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!
Recently I had to record a Japanese taiko drum ensemble, but I got a fair bit of distortion even though my recording levels never reached 0dBFS. Why was I getting this distortion/compression?
What causes microphone feedback and what are the best ways to deal with it?
It’s equalisation, Jim... but not as we know it!
I have a 500‑series setup which includes some mic preamps that I’d like to wire up to a jack patchbay, is it possible to block phantom power?
Get your hands on these SOS Audio Test Files which accompany our SOS May 2023 workshop.
Simon Taylor’s latest book presents an easy‑to‑follow approach to in‑the‑box mastering aimed at the novice or nervous would‑be mastering engineer.
Standard test signals can be incredibly useful when configuring and aligning audio equipment — and we’ve created a set of properly calibrated test files just for you! Read on to find out how to use them and where to find them.
What’s the best technique, or combination of methods, for refreshing the high end when pitching-down samples?
This isn’t the first virtual Leslie speaker plug‑in — but it might just be the best one yet!
I want to run a stereo pair of mics down a single cable to minimise the visual clutter on a tall mic stand, is star-quad cable a viable solution?