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8 cost-free tips to improve your mixes in 2025
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
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
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
And the result? 'A beautiful record,' says guitarist Elliot Easton
How one Beatles track spawned a recording technique revolution
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
“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
“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?
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
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
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