SOUND ON SOUND
The Feeling stormed the charts with a debut album recorded in a shed. For their follow-up, they relocated to a country mansion, but elected to stick with the DIY approach.
It's a tall order this month, as we're asked to remix a reader's recording to sound like a big-budget Bond theme!
The world is not short of sampling sequencers at the moment, so what does the Roland SP555 have to make it worthy of your attention?
This month we tame a vocal that varies in dynamic range, and look at ways to create 'bigness' in the mix without overcooking levels.
Recording a real piano can feel like a lost art, given the number of high-quality sample libraries around these days. For those times when only the real thing will suffice, here's how to do it justice.
If recording a real piano isn't for you, there's no shortage of very convincing software alternatives.
I'm looking at buying a pair of drum overheads as an upgrade to the AKG C451s I've had for a couple of years. I'll probably...
There seem to be instances where several mics are used to record an instrument, such as a guitar amp or drum kit, but I've...
Sometimes you think your mix sounds great one day, but then you listen to it a few days later and it sounds just awful. And...
Have Roland finally outgunned Akai's renowned MPC series in the battle for the hip-hop market?