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Mix Secrets

Our longstanding series called INSIDE TRACK: Secrets Of The Mix Engineers kicked off with Dave Pensado in our January 2007 edition. It's been a stalwart element of Sound On Sound magazine ever since. Full of nuggets of pro insider advice and tool tips, Inside Track focuses each month on a hit record and lays bare its mixing and production techniques, along with recording explanations from the artists and engineers who were involved in its creation.

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    Inside Track: Måneskin ‘Beggin’

    Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Alessandro Marcantoni

    Italian band Måneskin were unlikely winners of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, but even that couldn’t prepare them for what came next. Mix engineer Alessandro Marcantoni tells the story of their viral single ‘Beggin’.

    Techniques Oct 2021
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    Inside Track: Polo G ‘Rapstar’

    Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Todd Hurtt

    Polo G could have worked with any superstar mix engineer on the planet. Instead, he chose relative unknown Todd Hurtt to mix his hit album Hall Of Fame.

    Techniques Sep 2021
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    Inside Track: St Vincent ‘Pay Your Way In Pain’

    Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Cian Riordan

    The experimental production behind St Vincent’s album Daddy’s Home made for an unusual and challenging mix.

    Techniques Aug 2021
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    Inside Track: Olivia Rodrigo ‘Drivers License’

    Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Mitch McCarthy

    Olivia Rodrigo stormed the charts earlier this year with her breakthrough single ‘Drivers License’. LA’s rising star Mitch McCarthy talks us through the mix.

    Techniques Apr 2021
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    Inside Track: Taylor Swift 'willow'

    Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Jonathan Low

    From sketches to final mixes, engineer Jonathan Low spent 2020 overseeing Taylor Swift’s hit lockdown albums folklore and evermore.

    Techniques Mar 2021
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    Inside Track: Bruce Springsteen 'Letter To You'

    Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Bob Clearmountain

    Bruce Springsteen’s latest album was an international hit last year, but the console it was mixed on was made a quarter of a century ago. Mixing legend Bob Clearmountain was at the controls.

    Techniques Jan 2021
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