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| Mixing Lab Studios | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mixing Lab Studios |
| Type | Recording studio |
| Location | Miami, Florida |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founders | David "DJ" Hernandez |
| Notable clients | Shakira, Pitbull, Gloria Estefan |
Mixing Lab Studios is a commercial recording and mixing facility located in Miami, Florida that specializes in contemporary popular music production, post-production, and audio restoration. The studio gained recognition for work in Latin pop, hip hop, electronic, and film soundtrack projects, and has collaborated with artists, producers, and labels across North America, Europe, and Latin America. Mixing Lab Studios combines analog consoles, digital audio workstations, and outboard processors to serve recording artists, film composers, television producers, and advertising agencies.
Founded in 2001 by engineer-producer David "DJ" Hernandez, Mixing Lab Studios emerged amid growth in Miami's recording industry alongside studios such as Criteria Studios, Criteria Recording Studios, Daddy's House Recording Studio, The Hit Factory Miami, and independent facilities in Little Havana, Miami. Early projects included local Latin acts and remix sessions for international labels like Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and EMI Records. The studio's timeline intersects with tours and releases by artists associated with Estefan Enterprises, collaborations with producers linked to Tommy Mottola, and remixes commissioned by DJs connected to David Guetta, Calvin Harris, and Skrillex. Strategic partnerships with A&R representatives from RCA Records, Columbia Records, and Interscope Records expanded its profile through the 2000s and 2010s. The studio upgraded facilities following sessions for soundtrack work tied to Sony Pictures Entertainment and post-production for television clients associated with FX Networks and Telemundo.
Mixing Lab Studios houses an SSL G-Series console and a refurbished Neve 8068 desk used for analog summing in sessions linked to engineers familiar with Chris Lord-Alge, Andrew Scheps, and Jack Joseph Puig. Monitoring setups include nearfield and midfield speakers influenced by designs from Yamaha Corporation, Genelec, Adam Audio, and custom tunings inspired by rooms at Abbey Road Studios and Electric Lady Studios. Digital infrastructure centers on Pro Tools systems maintained with hardware from Avid Technology, high-end converters by Apogee Electronics and Universal Audio, and outboard gear from API, Focusrite, Manley Laboratories, and SSL. The studio maintains isolation booths and a live room sized to accommodate small ensembles, orchestral pickup, and so-called "vocal booths" used by artists represented by Roc Nation and Live Nation Entertainment. Accommodation for remote collaboration supports file delivery protocols used by mixing engineers associated with Metropolis Studios, Mixland, and freelance producers who worked with Skrillex and Diplo.
Mixing Lab Studios provides multitrack recording, mixing, mastering prep, audio editing, ADR, Foley pickup, and restoration for clients from independent labels to multinational corporations. Workflow emphasizes session recall with combination analog-digital signal chains—routing between the SSL desk, Pro Tools HDX rigs, and analog compressors from Universal Audio and dbx—paralleling techniques used by engineers like Beck collaborators and soundtrack mixers for Hans Zimmer projects. The studio offers remote mixing sessions via high-resolution file exchange used by managers at Caa Music and producers affiliated with Black Eyed Peas and Enrique Iglesias. Quality control and delivery meet standards of distributors such as The Orchard and major DSPs operated by Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal. Project management often involves coordination with A&R from Atlantic Records and legal clearances processed by entertainment attorneys linked to Ziffren Brittenham style firms.
Clients have included international artists and production houses: sessions with Gloria Estefan, collaborations for Pitbull tracks, mixes for Shakira sessions, and remixes commissioned by DJs like David Guetta and Afrojack. The studio contributed stems and mixes to film and television projects involving editors from Warner Bros. Pictures and music supervisors who worked on CSI: Miami and Miami Vice revivals. Advertising clients include national campaigns for brands produced by agencies associated with Wieden+Kennedy and Ogilvy, and music beds for sports broadcasts by ESPN and CBS Sports Network. The facility has also hosted emerging artists signed to Republic Records and independent collectives linked to XL Recordings.
Key personnel include founder David "DJ" Hernandez (chief engineer/producer), senior engineer Maria Alvarez (mixing/mastering lead), and technical director Carlos Rivera (studio acoustics and systems). Freelance mixers and staff engineers who have worked at the studio have connections to Grammy-winning engineers such as Tchad Blake, Chris Lord-Alge, and Serban Ghenea. Session producers and arrangers collaborating with the studio include names who have worked with Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, and film composers in the orbit of Hans Zimmer and John Powell.
Mixing Lab Studios received regional industry recognition through nominations from the Florida Music Awards and technical acknowledgments from trade publications like Mix (magazine) and Sound on Sound. Engineers associated with the studio have credits on projects that won Grammy Awards, Latin Grammy Awards, and entries in industry year-end lists by Billboard and Rolling Stone. The studio's projects have been shortlisted for sync awards at festivals organized by entities such as Guild of Music Supervisors.
Category:Recording studios in Florida