SOUND ON SOUND
Hugh Robjohns has been Sound On Sound's Technical Editor since 1997. Prior to that he worked in a variety of (mostly) sound-related roles in BBC Television, ending up as a Sound Operations Lecturer at the BBC's technical training centre.
He continues to provide audio consultancy and bespoke broadcast audio training services all over the world, lectures at professional and public conventions, and occasionally records and masters acoustic and classical music too!
This new infinite-baffle 2.1 monitoring system incorporates some unusual technology, including cabinets cast from aluminium-zinc alloy. But do these innovations translate into a cutting-edge sound?
The SOS crew travel to an attic in Birmingham (UK) to help a drummer improve his recordings.
With affordable capacitor mics now flooding the market, more musicians than ever before have access to the means to make high-quality recordings. But if you are new to this type of mic, there are some important things you need to know to get good results without damaging your investment.
Is it possible to use a video patchbay, such as the one Studiospares sell, as an S/PDIF patchbay?
These studio headphones provide excellent monitoring resolution at a surprisingly affordable price.
I've recently bought a couple of bits of recording gear from the US via eBay (I'm in the UK) and wondered if I have to run them off a transformer (240V to 110V) or whether they can run off 240V?
I have been planning to record an upcoming choir concert with a centred ORTF stereo pair of Rode NT5 cardioids...
Mackie 'up the ante' once again by squeezing eight channels of their class-leading preamplification and A-D conversion into a 1U rack.
Despite its vintage design credentials, this new recording channel has some interesting new tricks up its sleeve.
Responses to recent articles from SOS readers.