Mark Linett is an American record producer and audio engineer who is best known for his remixing and remastering of the Beach Boys' catalog.
[3] He has also worked with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Los Lobos, Rickie Lee Jones and Randy Newman.
[5] Linett created the first true stereo mix of the Beach Boys' 1966 album Pet Sounds[6] and has co-produced many of the band's archival release, including The Pet Sounds Sessions (1997), Endless Harmony Soundtrack (1998), Hawthorne, CA (2003), and The Smile Sessions (2011)[7] as well as the Feel Flows (2021) and Sail On Sailor (2022) box sets.
In addition to winning three[needs update] Grammy Awards, he was nominated for Best Engineered Album for his work on Brian Wilson Presents Smile (2004).
[8] To create remixes of the Beach Boys' catalog, Linett uses ProTools as his DAW of choice, although he keeps analog tape machines for the purpose of transferring to digital.