SOUND ON SOUND
A lot of the music I’m enjoying seems to be going back to an old-school sound of being swamped in lush reverb. Examples...
We examine the production of some recent hits to help you brush up on your listening skills. Lilly Wood, Taylor Swift, George Ezra and our Classic Mix is Mariah Carey 'Without You'.
This month brush up on your listening skills with Kiesza, Rita Ora, Duke Dumont, Kaiser Chefs and Mr Probz. Plus our Classic Mix - Santana's Smooth featuring Rob Thomas.
If a song is in A, you’ll have lots of 440Hz, 220Hz, 110Hz, 880Hz, and so on — but so what? What are you supposed to do with that information? And what about all the harmonics? And all the other notes in the key of A, and all their harmonics?
Would it be overkill to add more compression to the EZdrummer kit as a whole on the bus channel?
Paloma Faith’s new song ‘Only Love Can Hurt Like This’ has been recorded out of tune by about 50 cents. This means that unless you have a keyboard that can be detuned, you cannot play along! What would be the reason for doing this?
I listen to a lot of well-produced material and it all has an inherent sense of space and positioning.
We examine the production of some recent hits to help you brush up on your listening skills.
This month we're listening to Coldplay, Sam Smith, Paolo Nutini and our Classic Mix is Elvis Presley 'Hound Dog' from 1956.
This month one of our engineers aims to augment the natural beauty of a baroque‑music duo playing in a church.