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8 cost-free tips to improve your mixes in 2025
By Matt McCracken published
Get ahead on your mixing game in 2025 with these spend-free tips from a master mixing engineer and producer

How Rush marshalled Alex Lifeson’s dreams to write a bona-fide prog-rock classic
By Jonathan Horsley published
A tour-de-force of instrumental prog, La Villa Strangiato is the sound of Rush at the height of their powers, and this is how the Hemispheres epic came together

Our resident platinum award-winning mixer and producer shares 10 of his go-to plugins
By Jon Musgrave published
Our picks of the modern virtual tools that will transform any self-sustaining producer’s workflow

How legendary producer Mutt Lange drove the Cars half-mad
By Andrew Daly published
And the result? 'A beautiful record,' says guitarist Elliot Easton

How one Beatles track spawned a recording technique revolution
By Andy Price published
Originally called ’The Void’, the groundbreaking song found the Fab Four exploring higher planes of consciousness - and leaning on the studio more than ever before

How Flemming Rasmussen produced Metallica's Master Of Puppets
By Paul Elliott published
“I rate James as the best rhythm guitar player on the planet," the producer said

Why reverb is one of the most reliable effects in a producer's arsenal
By Adam Douglas published
“When used correctly, a good reverb can lift a song into the stratosphere”

Should today’s music-makers and producers fear AI - or embrace its inevitability?
By Adam Douglas published
This is the dawning of the AI age - but it doesn’t have to be the death knell for humans. Here’s why we believe music production will always be a human-led pursuit

Thomas Dolby tells us about pushing himself in the studio - and inspiring the next generation
By Daniel Griffiths published
After 40 years at the cutting edge, Dolby is now prepping his students to take on the future

"I can clearly see how quickly things can come together when you have the right tools at your disposal": I tried both face-to-face lessons and Pianote to learn the piano in 8 weeks - here's how I got on
By Tess Burgess published
Will combining online learning with face-to-face lessons be just what I need to become the piano player I've always wanted to be? Let's find out
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