Andrew Scheps talks mixing, production and the legacy of Metallica’s Death Magnetic: “My line is that the loudness war is over because I won… and that was the record that did it"

Andrew Sheps

So how exactly can one set of ears be behind the signature sound of artists as musically diverse as Lana Del Rey, Green Day, Metallica, Lady Gaga, U2, Justin Timberlake and everyone in between? American Mix engineer and producer Andrew Scheps is certainly so much more than the ‘lord of loud’, so we had to find out more.

Speaking live and direct from his Punkerpad studio in Titton, Worcestershire in the UK, Andrew explains the difference between mixing for The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jay-Z and and Adele (spoiler: there isn’t one), analogue versus digital, the gear and techniques behind his sound and where he stands on mixing in Atmos.