Mark "Spike" Stent at the University of West London | London College of Music

Producer and Mixing Engineer Mark "Spike” Stent, who received an honorary doctorate from the University of West London in 2019, gives a guest lecture on his mixing techniques.
Interviewed by Professor Simon Zagorski-Thomas, Mark Stent explores subjects from compression to reverb and how timing is important in mixing using a track produced by MA Record Production student, Andrea Succi, as an example.

[@gregtrela]

Spike Stent is a legend!
Big thanks to UWL/LCM for inviting him.
So proud to be UWL graduate!

[@banigrisson]

It's one thing to have technical problems with the mics, but... how do you invite a guy like that and don't have questions prepared?

[@tobes_.]

For the people wanting to compare mixes
Student's Mix: 8:03
Mark's Mix: 10:59

[@DrTune]

you can hear why he gets the big bucks ;-)

[@indieric]

Spike is amazing. Great insights.

[@TheBlashMusic]

That demo song sounds like 2014 era Ed Sheeran

[@caspermaster-com]

That's promising, I find most upcoming producers work their way "forward in time" to catch up with today. It's pretty logical really. You have to be an excellent producer to only have like 6 months practice so to say, to sound like today. Usually, intermediate producers are a few years behind in sound, until they get sharp enough to be able to sound "today" if they want to.

[@makrown]

Thanks you this was fantastic! 🌟👍

[@vitaliistep]

Thank you very much!

[@shoogabooga2072]

So good thank you for this

[@boxculture]

8:32
11:28
Pop your volume down 1 click as you change to Mike’s mix.

[@gibsonhero233532574998]

why is the ott after the limiter...? would that cause overs and clipping?

[@gazingwrmth]

No if he's working on 32Bit and After he mixes, the track gets mastered too so that's is going to be always sorted.

[@billbull4924]

Wish I were there in the room!

[@grimpuppet1742]

Plot twist: Steves Jones interviewed by Sting with a beard :P

[@ndvazly]

They should’ve let him mix this video’s sound..

[@TheBlashMusic]

1:48:14 Someone sounds like they are dying from COVID-19 in the background 🤣😬

[@hapiavenue2136]

Not funny at all

[@gagadeconstructed8748]

Dumb joke

[@TheBlashMusic]

@@hapiavenue2136 @Gaga Deconstructed I wrote this comment before the pandemic really started.....There wasn't even lockdowns back then

[@ILoveTelecasters]

“We have Ed Sheeran at home”

[@nostalgiaregret]

Someone needs to fix that dock

[@ghostman6693]

Wow, worst intro ever lol,

[@Intimatycal]

omg spending day and half on the mix, omg you wasted all that time, omg

[@taks359]

? It's too long

[@Octwavian]

horrible audio. Paradoxically

[@jesselavigne3545]

God this interviewer. 🤦🏻