Mixing / Production

Mike Stevens has worked with some of the world’s biggest pop acts at countless high-profile live events, including the Queen’s recent Diamond Jubilee concert.

This month: Newton Faulkner, Paloma Faith, Nicki Minaj, Coldplay and Rita Ora.

David Kosten is one of the UK’s most sonically adventurous producers, but insists that the song is king — no matter how twisted the recording.

This month's tracks are from Madonna, Justin Bieber, Elbow, Maroon 5 and Flo Rida.

We’re used to hearing rock albums reworked by electronic producers — but Alanis Morissette chose to do things the other way around...

Making music used to be a solitary, nocturnal pursuit for Adam Young, aka Owl City. Now, it’s his day job — and there are co-workers involved.

We examine the production of some recent releases from Paul McCartney, The Maccabees and Fun.

John Porter made his name with British indie and rock music — but is now arguably the world’s leading producer of blues records.

We examine the production of some recent hit records by Flo Rida, Kelly Clarkson abd Michael Kiwanuka.

Legendary engineer Keith Grant oversaw a golden age of music recording. Before his death earlier this year, he shared with Sound On Sound his memories of the studio he managed for a quarter of a century.

• Sean Kingston 'Party All Night' • Gotye 'Somebody That I Used To Know' • Olly Murs 'Heart Skips A Beat' • Carly Rae Jepsen 'Call Me Maybe'

One of the biggest albums of 2012 was recorded in one of the smallest studios — Andrija Tokic's house in Nashville, Tennessee...

With the tape always running in their Cologne studio, Can built up a huge archive of unreleased material. Much of it was brilliant, but all of it was chaotic...

Commercial Productions Analysed: Rebecca Ferguson • David Guetta • Professor Green

Benny Blanco has created a string of number one hits without expensive instruments or virtuoso keyboard skills. What exactly is his secret?

Creating music and sound effects for sophisticated video games such as Mass Effect 3 requires skills not found in film or television — and a lot of hard work.

• Sak Noel 'Loca People' • Labrinth 'Earthquake' • Drake 'Make Me Proud' • Florence & The Machine 'Shake It Out'

The long-awaited collaboration between singer Kenny Anderson and producer Jon Hopkins has yielded a hypnotic album where not everything is as it seems...

A leading tour musical director explains how his experience as a producer helps him to prepare hit records for live performance.

Half a century into his career, Paul McCartney has paid tribute to the songs that shaped his musical education with his first-ever album of standards.

• Pixie Lott 'All About Tonight' • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'Death Of You And Me' • Laura Marling 'Sophia'