Education / Training

How do I make my ears more sensitive to inconsistencies in the vocal frequency spectrum?

Up‑and‑coming engineers and producers deserve protection from exploitation, discrimination and sexual harassment.

If music be the food of love, shouldn’t we eat better while we’re making it?

The studio should be a place of calm, but it’s hard to relax when your financial security and self‑worth are constantly on the line.

Setting boundaries to protect our health is hard, but it will help us live longer and do better work.

The ability to analyse what you’re hearing is a vital skill for audio engineers. SoundGym is a fun way to hone that ability.

Samplecraze have recently refocused their web site around a host of producer and sound-design video tutorials, with Samplecraze’s founder (and SOS contributor) Eddie Bazil at the helm.

If you want an education in all things audio, could you ask for a more qualified teacher than Alan Parsons?

Matt Houghton has a read of a manual which gives all kinds of tips to those looking to get into music production.

I'm a 25 year old lawyer working in Bombay, India. I'm interested in sound engineering and feel like I want to make a career out of music but there aren't many opportunities here...

Ear training - learning to intuitively recognise note intervals, chords and progressions, and even absolute pitches - is something that many musicians could benefit from, although few actually attempt it. Richard Leon explains the skills involved, and rounds up some software which can help you improve in this area.

I am a second‑year A‑level student doing Music and Electronics and have been a keen musician for 11 years. I...

In order to become a professional music recording engineer, you have to start at the bottom and work up. But in such a competitive business, how do you even get in at the bottom? David Mellor explores various possibilities.

Do you want to engineer top acts in top studios? Are you prepared to devote your entire life to music recording? In this new series, David Mellor explains how you can become a professional music recording engineer.