Iconic movie sound effects, your favorite songs, and ambient background noises are created through the art of audio mixing. From lo-fi to hi-fi and everything in between, here’s the lowdown on the ...

Mastering engineer Dave McNair unravels some of the mysteries of how he makes music sound good over iTunes and MP3s played over $20 computer speakers. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg ...

While music production undergoes several steps, mixing and mastering music are the two essential processes that ensure every track sounds professional. Mixing is the technique of adjusting and ...

NEW YORK—How difficult is it to mix audio for a major network sports event? “Sit in front of your television,” said Phil Adler, a longtime broadcast mixer whose credits include five Olympics and a ...

Our readers have many questions about audio production and we want to help you find the answers. Consider this a living document — we'll continue to update it with answers from NPR Training and other ...

I often hear there is a shortage of top-tier sound mixers. I think I have heard that since I did my first show with ESPN back in 1983, and I would say there was possibly a shortage of television ...

In the recording world, an audio engineer’s presence is to be heard, not seen. It can be argued that they are they hidden figures of the industry, despite the fact that their role in the music ...

As immersive video formats grow in popularity, NPR audio engineers have been experimenting with techniques for how to record high-quality spatial audio — an audio format that allows a listener to ...

Most artists will bristle when contemplating the idea that the fine-tuning of their work could be taken over by software and automation. How can a code or algorithm adequately capture the nuances they ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. When it comes to proper sound engineering, having a ...