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Music Mix Mobile (M3) chooses Waves LiveBox and Immersive Wrapper for 2026 Grammy® Awards broadcast
Knoxville, TN, February 18, 2026 — Music Mix Mobile (M3), which utilized Waves SuperRack LiveBox, Immersive Wrapper and additional Waves tools, recently captured performances at the 68th Annual Grammy® Awards, held February 1, 2026, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Music Mix Mobile (M3), co-founded by EIC (Engineer in Charge) Joel Singer, is the industry-leading remote broadcast facility company specializing in high-stakes live entertainment and award shows. Their fleet of sophisticated mobile units functions as world-class recording studios on wheels, bridging the gap between live sound and pristine broadcast audio. By integrating cutting-edge technology, Singer and his team ensure that the most complex musical performances are translated perfectly for millions of global viewers.
Singer comments, “The Grammys are a true melting pot of music, bringing artists from every genre into a single show. To pull that off, an engineer has to be a chameleon. Mixing heavy metal doesn’t prepare you for ska, reggae or pop. Shaping such a diverse musical landscape is a massive challenge, and it demands the right tools, with everything at your fingertips to choose the right colors for every moment. An artist who paints with only one color is bland. An engineer with a full palette of trusted, well-mastered tools brings far more value to the show. Systems like Waves provide a true tapestry of color, allowing engineers to shape music with confidence and precision.”
Singer explains how SuperRack LiveBox fits into that fast-moving environment: “The show moves incredibly fast. A three-and-a-half-hour broadcast with 18 to 20 acts means constant turnover. Because our trucks are predominantly MADI-based, we use the MADI version of Waves LiveBox to handle aux sends and returns for reverbs, delays, pitch shifters, and other artist-driven effects. In some cases—Lady Gaga being a great example—artists requested brand-specific VST3 plugins. We hosted those in LiveBox, routed them directly to the stage for FOH and monitors, and recalled everything instantly using snapshots. That visual feedback on a 27-inch monitor, and now dual monitors on our newer Macs, is a huge advantage for both the artist and the engineer.”
Singer ran the Waves LiveBox, which allowed him to run plugins by both Waves and other VST3 manufacturers, alongside a Waves SuperRack SoundGrid system, letting him run Waves plugins in ultra-low latency and with immersive capabilities. Clarifying the distinction between systems he notes, “We treated SuperRack LiveBox and SuperRack SoundGrid as two distinct platforms. LiveBox functioned as the artist-driven environment for specialized VST3 reverbs and delays, while SuperRack SoundGrid, enhanced by the Immersive Wrapper, handled low-latency channel inserts such as the F6 or DeEsser on vocals. Without LiveBox, we could not have delivered what some of these artists were asking for. For Gaga, Bruno Mars and others with very specific processing requirements, it allowed us to say yes, route effects where they needed to go, and recall everything via snapshots. LiveBox is brilliantly built and stands up to the rigors of the road, and because we already knew SuperRack, moving into LiveBox with SuperRack Performer felt like a natural evolution.”
Singer remarks on immersive workflows and indispensable Waves tools: “The Waves Immersive Wrapper has become essential for us. In the past, 5.1 compression or limiting options were extremely limited and often required external Pro Tools servers, which I never loved. Now we can handle that processing directly in the live workflow. The Immersive Wrapper opens up the entire Waves ecosystem for our 5.1 master bus, giving us far greater control. We insert it directly on the console’s 5.1 master bus, typically starting with the SSL G-Master Buss Compressor for character, followed by the new L4 Ultimaximizer for overall protection. We keep an EQ in the chain as insurance, but those first two plugins usually deliver everything we need. What really surprised me was how intuitive the Immersive Wrapper was. I did not even need to open the manual. We quickly discovered we could create link groups, letting us shape reverbs differently in the rears and sides within SoundGrid. It gave us exactly what we needed in a low-latency environment, while still allowing engineers to add a specific flavor to the 5.1 bus when needed.”
Beyond the Immersive Wrapper, Singer highlights additional essential tools: “The new Magma StressBox was a must-have this year. People were immediately like, ‘Oh yeah, that’s massively cool.’ We also relied heavily on the Clarix LB plugin for real-time noise cleaning in our broadcast. It’s unreal. It made difficult vocal mics with heavy bleed dramatically cleaner. Having AI-powered tools like that in a low-latency SoundGrid environment changes everything. And of course, the Waves F6 remains the ultimate dynamic EQ. It’s the first thing engineers ask for when they walk into the truck.”
