Recording

I want to connect my synths and drum machine to a computer DAW and actually make a song, but don't yet have the computer...

In this episode, Mike Senior demonstrates several ways spill can actually improve the sound of your productions.

Ross Orton talks to Nigel Humberstone about his transition from playing drums with Jarvis Cocker into the world of production, remixing and songwriting. His steel city stories include working with Arctic Monkeys & Working Men’s Club.

The rules of heavy metal are well established, but for their latest album, Pigsx7 guitarist and producer Sam Grant added a few of his own.

Here are 10 ways engineers and studio owners can ensure the studio works as well for the musicians as it does for themselves.

Grammy Award-winning engineer and producer Dom Morley chats with Sam Inglis about the art and craft of recording and mixing vocals.

Distortion can be a surprisingly useful mix effect, if you know what you're doing. Mike Senior reveals several common applications, and explains how to get the best results in practice.

Welcome to Sound On Sound's regularly updated, indispensible explanations of technical terms from the fields of Recording, Audio Production, Music Technology, MIDI, Music Software, Audio Plug-ins, Mac and PC Computing, Live Sound, Acoustics, Electronics and more...

In this exclusive SOS Video Feature, we talk to jungle producer Pete Cannon about how and why he’s still using Akais, Ataris and Amigas.

An explosive Glastonbury performance and acclaimed second album have propelled Georgia Barnes into the mainstream.

Time-alignment can help solve problems in multi-mic recordings — but it can also introduce new problems!

Mike Senior delves into some of the most common troubleshooting tasks when dealing with acoustic guitar recordings at mixdown, and shares his own favourite processing fixes.

He might not be a household name, but Steve Ouimette has made more people dance than anyone else on the planet!

No two Tame Impala albums sound the same — but they've all been driven by the same experimental ethos.

Drum recording is his specialism. Adrian talks us through his mic choices, placement and console setup for a tracking session with Superglu — and you can download the multitracks to hear the results for yourself!

If you're a musician, podcasting is the perfect application for the studio skills and equipment you already have.

Sometimes, performers have to be their own engineers. Here's how to get better results from solo tracking sessions.

Social distancing needn't mean the end of studio recording. We explain a simple, free setup for real-time online collaboration.

Recording music in remote locations can be challenging — and before you can record it, you have to find it!

Recording a live heavy metal concert would be challenging enough — but when you throw an 80-piece orchestra into the mix, all bets are off!