CRAIG BAUER
GRAMMY Award-winning Mix Engineer
Craig Bauer is a GRAMMY Award-winning mixer, engineer, and music producer behind more than 30 GRAMMY-nominated projects—including two Album of the Year nominations for Kanye West’s multi-platinum albums Late Registration and Graduation.
As the founder of the renowned HINGE Studios in Chicago, Craig has spent decades shaping the sound of both industry icons and breakthrough independent artists across genres, from pop and electronica to singer-songwriter, hip-hop, jazz, gospel, country, and beyond. Today, he mixes from a Northward Acoustics-designed studio, one of the most acoustically advanced rooms in the world, using the Avid S6 Control Surface to deliver clarity, depth, and emotion in every mix.
A classically trained pianist and seasoned guitarist, Craig brings a rare musicality to the mixing process. He approaches each project with precision, passion, and a deep respect for the artist’s vision.
There’s a difference you can hear in a Craig Bauer mix.
If you're ready to elevate your sound, submit your project below.
Northward Acoustics Control Room
Your project will be mixed on the state-of-the-art Avid S6 Control Surface in a Northward Acoustics designed room.
Northward Acoustics’ in-house Control Room design – Front-to-Back (FTB) – is at the forefront of studio design techniques and is used by the most discerning engineers and facilities around the world.
Their unique and proprietary new approach to Control Room design was engineered from the ground up to achieve the highest standards in room response & translation, providing a highly accurate yet natural listening environment.
FTB designs are very controlled acoustical environments, creating a quasi anechoic response speaker-to-room and speaker-to-engineer, yet maintaining a natural environment for the engineer to be within the room, doing so without compromising the speaker-to-engineer response.
