Acoustics / Studio Design

In this episode, the SOS crew sort out monitoring problems and offer some practical mastering tips to another reader.

This month we journey to the Outer Hebrides, where a college teaching Gaelic music has more than a few wires crossed...

The SOS crew go hob-nobbing at a stately home this month, and get to grips with the acoustics of a large and lively room.

These panels offer a very different approach to acoustics than the usual absorbent foam, so we decided to take a closer look.

This convenient acoustic screen doesn't have to be used just for vocals, and is a versatile and effective tool for home-studio recording.

The SOS crew visit reader Chris Walker's home studio and help solve amplification problems for his tea-chest bass.

The team take a trip up north to a multi-student household in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

This month, the SOS team visit a student's home studio to help him overcome a few teething troubles with layout and acoustics...

The SOS crew help drummer Darren Williams sort out a better space in which to record drums and operate as a remote session drummer.

We have a rehearsal room in a large garage that is 22 x 8 x 16 ft (WxHxD). The problem is that we need to build a room...

I record in three untreated rooms and I'm aware that some sort of acoustic treatment would be handy. I recently bought an...

Would you let two strange men drill holes in your house? USA-based SOS reader David Crane took the risk enough to let Paul and Hugh at his walls with a drill to solve his cabling issues...

I'm trying to get a bass guitar to sit well with a kick drum. I know the idea of shaping the EQ of both so they'll...

Sorting digital gremlins and rogue reflections is all in a day's work for the Studio SOS team...

Sweetening the mixing environment and sorting out the bass end is this month's task — but there's much more to do than adding a bit of rockwool!

The subject of studio acoustics can seem like black magic — but don't let it scare you off. You can make easy changes, that could vastly improve your recording and mixing environment, with the help of free or cheap PC software utilities, as we discover this month.

This month, the SOS team help out with the acoustics at Ultravox and Band Aid star Midge Ure's personal studio.

Recording drums and guitars is the task in this month's studio troubleshooting visit.

I'm planning to build a shed studio with concrete walls, no windows and a drop-down ceiling. Will it be necessary to build a 'room within a room' to achieve decent soundproofing?

This month's task for the SOS crew involves stripping down Simon McEvoy's entire studio to improve the acoustics and ergonomics.

The team create portable acoustic treatment for a TV/film music composer who has plans to move house.