2026
GunPoint X
World Of Shadows (Thee Un4given Mix)
Mixed & mastered
Mixing · Recording · Release-ready masters
Chris
McMillan
28 years making bands sound like themselves, only louder.
Scottish mixing engineer. Remote mixing for bands and artists anywhere in the world, with a release-ready master if you want one. Punk, alternative, indie, metal, and anything with a pulse.
Sucioperro · Medals · Barrie-James O'Neill · MADAFAKA · Old Guard · GunPoint X · Droves · PESTS · PARKA
Launch offer: first 3 clients only
Mix + mastering for £150 £225
I'm opening the books again. The first 3 bands get a full mix with mastering included for £150 a song, up to 5 songs each. In return I ask for an honest testimonial and permission to use a short before/after clip. Once the 3 slots are gone, it's normal prices.
Who's on the faders
I'm Chris McMillan, a Scottish mixing engineer. I started mixing bands at 17 and haven't stopped since. That's 28 years of making records sound right.
I cut my teeth on live sound, in tiny sweaty rooms and on big stages. That's where you learn what actually matters: the song, the energy, and the bit that makes a crowd move. Records come first now, and I bring the same thinking to every mix. They should hit hard, sit right on any speaker, and still sound like you.
Those years behind live desks are also why I'm the person to rescue your gig recording. I know exactly how messy a desk multitrack gets: bleed everywhere, no room mics, crowd noise in the vocal mics. I like that challenge. Martin Metcalfe & The Fornicators' Live Unplugged (3 × CD) is one I recorded and mixed.
In the studio I've recorded, mixed and mastered records for bands across punk, grind, metal, indie and psych. That includes engineering Medals' Disguises (mixed by JP Reid, mastered by Howie Weinberg) and co-producing, mixing and engineering Barrie-James O'Neill's Mad Man.
Cassini Technical Services is my business. I'm the one you talk to, and the one who mixes your song. Some older heads might remember me as Boyjunior.
The room
- DAW: Fender Studio Pro 8.2
- Monitoring: Yamaha HS7
Selected credits
Real records by real bands. Click through and have a listen.
2020
Barrie-James O'Neill
Mad Man
Co-produced, mixed & engineered
2020
Barrie-James O'Neill
Psychedelic Soup
Studio work across much of the album
2018
Old Guard / Perfect Blue
Split
Recorded, mixed & mastered (Old Guard side)
2017–18
Martin Metcalfe & The Fornicators
Live Unplugged (3 × CD)
Multitrack recording & mix of the live album
2017
Old Guard
Not Everything Is A Dream
Recorded, mixed & mastered
2017
Los Perros
Wedding & Function Band Promo
Recorded & mixed (video by Steven Scott)
2017
MADAFAKA
The Blade and the Ice
Recorded, mixed & mastered: one 20-minute suite
2017
PESTS
Pests E.P.
Recorded & mixed
2016
Droves
Dog People
Recorded, mixed & mastered
2013
Medals
Disguises
Engineer (mixed by JP Reid, mastered by Howie Weinberg)
2006 / 2012
Sucioperro
Random Acts Of Intimacy (Expanded)
Additional engineering (bonus tracks)
2006
PARKA
Disco Dancer / Seciov
Mastered
2004
Sucioperro
The Hidden Perils Of Dancing
Engineered, mixed & edited
Also behind the desk for: think:Fire · Poor Old Ben · Viking Galaxy.
Prices
Fixed price, agreed before I start. No surprise invoices.
Main service
Mix
£180/song
- Up to ~40 tracks, songs up to 5:30
- 2 rounds of revisions
- Light vocal tuning included
- Main and instrumental versions
- Mastering is a separate charge, from £45
Separate charge
Mastering
from £45/release
- Single: £45
- EP, up to 5 tracks: £120 for the whole EP
- Album, 6–12 tracks: £200 (longer, I'll quote)
- For songs I've mixed, done once you've signed off the mix
- Loud enough for streaming, without wrecking the dynamics
- Tracks matched for level and tone, gaps and fades set
- Checked on headphones, earbuds, car and phone
New
Live recording mixing
£180/song
Full live set (one show, up to ~60 min / ~12 songs): £1,000. I check your files for free first, because every gig recording is different.
Got a desk recording or multitrack from a gig? I'll turn it into a live track or album you can actually release. After 28 years behind the desk, live and in the studio, I know what desk recordings sound like and how to fix them.
- Taming bleed and spill between mics
- Building a sense of the room and crowd, even with no ambient mics
- Cleaning up crowd noise, hum and clipping
- Mastering for live EPs and albums, priced per release
Extras
| Vocal prep: tuning, timing & clean-up (lead vocal) | +£40/song |
| Heavy editing: comping, aligning doubles/BVs, drum tightening | £40/hr, quoted first |
| Problem audio repair (noise, bleed, clipping, phase) | £40/hr, quoted first |
| 41–70 tracks | +£40/song |
| Long songs (over 5:30) | +£25 per extra 3 min |
| Session prep: unlabelled, unconsolidated or mismatched files (free if you follow the prep guide below) | £40/hr, quoted first |
| Extra revision round (after the 2 included, or changes after you've signed off the mix) | £25 |
| Mix stems (drums, bass, guitars, vocals, FX) | £25/song |
| Acapella, radio edit or TV mix | £10 each |
| Album mixing (8+ songs) | Ask for a quote |
Prices assume well-recorded, edited multitracks. Not sure what yours need? Send them over and I'll check them for free before I quote. Prices are in GBP. Clients outside the UK are very welcome.
How remote mixing works
- 01
Send files + a reference
Send a link to your session (WeTransfer, Dropbox or Google Drive) and a reference track you love. I'll check the files for free and give you a fixed price.
- 02
Book with a 50% deposit
The deposit holds your slot. The rest is due when you're happy, before the full-quality files are sent.
- 03
I mix it
You get a first mix within two weeks of the files and deposit arriving.
- 04
Review the mix
It comes to you unmastered, just loud enough to judge. 2 rounds of changes included. Put all your notes in one list, with timestamps.
- 05
Sign it off
When the mix is right, you approve it in writing. Changes after that are £25 a round.
- 06
Mastering + final files
If you've booked mastering, I master the signed-off mixes, the whole EP or album together. Then you get WAV (24-bit), MP3, instrumental and any extras, ready for your distributor.
Prepping your stems
- Export every track as a mono or stereo WAV, all starting from the same point (bar 1, 0:00).
- Use the session's sample rate (44.1 or 48 kHz) and 24-bit.
- No master-bus processing. Leave in any effects that are part of the sound, and tell me which.
- Name the files clearly (
Kick In,Gtr L,Lead Vox…) and include the tempo. - Add a rough mix bounce so I can hear how you want it to sound.
Send me your song
Tell me what you're working on. I'll reply within a couple of days with a free file check and a fixed quote.
Email: [email protected]
Instagram: @boyjunior
Discogs: Chris McMillan