Blog
Editor’s Note: Speaking Truth on a Magical Day
You never really know how things will go when you wake up on the morning of a big show....
Blog
Blog: Let’s Hear It for the Crews!
The show must go on. Downbeat at 7. That’s what drives a crew.
Live Sound
Danny Elfman Live: From Batman to Boingo to Big Mess and Beyond
After 30 years and composing more than 100 film scores, Danny Elfman has started playing live again—and bringing all that to the stage is...
Blog
What Would You Grab?
If I had 5 minutes, once family and pets are safe and in the car, what would I grab? Of all these “things” that...
Blog
Tom’s Travels: Celebrating 40 Years With Apogee
For Mix co-editor Tom Kenny, the 2025 NAMM Show began the night before, with an annual—and this year, very special—kick-off party in Santa Monica....
Blog
A Creative Renaissance in Song and Score
I’m a night owl, and I have been as long as I can remember...
Blog
Talking Technology, Thinking About Gear
Year-end lists are one of the long-standing staples of journalism, whether it’s the "Top 10 Films of the Year," "2024's Best Backpacks" or "5...
Blog
Editor’s Note: Oh, to Be in New York City…
A look back at the music and recording scene of the mid-1970s to mid-1980s, when the incredible variety of artistic and production talent led...
Blog
From the Editor: Can Generative AI Make a Twister?
Mix co-editor Tom Kenny brings some fun context to the audio efforts behind 1996's Twister and this summer's semi-sequel Twisters.
Blog
Editor’s Note: The Digital Information Myth
It seems counterintuitive, but it's true: Despite high-capacity, low-cost data storage, we are losing chunks of our history every day.
Blog
Editor’s Note: You Gotta Push Some Air
A viewing of Dune: Part Two is a good time, but it also proves a point: You gotta push some air.
Music Production
Inside the Performance Technology of TrueSPL
Take a deep dive into live, real-time surround from Michael Way and TrueSPL.
Blogs
Making a Difference: Betty Bennett
Apogee Owner/CEO talks inspiration, commitment and the women who helped make her who she is.
Blog
Editor’s Note: Pause. Rewind. Fast Forward.
We are living in an amazing time! And once in a great while, when I run into a genuine blast from the past, I’m...
Events
‘Mix LA: Immersive Music Production’ Is a Hit!
The photos are worth a thousand words as top Los Angeles engineers and producers gathered at UMG’s 21Fifteen Studios for a full day of...
Blog
From the Editor: Fewer ‘Things,’ More ‘Experiences’
Every now and then, I now realize, when all the elements came together and the band was killing it, I would crossover from “having...
Blog
NAMM 2024: A Mix Diary, Part 3 — Back to the Show Floor
It was back to the Pro Audio North Hall for Days Two and Three of NAMM 2024, back among the booths and demo rooms...
Blog
NAMM 2024: A Mix Diary, Part 2—Happy Hour and Dinner
Thursday at NAMM wrapped up with Happy Hour at PMC, followed by a memorable dinner with the team at PAD.
Blog
NAMM 2024: A Mix Diary
Mix co-editor Tom Kenny was everywhere during NAMM 2024, but as he recounts, his journey began long before the convention hall doors opened....
Blog
Editor’s Note: Peeling Off the Labels
Labels help define nearly everything in our lives, but they can do just as much harm as good.
Music Production
Cover Story: Jack Antonoff — The Mix Interview, Part 2
Producer of the Year Grammy-winner Jack Antonoff discusses his relationship with tech, considers sonic spaces and shares what’s ahead for 2024.
Music Production
Cover Story: Jack Antonoff — The Mix Interview, Part 1
In his two-part interview, two-time Producer of the Year Grammy winner Jack Antonoff discusses the honor of recording, the lure of playing live, the...
Blog
Editor’s Note: Looking From the Inside Out
Here's a couple of things to be excited about from a Big Picture point of view, from the inside out.
Blog
Editor’s Note: To Those Who Show Us the Way
I told the audience a story about the three sound designers/re-recording mixers who would soon be joining me onstage to talk about “Sound, Story...
Blog
Editorial: Things We Bring to the Party
Everything we do informs everything else we do -- and here's why.
Business
Cover Story: Peter D’Antonio—Doctor of Diffusion, Part 2
Peter D’Antonio Talks Studio Design, 40 Years of RPG and a Lifetime of Science and Sound.
Business
Cover Story: Peter D’Antonio—Doctor of Diffusion, Part 1
Peter D’Antonio Talks Studio Design, 40 Years of RPG and a Lifetime of Science and Sound.
Music Production
The Immersive Education of Alex Solano
The enterprising Alex Solano, a self-taught Atmos mix engineer, now wants to teach others.
Blog
Editor’s Note: It’s Getting Hot in Here
Temperatures are up all over the world this summer, and that got me thinking about what it means to be hot. It's supposed to...
Blog
MixNYC: Great Day, Great Studio, Great City
Top talent comes out for the debut of MixNYC: Immersive Music Production, held at the world-class facilities of Power Station at BerkleeNYC.
Blog
A Midyear Message From Mix: Be Good to Yourself
Take a vacation, spend a weekend at the beach, go to a ballgame...it's time to recharge the batteries as we get ready for the...
Featured
A Tribute to Hillel Resner, Former Mix Publisher, 1942-2021
A natural-born promoter with an instinct for sales and marketing, Resner, as much as anyone, was responsible for the rise of Mix as a...
Sponsored
Emmy Awards Nominee: Love Death + Robots — Outstanding Sound Editing
Adult-themed anthology of short films features stunning animation, as well as a film-style soundtrack that fills the small screen.
Sponsored
Emmy Awards Nominee: The Queen’s Gambit — Sound Editing, Sound Mixing
Find out how the sound team balanced the drama of a coming-of-age story with the excitement of chess as a sporting event.
Featured
Bruce Swedien, 1934-2020
Legendary engineer worked with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Paul McCartney, Diana Ross, J-Lo and so many others But his relationship with Michael Jackson and...
Featured
Meet the Sound Team: Stranger Things
The hit Netflix series, with its eerie, signature soundscape, took home Primetime Emmy Awards for Sound Editing in its first two seasons. Now they're...
Blog
‘When the Going Gets Weird, the Weird Turn Pro’
In his Editor's Note for the April issue, Mix Editor Tom Kenny looks around the coronavirus landscape and wonders who is going to help...
Films-TV
The Sound of ‘Toy Story 4’
Supervising sound editor/sound designer Ren Klyce leads the Skywalker Sound team in creating a heartwarming, familiar and action-packed soundtrack.
news
Happening Now! First Annual Auction to “Make Music Matter”
Grammy Music Education Coalition and Morgan Stanley team up, with prizes from Jack Black, Kevin Bacon, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow and others.
2014
Berklee College of Music, Boston
Wow. It was only a couple of years ago that Berklee College of Music opened its stunning new campus in Valencia, Spain, offering both...
Live Sound
The Cure at BottleRock Napa Valley 2014
Despite what we read in the American media, The Cure actually do tour pretty regularly, with 31 festival headlining dates, a stadium tour of...
Facilities
Welcome to 1979, Nashville Style
It doesn’t take much sleuthing to find out the basis of Chris Mara’s recording philosophy. It’s right there in the name of his Nashville...