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Take a deep dive into Nine Inch Nails’ live sound setup and FOH engineer Jamie Pollock’s touring workflow. From Yamaha Rivage consoles and API compression to analog vocal chains, system tuning, and live mastering techniques, discover the gear and philosophy behind one of the industry's most powerful live mixes.

Distortion is one of the most powerful tools in modern music production. Learn how clipping, hard clipping, soft clipping, and bitcrushing affect audio, create harmonics, increase perceived loudness, and shape tone. Discover how professional mixing and mastering engineers use distortion to add character, energy, and excitement.

A detailed breakdown of Post Malone's 12 Carat Tour front-of-house rig, featuring the Avid S6L, Neve 33609, Shadow Hills Optograph, Manley Massive Passive, Lake LM44 and more. Discover the live sound techniques, processing chains and system tuning methods behind a world-class touring production.

Audio compression is one of the most important tools in professional mixing and mastering. Learn how threshold, ratio, attack, and release shape your sound, understand the differences between VCA, FET, Optical, and Tube compressors, and discover how compression creates balanced, polished, professional mixes.

Learn how the SPL Transient Designer controls attack and sustain to create punchier drums, clearer vocals, and tighter mixes. Discover why transient shaping is a powerful alternative to traditional compression and how professional online mixing and mastering engineers use it to achieve release-ready sound.

Limiting is a mastering process that controls audio peaks from exceeding a set maximum level (ceiling). By reducing only the loudest peaks, a limiter increases overall loudness without clipping. When used correctly, limiting helps create louder, cleaner, and more professional-sounding masters while preserving clarity and playback reliability.