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!
I’m about to take on the task of running live backing tracks for Hacienda Classical live shows.
This preamp boasts huge bandwidth and input impedance. But are those features desirable?
With Sennheiser’s pedigree in transducer design, it’s no surprise that their premium earbuds offer impressive performance.
In my experience, many SOS readers are, at least at some level, fairly technically minded and have an interest in how the technology they use works, especially in ‘classic’ instruments and devices. This book is designed to go a long way towards satisfying that ‘inner geek’ in all of us.
This might not be the most intuitive of devices, but the Catena offers a unique and useful blend of functions.
I have two sets of monitors. The first pair are 40 inches apart and the second, outside of these, around 55 inches apart.
Most of the advice I’ve seen about speaker placement suggests keeping them well away from the walls, but I was recently advised to place my monitor loudspeakers directly against the back wall...
DPA have long been held in high esteem by classical recordists — and now their recording mic range has been given a major overhaul.
Old and new worlds collide as this 1176 clone is treated to remote control via a VST 3/AAX plug-in.