Mixing / Production

Grammy‑nominated producer and musician Hunter Lea currently produces and engineers out of Uptone Recorders in Tacoma, whose vintage equipment was used to produce his nominated favourite sound: the swelling oceanic tones on the 2024 track ‘Real Shoring’.

Having proved his worth on Tate McRae’s second album, producer and songwriter Grant Boutin played a pivotal role in the third.

Los Angeles‑based Aron Kobayashi Ritch first fell in love with production in a friend’s father’s garage studio, recording local bands while skipping school to assist at the legendary Sound City Studios with engineer David Boucher

The fearless sonic experimentation of composers Evgueni and Sacha Galperine is proving equally at home in mainstream and arthouse cinema — not to mention last year’s surprise hit TV series Baby Reindeer.

Led by vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist Jürgen Engler, Die Krupps’ blending of electronica with heavy guitars went on to influence numerous other bands, including Depeche Mode and Rammstein.

Metalcore presents unique production challenges — and few are better placed to meet them than genre veteran Jordan Fish.

We invited five top mix engineers to share some of the key ‘aha’ moments in their mixing journey, and to offer advice for those who’ve recently embarked on their own.

Subtle issues with the frequency balance can stop mixes from translating well to different listening systems. We offer a couple of suggestions that can help.

Already movers and shakers in Melbourne/Naarm’s musical underground, producer Kuya Neil and rapper Teether began collaborating in late 2020.

Pascal Gabriel, aka Stubbleman, joins Kevin Paul for his latest MixBus Interview and gives an insight into his working methods, favourite studio equipment and shares some valuable advice to artists and producers.

Any reverb plug‑in can be used to create the perception of depth — and your mixes will be more engaging and three‑dimensional as a result.

Stefan Boman is the house mix engineer at Atlantis Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. Asked to choose a favourite sound from a session he’s worked on, he nominates ‘No Song Unheard’ by the Hellacopters.

FKA Twigs has worked with many big‑name producers, but it was experimental electronic artist Koreless who guided the making of her new hit album Eusexua.

The new album by Noah Lennox, aka Panda Bear, features familiar collaborators pulling in a very different musical direction.

A hit movie about the world’s greatest rock band turns conventional ideas of audio restoration on their head.

Colombian‑born Ela Minus was studying jazz performance as a drummer at Berklee College Of Music when she got a taste for electronic music.

These audio examples accompany the ‘Depth Of Field’ workshop article from SOS April 2025 issue, discussing the use of three reverb treatments.

Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Dune: Part Two soundtrack with legendary mixing engineer Alan Meyerson.

Steve Dub shares insights into his workflow as a producer, discussing his ongoing work with The Chemical Brothers, his love of experimentation and how he adapts his methods to mixing in the box.

David Mellor discusses how to create custom effects in a DAW without relying on expensive plug-ins.

Well known as guitarist with glam art‑rock pioneers Roxy Music, Phil Manzanera has also etched out parallel careers as solo artist, session musician and producer.