Recording

Landquist reveals how he got his favourite sound on A‑ha’s ‘Lifelines’, the 2002 title track to the Norwegian synth‑popsters’ seventh studio album.

When asked to pick a favourite sound that he’s worked on, English producer and mixing engineer Tim Palmer nominates the radio speaker guitar intro from Pearl Jam's ‘Black’.

We show you how to get great results from self‑recording singers.

Japan keyboard player Richard Barbieri tells the story of their most haunting hit.

English producer and mixer Chris Sheldon, when asked to pick a favourite sound that he’s worked on, nominates the drum sound he got with rock band Oceansize.

In the first episode of a new column, we asked Steve Albini to choose a favourite sound from his huge back catalogue and explain how it was created.

Across 17 years and eight albums, Field Music have become one of Britain’s best-loved guitar bands. They’ve also evolved a...

‘Walk Like An Egyptian’ was a huge hit for the Bangles, but it all started with a demo mix‑up and some very unusual percussion.

Binaural recordings are an easy and effective way to capture immersive audio.

For anyone with an interest in recording classical performances of any form — whether they’re an amateur, a professional or an academic — this is absolutely essential reading.

Darude’s 1999 dance hit has taken on an extensive and often surprising life of its own.

With the right guidance, iZotope's RX can remove problem sounds that would otherwise ruin a mix.

The title track of Steely Dan's Aja is legendary for many reasons, including the spectacular work of Steve Gadd. Who, it turns out, almost didn't make the cut in the album's planned 'rotating list of drummers'...

We show how iZotope's popular restoration package can deliver cleaner audio for your music projects.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!