Recording

These files accompany the Mix Rescue article in the December 2015 issue of SOS.

Fred’s House: Our engineer overcomes lashings of speaker bleed as he massages a vocal–heavy mix into shape.

Audio files to accompany the article.

Only big studios have the space, skills and equipment to track a full big band, right? Not necessarily...

Engineer Phil Hampson didn’t even like punk rock — yet, with an inexperienced Martin Hannett, he recorded one of the defining records of the era.

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To celebrate the magazine’s 30th birthday, the SOS team take a trip back in time, finding out what it was really like to work in a mid-’80s home studio.

One of the most misunderstood subjects in pro audio is control–room nearfield monitoring: the dos and don’ts, the problems and suggested remedies.

Greg Price has spent nearly 20 years at front of house for some of the biggest names in rock, and now his company believe they’ve perfected the art of live recordings.

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In 1987, swimming against the tide of MIDI–powered pop records, Cowboy Junkies went into a church to record an album into a single microphone in a single day.

Audio files to accompany the article.

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Does today’s sample-based drum software mean we don’t need real drummers any more? We find out what a human session drummer offers that a virtual drummer can’t.

Live rooms and headphones can kill the mood for some vocalists — so why not ditch the cans and record in front of your monitors?

We make a rare visit to a world-class recording studio, as one of The Church’s engineers takes us through a recent session.

Audio files to accompany the article.

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Brass on location: Our engineer tracks a trombone ensemble and solo trumpet for use in a contemporary rock mix.

Throbbing Gristle’s highly individualist approach to music extended as far as making their own instruments and, ultimately, their own genre.

Spektakulatius: With last month’s mixes in the bag, our engineer was tasked with finding and working with a mastering engineer to put the finishing touches to both albums.