Mixing / Production

I'm a drum & bass DJ and I work exclusively with vinyl, which is all mastered for a club sound system.

Do you have any pointers on making a great sub‑bass synth sound to underpin bass lines? It seems to be one of those things...

I'm curious to know how common the use of re-amping is amongst producers, engineers and composers. There are so many...

I'm mixing a female pop/rock band and I'm struggling with getting the vocals to sit in the mix. They were recorded with a Rode...

I'm trying to build a session from loops using Elastic Audio in Pro Tools. I've been referring to the technique article in SOS...

I'm not new to technology or recording but, having started recording other people in my home setup, I have come across what I ...

I recently recorded a steel‑strung, finger‑picked acoustic guitar track. The problem is that it sounds very 'spiky' and I'm...

It was recommended to me that I tune kick‑drum samples to the key of my song, so I used a tuner and an analyser on my stereo...

I have been working on an album and am in the final stage of exporting the tracks to WAV, which will then be burned to CD. All...

I'm working on a song and have all the parts nailed, but I think the outro chorus is lacking something, so I've decided to try...

I've been reading about how you have to be quite precise in matching the distance from source to mic when multi‑miking guitar...

If I buy a sample library, I usually drop its contents into the 'Sample Library' folder on my hard drive, but that's ended up...

I record and mix in my 'studio', which isn't too great acoustically. I can manage somehow when mixing, by working on...

I'm looking for some in‑depth education on the subject of parallel compression, with respect to its application in the...

I'm trying to figure out how I would create a really old‑style, warm‑sounding distortion/crackle on a string motif for an...

When I'm happy with a mix, I usually bounce it down and listen to it on my home stereo, MP3 player, car stereo, and round a ...

Over the last few years I've collected quite a few sample libraries in Giga format, but now that Tascam have discontinued...

I run a cheap and very cheerful recording studio in Cambridgeshire, England, and I am constantly asked whether I do mastering...

I'm doing a demo for a local act and we've tracked layer upon layer of overdubbed guitars: there are 10 rhythm parts with...

I have noticed that, when matching up my tracks with more professional productions, my songs are lacking a certain clarity....

I've recently started working at a classical radio station in my area, and I was fully expecting to have to deal with mono...