Here in the U.S., Labor Day Weekend is upon us -- the unofficial end of summer. If you're one of those rare audio pros who actually slow down during a three-day weekend, here's some good reading for you: a bevy of Classic Tracks stories from the Mix archives. We're taking the weekend off too, so the Mix SmartBrief will return Tuesday. In the meantime, relax, be safe, and hats off to the production crews working hard to entertain everyone else this weekend!

By Blair Jackson. A rock legend in his own right, Alan Parsons shares how he engineered Pink Floyd's classic inside the depths of Abbey Road.

By Robyn Flans. Recording Prince and the Revolution's “Let’s Go Crazy” in October 1983 was baptism by fire for engineer Susan Rogers.

By Robyn Flans. With his sweet tenor voice and a tear in his vocal, Vince Gill defines the term “high lonesome sound.”

By Matt Hurtwitz. Late one night in 1969, Robert Lamm returned home came home late from a gig and came up with a riff on a guitar missing a few strings...

By Robyn Flans. Inside the creation of Lucinda Williams’ breakthrough, Grammy-winning masterpiece.

System integrator Arrow+Jay brought modern-day technology to an unusual worship facility.

Award-winning composer and 2x Oscar-winning supervising sound editor sit down to talk about “Fear, Tension and the Psychology of Sound.”

The 13th annual Mix Presents Sound for Film & TV event, on September 26, 2026 at Sony Pictures Post Production Services, will get to the guts of FX, Foley and The Sound of Horror.