Derek Ali (born November 1, 1989[1]), better known by his moniker MixedByAli, is an American mixing engineer.

His career began in Los Angeles in the late 2000s recording and mixing for Top Dawg Entertainment artists – first with Schoolboy Q, then Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, and SZA, then later on and more recently Bas, Nipsey Hussle, Snoop Dogg as well as many others.

[4][5] Ali mixes "in the box" (without the use of analog gear) when working with certain audio effects, such as vocals.

"[6] About 80% of his time spent mixing is in mono, which is a method he learned from Dr.

[8] Though Ali was introduced to mixing DAWs like Pro Tools by Punch and Dave Free, his most notable professional teacher is Dr. Dre whom he served under as an intern.