal take in most rooms. And if you can’t, AI processors are opening up new possibilities...

Legendary engineer Phill Brown has worked with the biggest names in music, from Led Zeppelin and David Bowie to Cat Stevens and the Rolling Stones. Asked to choose a favourite sound from his vast catalogue, he nominates the drum sound on ‘After The Flood’, from Talk Talk’s 1991 album Laughing Stock.

Yungblud capped a triumphant 2025 with a hit collaboration with Aerosmith. Long‑term producer Matt Schwartz was behind the desk.

Eddie Bazil demonstrates creative uses of advanced automation as a musical tool in the DAW, showing how automation can add movement, expression and musical detail.

Asked to nominate a favourite sound from his vast back catalogue, Jeff zeroes in on the drum recording for Shania Twain’s 1997 hit ‘Man! I Feel Like A Woman’.

If there was a monitoring system that was reliable, affordable and sounded the same everywhere, would you use it for mixing? Well, there is — and you probably already own it.

Songwriter, producer and musician Carter Lang has built a stellar career on collaboration and a love of obscure hardware.

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William Basinski’s archival recording project gained a life of its own when the tapes began to deteriorate, and then took on a new significance in the wake of the September 11th attacks.

Guitarist Steve Rothery is the longest‑serving member of prog‑rockers Marillion, and here he details how he got his favourite guitar sound on Marillion’s ‘The Great Escape’.

To perfect Olivia Dean’s intimate, personal sound world, the artist and producer/songwriter Zach Nahome decided to step outside the studio.

With our nu‑disco tune mixed and mastered, we turn our attention to distributing and promoting it...

Famed recording engineer and record producer Kyle Lehning started his recording career at the age of 18 in Nashville. His career trajectory saw him go on to work with a virtual Who’s Who of the American country music scene...

These audio files accompany the Pop Vocal Mixing article in SOS November 2025. The song featured in these examples is 'April Blues', by the artist Moni Blue.