He adds, “Waves has become a spoken language. It is no longer just a company name. Everyone understands it. When you say, ‘I’ve used an F6,’ or ‘Throw an R-Comp on it,’ the conversation moves instantly. We can build vocal chains for artist reps very quickly and make them feel comfortable because we are all speaking the same language.”
Grammy Award-winning engineer and Co-Broadcast Music Mixer Eric Schilling comments, “We’ve been doing this for a long time now. The most challenging part of the show, and what I enjoy the most, is how diverse it is in terms of genres. Unlike the country shows I do, or the VMAs and similar events, this show can move from R&B to rock to hip hop in a matter of minutes. We go from something like the Lauryn Hill performance, which was very large and complex and a lot to manage, to the Justin Bieber performance, which is much more straightforward but just as strong musically. That contrast is what makes the show exciting for me. Because this is the biggest show of the year for these artists, they come in extremely fired up about what they want and making sure everything is right. That definitely creates some pressure, but I honestly do not mind it. I like when artists are fully engaged and pushing to deliver their best.”
Schilling adds, “With LiveBox, there’s really very little I cannot run at this point. It integrates seamlessly with SoundGrid and the rest of the Waves environment, so I do not have to learn anything new. For vocals, I usually stick with Waves because they have excellent tools for that. But when artists ask for specific non-Waves plugins, LiveBox lets me run those too, especially for reverbs, delays, and creative effects. I see this often. Artists arrive with very specific preset ideas.”
“With Bruno Mars, for example, I’ve known him and his team for a long time, and his rep will come in with a clear direction for delays and processing. He always says, ‘Start here and tweak as needed,’ which gives me a great foundation. LiveBox enabled us to deliver what the artists wanted. Gaga, Bruno, Justin Bieber, they all came in with very specific processing requirements. You never want to say no to requests like that, and LiveBox plus the other Waves tools made that possible.”
Singer concludes: “We’re happy every time Waves comes out with updates and new options. I still think it’s one of the strongest companies out there when it comes to DSP development, particularly in how they work with customers, listen to what users are saying, and adapt that feedback into future versions of the software. The original releases are always strong, but as things evolve and people start asking, ‘Hey, what if?’, Waves actually listen...”
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Photo file 1: JoelSinger.JPG
Photo caption 1: Joel Singer, Music Mix Mobile (M3) co-founder & EIC (Engineer in Charge)Photo file 2: EricSchilling.JPG
Photo caption 2: Grammy® Co-Broadcast Music Mixer Eric SchillingAbout Waves Audio Ltd.:
Waves is the world’s leading developer of audio DSP solutions for music production, recording, mixing, mastering, sound design, post-production, live sound, broadcast, commercial and consumer electronics audio markets. Since its start in the early ‘90s, Waves has developed a comprehensive line of over 240 audio plugins and numerous hardware devices. For its accomplishments, Waves received a Technical Grammy® Award in 2011; an Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy® Award for its Waves Clarity Vx Pro plugin in 2023; and NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards for its Clarity Vx DeReverb Pro plugin in 2024 and eMotion LV1 Classic console in 2026. Additionally, its early flagship plugin, the Q10 equalizer, was selected as an inductee into the TECnology Hall of Fame.Increasingly leveraging pioneering techniques in artificial intelligence, neural networks and machine learning, as well as the company’s three decades of accumulated expertise in psychoacoustics, Waves technologies are being used to improve sound quality in a growing number of market sectors. Around the world, Waves’ award-winning plugins are utilized in the creation of hit records, major motion pictures, and top-selling video games. Additionally, Waves now offers hardware-plus-software solutions (including the revolutionary eMotion LV1 Classic live mixing console) for professional audio markets. The company’s WavesLive division is a leader in the live sound sector, spearheading the development of solutions for all live platforms. Products from Waves Commercial Audio enable A/V system integrators and installers to deliver superior sound quality for corporate, commercial, government, educational, entertainment, sports and house-of-worship applications. Under its Maxx brand, Waves offers semiconductor and licensable algorithms for consumer electronics applications, used in laptops, smartphones, smart speakers, gaming headsets, TVs and more from industry leaders such as Dell, Google, Fitbit, Acer, Asus, Hisense and others.
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