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Grammy-winning mixing engineer and producer
Caesar Edmunds is a London-based Grammy-winning mixing engineer and producer, with a discography that reads like a who-is-who of modern and alternative rock. His credits include PJ Harvey, Queens of the Stone Age, The Killers, St. Vincent, Beach House, Foals, Wet Leg and more.
After working for several years alongside Alan Moulder in the legendary Battery Studios, he transitioned to his own Dolby-Approved mixing studio in London. From there he has become a go-to Dolby Atmos mixer for modern rock productions that embrace the immersive audio revolution. Among his latest achievements is 2026’s Grammy nomination for delivering the Atmos mix for Wet Leg’s number-one charting album “moisturizer”.
Caesar was introduced to Areal’s technologies, and more specifically to the SR1 spatial reference headphones a few months earlier, while he was about to transition studios from his previous location to his current brand new Palatine Hill studios, which mark his return to the former Battery location.
The SR1 helped Caesar to not miss working while renovating, and moving to Palatine Hill studios, in a period where his Dolby room was not available. He was positively surprised on how close the sound of the SR1 was to that of his very nearfield, Genelec powered, previous room.
While initially skeptical about how the SR1 will behave with the usual phantom centre issues occurring in most headphones – especially when using binaural emulations – he found the SR1 to behave differently.
Caesar found the SR1 very easy to use, which led to him integrating it very quickly in his day-to-day workflow.
In his recent getaway trip he even brought the SR1 with him, as his main monitoring device while on the go. He found the headphone easy to listen to, while doing his regular mixing sessions of a couple of hours. The travel case made it easy for Caesar to pack and carry the headphone in his much needed escape from London, but still not miss work. The whole system was easy to use, as was loading new firmware.
Now that the renovations in Palatine Hill, Caesar’s new studio, are finished, he has thought of a way to incorporate the SR1 to his daily workflow beyond when travelling or being on the road. When mixing in Dolby Atmos, the listening position is critical, and there is a limited amount of people that can sit in the studio’s sweet spot.
Caesar Edmunds, as an accomplished mixing engineer who lives and breathes immersive audio from the start, highlights exactly where the SR1 sits in a professional workflow.
It keeps the immersive workflow continuous when the room isn’t. In the middle of a studio move and renovation – when his trusted Dolby Atmos setup was temporarily out of reach – the SR1 gave him not only the ability to continue working, but it also felt instantly familiar and helped him make confident decisions, while bypassing the usual headphone pitfalls. And now that Palatine Hill is fully operational once again, that same benefit translates into his attended sessions.
Not everyone can sit in the sweet spot, but everyone can still monitor the mix decisions in real time.
Areal’s SR1 makes immersive mixing more flexible, more collaborative, and less dependent on a single seat.
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